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Zenova Group (LSE:ZED) Current Ratio : 0.89 (As of May. 2024)


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What is Zenova Group 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. Zenova Group's current ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 was 0.89.

Zenova Group has a current ratio of 0.89. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Zenova Group 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 Zenova Group's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:ZED' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 4.29   Max: 23.03
Current: 0.89

During the past 4 years, Zenova Group's highest Current Ratio was 23.03. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 4.29.

LSE:ZED's Current Ratio is ranked worse than
88.86% of 1562 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.93 vs LSE:ZED: 0.89

Zenova Group Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zenova Group'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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Zenova Group Current Ratio Chart

Zenova Group Annual Data
Trend Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Current Ratio
0.88 23.03 5.80 0.61

Zenova Group Semi-Annual Data
May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23 May24
Current Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 20.28 5.80 2.78 0.61 0.89

Competitive Comparison of Zenova Group's Current Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Zenova Group'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.


Zenova Group's Current Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Zenova Group's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zenova Group's Current Ratio falls into.



Zenova Group 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.

Zenova Group's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Nov. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Nov. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Nov. 2023 )
=0.406/0.668
=0.61

Zenova Group's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: May. 2024 )=Total Current Assets (Q: May. 2024 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: May. 2024 )
=0.512/0.578
=0.89

* 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.


Zenova Group  (LSE:ZED) 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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Zenova Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
172 Arlington Road, London, GBR, NW1 7HL
Zenova Group PLC is engaged in the development, manufacture, and sale of fire-retardant systems. It is the holder of intellectual property to underpin a suite of fire safety and temperature management products and technology applicable to industrial, commercial and residential markets. The company's product range includes fire protection paint, insulating paint and render and extinguishing fluid, and it has further products in varying stages of development and testing.

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