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CLIRF (Clearford Water Systems) Current Ratio : 0.57 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Clearford Water Systems Current Ratio?

The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Clearford Water Systems's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 0.57.

Clearford Water Systems has a current ratio of 0.57. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Clearford Water Systems has good long-term prospects, it may be able to borrow against those prospects to meet current obligations.

The historical rank and industry rank for Clearford Water Systems's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CLIRF's Current Ratio is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 1.49
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Current Ratio only.

Clearford Water Systems Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clearford Water Systems's Current 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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Clearford Water Systems Current Ratio Chart

Clearford Water Systems Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.32 0.78 0.62 0.39 0.34

Clearford Water Systems Quarterly Data
Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21
Current 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 0.32 0.34 0.24 0.39 0.57

Competitive Comparison of Clearford Water Systems's Current Ratio

For the Waste Management subindustry, Clearford Water Systems's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current 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.


Clearford Water Systems's Current Ratio Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Clearford Water Systems's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clearford Water Systems's Current Ratio falls into.



Clearford Water Systems Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

Clearford Water Systems's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2020 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2020 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2020 )
=3.916/11.54
=0.34

Clearford Water Systems's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Sep. 2021 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Sep. 2021 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Sep. 2021 )
=5.775/10.208
=0.57

* 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.


Clearford Water Systems  (OTCPK:CLIRF) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.


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Clearford Water Systems Business Description

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Address
515 Legget Drive, Suite 100, Ottawa, ON, CAN, K2K 3G4
Clearford Water Systems Inc provides unified water infrastructure solutions. The company is the developer of the Clearford One system, which is a combination of the company's ClearDigest Smart Digester, Small Bore Sewer (SBS) technology, a watertight small diameter wastewater collection system, SBS ClearConvey, and ClearRecover, a wastewater treatment facility-based on the processed influent. It operates through two segments namely Clearford One and UV Pure. The company generates revenue through a sale in various countries such as Canada, the United States of America, India, South America, and other countries. It derives maximum revenue from the Clearford One segment.

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