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Air China (HKSE:00753) Current Ratio : 0.27 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Air China 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. Air China's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.27.

Air China has a current ratio of 0.27. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Air China 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 Air China's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00753' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24   Med: 0.32   Max: 0.44
Current: 0.27

During the past 13 years, Air China's highest Current Ratio was 0.44. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 0.32.

HKSE:00753's Current Ratio is ranked worse than
96.38% of 968 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.41 vs HKSE:00753: 0.27

Air China Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Air China'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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Air China Current Ratio Chart

Air China Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.32 0.25 0.33 0.24 0.29

Air China Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.34 0.29 0.33 0.30 0.27

Competitive Comparison of Air China's Current Ratio

For the Airlines subindustry, Air China'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.


Air China's Current Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Air China's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Air China 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.

Air China's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2023 )
=35367.035/120662.705
=0.29

Air China's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Sep. 2024 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=44425.117/165723.16
=0.27

* 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.


Air China  (HKSE:00753) 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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Air China Business Description

Address
12 Tung Fai Road, 5th Floor, CNAC House, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, HKG
Air China is based in Beijing. It is one of the largest state-owned airlines and the flag carrier in China. The group operated a fleet of 905 aircraft as of 2023 and carried more than 115 million passengers in prepandemic 2019. It runs a spoke-and-hub model under which it gathers and distributes passengers from air hubs such as Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai.
Executives
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
John Swire & Sons Limited 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Swire Pacific Limited 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
China National Aviation Corporation (group) Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you

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