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. Summit Materials's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.36.
Summit Materials has a current ratio of 5.36. 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 Summit Materials's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
SUM'
s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.37 Med: 2.72 Max: 5.36
Current: 5.36
During the past 13 years, Summit Materials's highest Current Ratio was 5.36. The lowest was 1.37. And the median was 2.72.
SUM's Current Ratio is ranked better than 92.82% of 390
companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 1.49
vs SUM: 5.36
Summit Materials Current Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Summit Materials'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 Summit Materials's Current Ratio
For the Building Materials subindustry, Summit Materials'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.
Summit Materials's Current Ratio Distribution in the Building Materials Industry
For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Summit Materials's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Summit Materials's Current Ratio falls into.
Summit Materials 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.
Summit Materials'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.
Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) 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.
Summit Materials Current Ratio Related Terms
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Summit Materials (Summit Materials) Business Description
Summit Materials Inc is an aggregates supplier and cement producer in the United States. The company sells products that include aggregates, which it supplies across the United States, and in British Columbia, Canada, and cement, which it supplies to surrounding states along the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana. In addition to supplying aggregates to customers, the company uses a portion of its materials internally to produce ready-mix concrete and asphalt paving mix, which may be sold externally or used in its paving and related services businesses. The company operates in 22 U.S. states and in British Columbia, Canada and has assets in 21 U.S. states and in British Columbia, Canada through their platforms.
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