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China Gengsheng Minerals (FRA:CGS) Current Ratio : 0.84 (As of Dec. 2013)


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What is China Gengsheng Minerals 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. China Gengsheng Minerals's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 0.84.

China Gengsheng Minerals has a current ratio of 0.84. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If China Gengsheng Minerals 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 China Gengsheng Minerals's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:CGS' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.84   Med: 1.28   Max: 2.51
Current: 0.84

During the past 8 years, China Gengsheng Minerals's highest Current Ratio was 2.51. The lowest was 0.84. And the median was 1.28.

FRA:CGS's Current Ratio is not ranked
in the Building Materials industry.
Industry Median: 1.53 vs FRA:CGS: 0.84

China Gengsheng Minerals Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Gengsheng Minerals'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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China Gengsheng Minerals Current Ratio Chart

China Gengsheng Minerals Annual Data
Trend Sep06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.50 1.28 1.12 0.99 0.84

China Gengsheng Minerals Quarterly Data
Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13
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 0.99 0.96 0.95 0.93 0.84

Competitive Comparison of China Gengsheng Minerals's Current Ratio

For the Building Materials subindustry, China Gengsheng Minerals'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.


China Gengsheng Minerals's Current Ratio Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, China Gengsheng Minerals's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Gengsheng Minerals's Current Ratio falls into.



China Gengsheng Minerals 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.

China Gengsheng Minerals's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2013 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2013 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2013 )
=72.98/86.857
=0.84

China Gengsheng Minerals's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Dec. 2013 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Dec. 2013 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Dec. 2013 )
=72.98/86.857
=0.84

* 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.


China Gengsheng Minerals  (FRA:CGS) 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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China Gengsheng Minerals (FRA:CGS) Business Description

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Address
No. 88 Gengsheng Road, Dayugou Town, Gongyi, Henan, CHN, 451271
China Gengsheng Minerals Inc is a holding company. It operates in the materials technology industry through its subsidiaries in China. It develops, manufactures and sells a broad range of mineral-based products. Its products include refractory products, industrial ceramics, fracture proppants and fine precision abrasives and corundum materials. It sells its products to iron, steel, oil, glass, cement, aluminum, chemical and solar industries. The company has Refractories, Industrial ceramic, Fracture proppant, Fire precision abrasives segments. It derives the majority of its revenues from Refractories segment.

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