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Saga (LSE:SAGA) Cash Ratio : 0.72 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Saga 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. Saga's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.72.

Saga has a Cash Ratio of 0.72. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

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

LSE:SAGA' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3   Med: 0.73   Max: 1.27
Current: 0.72

During the past 13 years, Saga's highest Cash Ratio was 1.27. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.73.

LSE:SAGA's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
56.9% of 58 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 0.865 vs LSE:SAGA: 0.72

Saga Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Saga'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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Saga Cash Ratio Chart

Saga Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.61 0.81 1.05 0.73 0.72

Saga Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 1.05 0.66 0.73 0.39 0.72

Competitive Comparison of Saga's Cash Ratio

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Saga'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.


Saga's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Saga's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Saga Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Saga's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Jan. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=262.8/363
=0.72

Saga's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Jan. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=262.8/363
=0.72

* 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.


Saga  (LSE:SAGA) 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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Saga (LSE:SAGA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3 Pancras Square, London, GBR, N1C 4AG
Saga PLC is a diversified insurance company that also offers lifestyle products and services. The company operates in two main segments: insurance, Cruise and travel. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue from the insurance segment, specifically through premiums and credit income. This segment offers retail motor broking, retail home broking, and underwriting products and services. The travel segment provides group tours, holiday packages, and cruises. Saga's customers are people aged 50 and older, and all revenue comes from the United Kingdom and also from Cruise and travel segment.

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