Warren Resources has a Cash Ratio of 0.05. 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 Warren Resources's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
WRESQ's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 0.4 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.
Warren Resources Cash Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Warren Resources'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 Warren Resources's Cash Ratio
For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Warren Resources'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.
Warren Resources's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Warren Resources's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Warren Resources's Cash Ratio falls into.
Warren Resources Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
Warren Resources's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 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.
Warren Resources (OTCPK:WRESQ) 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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Warren Resources (Warren Resources) Business Description
Warren Resources Inc was incorporated on June 12, 1990 as a Delaware corporation. The Company is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of domestic onshore crude oil and gas reserves. The Company primarily on the exploration and development of its waterflood oil recovery properties in the Wilmington field within the Los Angeles Basin of California, and its coalbed methane, or CBM, natural gas properties located in the Rocky Mountain region. As of December 31, 2013, the company owned natural gas and oil leasehold interests in approximately 123,943 gross (93,350 net) acres, approximately 80% of which are undeveloped. The Washakie Basin is located in the southeast portion of the Greater Green River Basin in southwestern Wyoming and represents its largest acreage position. As of December 31, 2013, the company owned 113,227 gross (87,683 net) acres prospective for CBM development in this area, of which 69,221 net acres were undeveloped. Warren owns certain deep rights below a portion of the Atlantic Rim CBM Project, which include an approximate 71,000 net acre position that is potentially prospective for hydrocarbon production from the Niobrara Shale and other deep formations. The Company sells its oil and natural gas production to various purchasers in the areas where the oil and natural gas is produced. Its drilling, completion, production, re-entry and land operations are conducted, managed and supervised for the company through Warren E&P, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary. The Companys operations are subject to a wide variety of stringent federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, including discharge of materials into the environment or otherwise relating to environmental protection.
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