Covista Communications (Covista Communications) Current Ratio : 1.46 (As of Apr. 2005)

Covista Communications Current Ratio Chart

Covista Communications Annual Data
	Trend	Jan96	Jan97	Jan98	Jan99	Jan00	Jan01	Jan02	Jan03	Jan04	Jan05
Current Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.76	0.55	0.67	0.71	1.33

Covista Communications Quarterly Data
	Jul00	Oct00	Jan01	Apr01	Jul01	Oct01	Jan02	Apr02	Jul02	Oct02	Jan03	Apr03	Jul03	Oct03	Jan04	Apr04	Jul04	Oct04	Jan05	Apr05
Current Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.68	0.65	1.27	1.33	1.46

Competitive Comparison of Covista Communications's Current Ratio

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Covista Communications'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.

Covista Communications's Current Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Covista Communications's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Covista Communications's Current Ratio falls into.

Covista Communications 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.

Covista Communications's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2005 is calculated as

Covista Communications's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2005 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.

Covista Communications  (OTCPK:CVST) 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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