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Electronic Control Security (Electronic Control Security) Current Ratio : 1.14 (As of Mar. 2014)


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What is Electronic Control Security 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. Electronic Control Security's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was 1.14.

Electronic Control Security has a current ratio of 1.14. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

The historical rank and industry rank for Electronic Control Security's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

EKCS's Current Ratio is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.74
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Current Ratio only.

Electronic Control Security Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electronic Control Security'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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Electronic Control Security Current Ratio Chart

Electronic Control Security Annual Data
Trend Jun04 Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.46 1.46 2.18 1.19 1.62

Electronic Control Security Quarterly Data
Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14
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 1.15 1.62 1.48 1.28 1.14

Competitive Comparison of Electronic Control Security's Current Ratio

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Electronic Control Security'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.


Electronic Control Security's Current Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Electronic Control Security's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Electronic Control Security's Current Ratio falls into.



Electronic Control Security 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.

Electronic Control Security's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Jun. 2013 )=Total Current Assets (A: Jun. 2013 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Jun. 2013 )
=2.619/1.617
=1.62

Electronic Control Security's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Mar. 2014 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Mar. 2014 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Mar. 2014 )
=2.702/2.368
=1.14

* 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.


Electronic Control Security  (OTCPK:EKCS) 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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Electronic Control Security (Electronic Control Security) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
790 Bloomfield Avenue, Building C-1, Clifton, NJ, USA, 07012
Electronic Control Security Inc is a single source security technology provider. It designs, manufactures, and supplies standalone and fully integrated state-of-the-art entry control and perimeter intrusion detection systems for the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, nuclear power stations, and various international customers. ECSI designs and interfaces commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, offering systems that are cost-effective and flexible to achieve a secure and normal environment for a facility. Its products are Advanced Radar Technologies; Water Infrastructure Sensing Equipment; Flight Line Security and Others.
Executives
Stephen Rossetti director 5408 DUVALL DR, BETHESDA MD 20816-1872
Gordon E Fornell director
Norman J Barta director C/O NEPHROS, INC., 3960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10032

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