Northwest Biotherapeutics has a Cash Ratio of 0.04. 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 Northwest Biotherapeutics's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
NWBO'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 0.08 Max: 0.34
Current: 0.05
During the past 13 years, Northwest Biotherapeutics's highest Cash Ratio was 0.34. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.08.
NWBO's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than 95.28% of 1525
companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 2.94
vs NWBO: 0.05
Northwest Biotherapeutics Cash Ratio Historical Data
* 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 Northwest Biotherapeutics's Cash Ratio
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Northwest Biotherapeutics'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.
Northwest Biotherapeutics's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Northwest Biotherapeutics's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Northwest Biotherapeutics's Cash Ratio falls into.
Northwest Biotherapeutics Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
Northwest Biotherapeutics'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.
Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCPK:NWBO) 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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Northwest Biotherapeutics (Northwest Biotherapeutics) Business Description
Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc is a biotechnology company involved in the development of cancer vaccines. The target is a broad range of solid-tumor cancers. The company has a proprietary manufacturing technology, which it uses to produce a personalized vaccine. The product portfolio includes product candidates such as DCVax-L, for patients with brain cancer; DCVax-Direct, direct injection into all types of inoperable solid tumor cancers, and DCVax for late-stage ovarian cancer. DCVax-Prostate, for late-stage prostate cancer, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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