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. Consolidated Water Co's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.99.
Consolidated Water Co has a current ratio of 4.99. It indicates the company may not be efficiently using its current assets or its short-term financing facilities. This may also indicate problems in working capital management.
The historical rank and industry rank for Consolidated Water Co's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
FRA:CW2'
s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.09 Med: 8.26 Max: 13.45
Current: 4.99
During the past 13 years, Consolidated Water Co's highest Current Ratio was 13.45. The lowest was 3.09. And the median was 8.26.
FRA:CW2's Current Ratio is ranked better than 96.51% of 516
companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.06
vs FRA:CW2: 4.99
Consolidated Water Co Current Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Consolidated Water Co'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.
Competitive Comparison of Consolidated Water Co's Current Ratio
For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Consolidated Water 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.
Consolidated Water Co's Current Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Consolidated Water Co's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Consolidated Water Co's Current Ratio falls into.
Consolidated Water 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.
Consolidated Water Co's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 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.
Consolidated Water Co (FRA:CW2) 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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Consolidated Water Co (FRA:CW2) Business Description
Consolidated Water Co Ltd is a water utility company. It develops and operates seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems. The company's business segments are; The retail segment operates the water utility for the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas of Grand Cayman Island, The bulk segment supplies potable water to government utilities in Grand Cayman and The Bahamas under long-term contracts, The services segment designs, constructs and sells water infrastructure and provides management and operating services to third parties, and The manufacturing segment manufactures and services a wide range of custom and specialized water-related products applicable to commercial, municipal and industrial water production, supply and treatment.
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