Hovnanian Enterprises (Hovnanian Enterprises) Cash Ratio

Hovnanian Enterprises Annual Data
	Trend	Oct14	Oct15	Oct16	Oct17	Oct18	Oct19	Oct20	Oct21	Oct22	Oct23
Cash Ratio							0.60	1.06	0.47	0.59	0.88

Hovnanian Enterprises Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Cash Ratio																0.51	0.69	0.65	0.88	0.40

For the Residential Construction subindustry, Hovnanian Enterprises's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Ratio data, can be viewed below:

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For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Hovnanian Enterprises's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

Hovnanian Enterprises Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Hovnanian Enterprises's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as:

Hovnanian Enterprises's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.

Hovnanian Enterprises  (NYSE:HOV) 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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