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. Sprouts Farmers Market's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.37.
Sprouts Farmers Market has a Cash Ratio of 0.37. 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 Sprouts Farmers Market's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
SFM'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 0.36 Max: 0.59
Current: 0.37
During the past 13 years, Sprouts Farmers Market's highest Cash Ratio was 0.59. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.36.
SFM's Cash Ratio is ranked better than 58.88% of 304
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.28
vs SFM: 0.37
Sprouts Farmers Market Cash Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Sprouts Farmers Market'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.
Competitive Comparison of Sprouts Farmers Market's Cash Ratio
For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Sprouts Farmers Market'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.
Sprouts Farmers Market's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Sprouts Farmers Market's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sprouts Farmers Market's Cash Ratio falls into.
Sprouts Farmers Market Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
Sprouts Farmers Market's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
* 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.
Sprouts Farmers Market (NAS:SFM) 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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Sprouts Farmers Market (Sprouts Farmers Market) Business Description
Sprouts Farmers Market is an American specialty grocer offering an assortment highlighting fresh and naturally derived products. Its offerings are especially focused on produce, which constituted around 20% of sales in fiscal 2022. Founded in 2002, the chain is most heavily concentrated in California, which accounted for over one third of its 386 stores as of the end of fiscal 2022. All of the company's operations are in the United States, with its stores largely located in the southern half of the country. Private-label products accounted for nearly 20% of sales in fiscal 2022.
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