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. Dayton Power & Light Co's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was 0.50.
Dayton Power & Light Co has a current ratio of 0.50. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Dayton Power & Light Co 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 Dayton Power & Light Co's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
DAYTP.PFD's Current Ratio is not ranked *
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 1.06 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Current Ratio only.
Dayton Power & Light Co Current Ratio Historical Data
* 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 Dayton Power & Light Co's Current Ratio
For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Dayton Power & Light Co'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.
Dayton Power & Light Co's Current Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Dayton Power & Light Co's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Dayton Power & Light Co's Current Ratio falls into.
Dayton Power & Light Co 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.
Dayton Power & Light Co's Current 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.
Dayton Power & Light Co (OTCPK:DAYTP.PFD) 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.
Dayton Power & Light Co Current Ratio Related Terms
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Dayton Power & Light Co an Ohio corporation is a public utility incorporated in 1911. The Company sells electricity to residential, commercial, industrial and governmental customers in a 6,000 square mile area of West Central Ohio. Electricity for the Company's 24 county service area is generated at eight coal-fired power plants and is distributed to more than 513,000 retail customers. Principal industries served include automotive, food processing, paper, plastic, manufacturing and defense. It sells any excess energy and capacity into the wholesale market. It also sells electricity to DPLER, an affiliate, to satisfy the electric requirements of its retail customers. The Company's electric transmission and distribution businesses are subject to rate regulation by federal and state regulators while its generation business is not subject to such regulation.
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