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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals (Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals) Quick Ratio : 0.98 (As of Mar. 2016)


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What is Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was 0.98.

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals has a quick ratio of 0.98. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CPP's Quick Ratio is not ranked *
in the Drug Manufacturers industry.
Industry Median: 1.33
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Quick Ratio only.

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Quick 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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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Quick Ratio Chart

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Quick Ratio
1.55 1.50 0.31

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Dec13 Dec14 Mar15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16
Quick Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.50 - 0.64 0.31 0.98

Competitive Comparison of Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick 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.


Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio falls into.



Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2015 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(1.841-0)/5.927
=0.31

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Mar. 2016 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(9.182-0)/9.396
=0.98

* 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.


Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals  (AMEX:CPP) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals (Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Inc is a pharmaceutical company. It was originally incorporated under the laws of the state of Arizona on June 9, 2008, as Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, LLC and on December 22, 2009, Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Delaware. The Company currently operates mainly in the development and commercialization of compound CPP-1X, otherwise known as DFMO or eflornithine. It is involved in familial adenomatous polyposis, neuroblastoma and the prevention of recurrence in colon cancer survivors. However, CPP also has therapeutic prevention approaches for prostate cancer, breast cancer, and skin cancers which will be developed together with the National Cancer Institute (as resources become available in the future) and multiple academic partners. Its competitors are Marina Biotech, Inc., SLA Pharma AG, StemSynergy Therapeutics, Inc. and Thetis Pharmaceuticals LLC. The Company holds license to approximately six issued patents in the United States. The Company's activities are subject to risks and uncertainties including failure to obtain required regulatory approvals to market the products, once developed, in the USA or foreign markets.

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