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NKGen Biotech (NKGen Biotech) Quick Ratio : 0.04 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is NKGen Biotech 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. NKGen Biotech's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.04.

NKGen Biotech has a quick ratio of 0.04. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

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

NKGN' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.04   Max: 0.27
Current: 0.04

During the past 3 years, NKGen Biotech's highest Quick Ratio was 0.27. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.04.

NKGN's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
98.25% of 1545 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 3.6 vs NKGN: 0.04

NKGen Biotech Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for NKGen Biotech'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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NKGen Biotech Quick Ratio Chart

NKGen Biotech Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Quick Ratio
0.01 0.02 0.05

NKGen Biotech Quarterly Data
Dec21 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Quick Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.02 - 0.27 0.05 0.04

Competitive Comparison of NKGen Biotech's Quick Ratio

For the Biotechnology subindustry, NKGen Biotech'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.


NKGen Biotech's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, NKGen Biotech's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



NKGen Biotech 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.

NKGen Biotech's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(1.93-0)/39.452
=0.05

NKGen Biotech's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(1.607-0)/37.483
=0.04

* 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.


NKGen Biotech  (NAS:NKGN) 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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NKGen Biotech (NKGen Biotech) Business Description

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Address
19700 Fairchild Road, Suite No. 300, Irvine, CA, USA, 92612
NKGen Biotech Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous, allogeneic and CAR-NK natural killer cell therapies utilizing our proprietary SNK (super-activated) platform.