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Aluworks (XGHA:ALW) Quick Ratio : 0.02 (As of Dec. 2020)


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What is Aluworks 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. Aluworks's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was 0.02.

Aluworks has a quick ratio of 0.02. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

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

XGHA:ALW's Quick Ratio is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 1.655
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Quick Ratio only.

Aluworks Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aluworks'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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Aluworks Quick Ratio Chart

Aluworks Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.07 0.08 0.03 0.03 0.02

Aluworks Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Quick Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.07 0.08 0.03 0.03 0.02

Competitive Comparison of Aluworks's Quick Ratio

For the Aluminum subindustry, Aluworks'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.


Aluworks's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Aluworks's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Aluworks 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.

Aluworks's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2020 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(15.182-12.191)/181.036
=0.02

Aluworks's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Dec. 2020 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(15.182-12.191)/181.036
=0.02

* 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.


Aluworks  (XGHA:ALW) 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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Aluworks (XGHA:ALW) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Plot No. 63/1, Heavy Industrial Area, P. O. Box CO 914, Greater Accra, Tema, GHA
Aluworks Ltd is engaged in continuous casting and cold rolling of aluminum products. The company manufactures aluminum coils, circles, corrugated sheets, and flat sheets. It acts as a supplier of aluminum coils, discs, flat sheets and sheet-in-coil as raw materials for many small and medium-scale factories manufacturing aluminum household cooking utensils, corrugated roofing sheets, and general fabrication. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Ghana.

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