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Whitehaven Coal (FRA:WC2) Cash Ratio : 3.00 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Whitehaven Coal Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Whitehaven Coal's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.00.

Whitehaven Coal has a Cash Ratio of 3.00. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.

The historical rank and industry rank for Whitehaven Coal's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:WC2' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.23   Med: 0.43   Max: 3
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, Whitehaven Coal's highest Cash Ratio was 3.00. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.43.

FRA:WC2's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
72.57% of 175 companies
in the Other Energy Sources industry
Industry Median: 0.89 vs FRA:WC2: 3.00

Whitehaven Coal Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Whitehaven Coal's Cash Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Whitehaven Coal Cash Ratio Chart

Whitehaven Coal Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.35 0.34 0.26 1.16 2.12

Whitehaven Coal Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.30 1.16 1.48 2.12 3.00

Competitive Comparison of Whitehaven Coal's Cash Ratio

For the Thermal Coal subindustry, Whitehaven Coal's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Whitehaven Coal's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Other Energy Sources Industry

For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, Whitehaven Coal's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Whitehaven Coal's Cash Ratio falls into.



Whitehaven Coal Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

Whitehaven Coal's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Jun. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1719.326/811.952
=2.12

Whitehaven Coal's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=981.525/327.066
=3.00

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Whitehaven Coal  (FRA:WC2) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Whitehaven Coal (FRA:WC2) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
259 George Street, Level 28, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Whitehaven Coal is a large Australian independent thermal and semisoft metallurgical coal miner with mines in the Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales. It also owns the large Vickery and Winchester South deposits in New South Wales and Queensland, respectively. Coal is railed to ports in Newcastle for export to Asian customers. It has agreed to buy Blackwater and Daunia, two coking coal mines in Queensland, from BHP and Mitsubishi, effective mid-2024. Along with expanded production at Maules Creek and Narrabri, this should see its share of salable coal production approach 36 million metric tons from fiscal 2028, from about 13 million in fiscal 2023. Development of Vickery could see around 7 million metric tons of extra equity production, with first output likely from about 2025 in our view.

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