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Piedmont Lithium (Piedmont Lithium) Cash Ratio : 4.22 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Piedmont Lithium 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. Piedmont Lithium's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.22.

Piedmont Lithium has a Cash Ratio of 4.22. 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 Piedmont Lithium's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PLL' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.75   Med: 10.39   Max: 41.05
Current: 4.22

During the past 13 years, Piedmont Lithium's highest Cash Ratio was 41.05. The lowest was 1.75. And the median was 10.39.

PLL's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
71.91% of 2595 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.18 vs PLL: 4.22

Piedmont Lithium Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Piedmont Lithium'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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Piedmont Lithium Cash Ratio Chart

Piedmont Lithium Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.07 9.69 22.95 7.44 1.75

Piedmont Lithium Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 10.79 7.02 2.22 1.75 4.22

Competitive Comparison of Piedmont Lithium's Cash Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Piedmont Lithium'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.


Piedmont Lithium's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Piedmont Lithium's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Piedmont Lithium Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Piedmont Lithium's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=72.214/41.366
=1.75

Piedmont Lithium's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=79.302/18.81
=4.22

* 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.


Piedmont Lithium  (NAS:PLL) 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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Piedmont Lithium (Piedmont Lithium) Business Description

Address
42 E Catawba Street, Belmont, NC, USA, 28012
Piedmont Lithium Inc, is a lithium-based company focused on the development of its Piedmont Lithium Project located within the Carolina TinSpodumene Belt (''TSB'') and along trend to the Hallman Beam and Kings Mountain mines.
Executives
Claude Demby director C/O SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 39870 EUREKA DRIVE, NEWARK CA 94560
Michael D White officer: EVP and CFO 17988 EDISON AVE, CHESTERFIELD MA 63005
Michael A Bless director C/O ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL INC, 777 E. WISCONSIN AVE #1400, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Bruce Czachor officer: EVP, CLO & Secretary 32 NORTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 100, BELMONT NC 28012
Patrick Brindle officer: EVP and CDO 32N MAIN STREET, SUITE 100, BELMONT NC 28012
Keith D. Phillips director, officer: President and CEO 42 E CATAWBA STREET, BELMONT NC 28012
Austin Devaney officer: EVP and CCO C/O PIEDMONT LITHIUM INC., 42 E CATAWBA STREET, BELMONT NC 28012
Krishna Mcvey officer: EVP and CAO C/O PIEDMONT LITHIUM INC., 42 E CATAWBA STREET, BELMONT NC 28012
Christina M Alvord director 1200 URBAN CENTER DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM AL 35242
Jeffrey T. Armstrong director 32N MAIN STREET, SUITE 100, BELMONT NC 28012
David Klanecky officer: EVP and COO 32N MAIN STREET, SUITE 100, BELMONT NC 28012
Susan C. Jones director 32N MAIN STREET, SUITE 100, BELMONT NC 28012
Levi Mochkin director
Todd Hannigan director 32N MAIN STREET, SUITE 100, BELMONT NC 28012
Jorge Beristain director 32N MAIN STREET, SUITE 100, BELMONT NC 28012