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Invensys (FRA:SBPD) Quick Ratio : 1.78 (As of Sep. 2013)


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What is Invensys 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. Invensys's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was 1.78.

Invensys has a quick ratio of 1.78. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

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

FRA:SBPD's Quick Ratio is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.38
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Quick Ratio only.

Invensys Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Invensys'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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Invensys Quick Ratio Chart

Invensys Annual Data
Trend Mar04 Mar05 Mar06 Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.24 1.35 1.30 1.24 2.17

Invensys Semi-Annual Data
Mar03 Sep04 Mar05 Sep05 Mar06 Sep06 Mar07 Sep07 Mar08 Sep08 Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13
Quick 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 1.23 1.24 1.20 2.17 1.78

Competitive Comparison of Invensys's Quick Ratio

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Invensys'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.


Invensys's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Invensys's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Invensys's Quick Ratio falls into.



Invensys 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.

Invensys's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2013 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Mar. 2013 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(1781.538-129.249)/760.356
=2.17

Invensys's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Sep. 2013 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(1380.832-131.79)/702.883
=1.78

* 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.


Invensys  (FRA:SBPD) 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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Invensys Business Description

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Invensys PLC is a technology company that works in partnership with industrial and commercial customers to design and supply advanced technologies that optimise operational performance and profitability. The Company is grouped into four new business segments - Software, Industrial Automation, Energy Controls and Appliance. The Company's divisions include; Invensys Operations Management which is a technology, software and consulting business that creates and applies technologies to enable the safe and efficient operation of industrial and commercial operations such as oil refineries, fossil fuel and nuclear power plants, petrochemical works and other manufacturing sites. Invensys Controls designs, engineers and manufactures products, components, systems and services used in appliances, heating, air conditioning/cooling and refrigeration products across a range of industries in residential and commercial markets. The Software segment consists of the software businesses previously within Invensys Operations Management and includes Wonderware, SimSciTM and Avantis brands. Industrial Automation segment consists of the systems businesses of our Foxboro distributed control systems (DCS) and Triconex safety systems with the addition of the Foxboro measurement and instrumentation products previously within the equipment business of Invensys Operations Management. Energy Controls segment consists of the Eurotherm and IMServ businesses previously included within the equipment business of Invensys Operations Management, together with the residential heating and commercial businesses that were formerly part of Invensys Controls. Appliance segment consists of the Appliance controls line of business previously within Invensys Controls, together with the appliance replacement parts business formerly within Wholesale, also part of the former Invensys Controls.

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