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. WAVE Life Sciences's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.26.
WAVE Life Sciences has a current ratio of 1.26. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.
The historical rank and industry rank for WAVE Life Sciences's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
WVE'
s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.26 Med: 1.8 Max: 42.27
Current: 1.26
During the past 11 years, WAVE Life Sciences's highest Current Ratio was 42.27. The lowest was 1.26. And the median was 1.80.
WVE's Current Ratio is ranked worse than 79.41% of 1554
companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 3.79
vs WVE: 1.26
WAVE Life Sciences Current Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for WAVE Life Sciences'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 WAVE Life Sciences's Current Ratio
For the Biotechnology subindustry, WAVE Life Sciences'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.
WAVE Life Sciences's Current Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, WAVE Life Sciences's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where WAVE Life Sciences's Current Ratio falls into.
WAVE Life Sciences 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.
WAVE Life Sciences'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.
WAVE Life Sciences (NAS:WVE) 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.
WAVE Life Sciences Current Ratio Related Terms
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WAVE Life Sciences (WAVE Life Sciences) Business Description
WAVE Life Sciences Ltd is a clinical-stage RNA medicines company committed to delivering life-changing treatments for people battling devastating diseases. Wave aspires to develop best-in-class medicines across multiple therapeutic modalities using PRISM, the company's proprietary discovery and drug development platform that enables the precise design, optimization, and production of stereopure oligonucleotides. Driven by a resolute sense of urgency, the Wave team is targeting a broad range of genetically defined diseases so that patients and families may realize a brighter future.
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