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Ascom Holding AG (XSWX:ASCN) Cash Ratio

: 0.27 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Ascom Holding AG's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.27.

Ascom Holding AG has a Cash Ratio of 0.27. 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 Ascom Holding AG's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XSWX:ASCN' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.14   Med: 0.33   Max: 0.41
Current: 0.27

During the past 13 years, Ascom Holding AG's highest Cash Ratio was 0.41. The lowest was 0.14. And the median was 0.33.

XSWX:ASCN's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
66.98% of 648 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 0.51 vs XSWX:ASCN: 0.27

Ascom Holding AG Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ascom Holding AG'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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Ascom Holding AG Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.14 0.37 0.33 0.30 0.27

Ascom Holding AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Cash Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.33 0.16 0.30 0.22 0.27

Competitive Comparison

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Ascom Holding AG'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.


Ascom Holding AG Cash Ratio Distribution

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Ascom Holding AG's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ascom Holding AG's Cash Ratio falls into.



Ascom Holding AG Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Ascom Holding AG'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
=24.7/90.2
=0.27

Ascom Holding AG's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=24.7/90.2
=0.27

* 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.


Ascom Holding AG  (XSWX:ASCN) 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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Ascom Holding AG (XSWX:ASCN) Business Description

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Address
Zugerstrasse 32, Baar, CHE, 6340
Ascom Holding AG is a global solutions provider focused on healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions. The company consists of a business unit, the purpose of which is to use its unique product and solutions portfolio and software architecture capabilities to devise integration and mobilization solutions that provide digitalized, complete and efficient workflows for healthcare as well as for industry, security, and retail sectors. The compnay has three segment OEM, Enterprise, Healthcare. It derives a majority of revenue from healthcare segment.

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