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Pointer Telocation (Pointer Telocation) Current Ratio : 1.84 (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Pointer Telocation 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. Pointer Telocation's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was 1.84.

Pointer Telocation has a current ratio of 1.84. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

The historical rank and industry rank for Pointer Telocation's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PNTR's Current Ratio is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 2.04
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Current Ratio only.

Pointer Telocation Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pointer Telocation'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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Pointer Telocation Current Ratio Chart

Pointer Telocation Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.07 1.14 1.27 1.44 1.85

Pointer Telocation Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
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 1.61 1.78 1.85 1.87 1.84

Competitive Comparison of Pointer Telocation's Current Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Pointer Telocation'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.


Pointer Telocation's Current Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Pointer Telocation's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pointer Telocation's Current Ratio falls into.



Pointer Telocation 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.

Pointer Telocation's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2018 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2018 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2018 )
=32.224/17.372
=1.85

Pointer Telocation's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Jun. 2019 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Jun. 2019 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Jun. 2019 )
=37.538/20.385
=1.84

* 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.


Pointer Telocation  (NAS:PNTR) 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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Pointer Telocation (Pointer Telocation) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
14 Hamelacha Street, Rosh Haayin, ISR, 4809133
Pointer Telocation Ltd is a provider of command and control technologies for mobile resource management in the automotive and insurance industries and other mobile tracking markets. It has Cellocator and Mobile resource management segments. Cellocator segment consists of designing, developing and producing mobile resource management products. Mobile resource management segment comprises operations in Israel, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and South Africa. The company derives the majority of its revenues from Mobile resource management segment.