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Echelon (Echelon) Quick Ratio : 4.05 (As of Jun. 2018)


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What is Echelon 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. Echelon's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was 4.05.

Echelon has a quick ratio of 4.05. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

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

ELON's Quick Ratio is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.48
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Quick Ratio only.

Echelon Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Echelon'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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Echelon Quick Ratio Chart

Echelon Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.39 3.84 3.80 3.72 2.90

Echelon Quarterly Data
Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18
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 3.47 3.20 2.90 4.17 4.05

Competitive Comparison of Echelon's Quick Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Echelon'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.


Echelon's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Echelon's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Echelon 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.

Echelon's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2017 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(29.369-3.251)/9
=2.90

Echelon's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Jun. 2018 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(26.624-2.951)/5.851
=4.05

* 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.


Echelon  (NAS:ELON) 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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Echelon (Echelon) Business Description

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Echelon Corp is an energy control networking company. It develops open-standard control networking platforms for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. The company operates in one reporting segment, the IIoT segment. It currently operates in three geographical markets: the Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Asia Pacific/Japan. The majority of its revenue is derived from the Europe, Middle East, and Africa. It offers two product lines, the first of which is comprised of chips, modules, gateways, and design and management software. The second product line is a range of control networking solutions designed specifically for the lighting market within the IIoT.
Executives
Betsy Rafael director 550 MERIDIAN AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95126
Alicia Jayne Moore officer: SVP, Gen. Counsel & Sec 550 MERIDIAN AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95126
Robert J Finocchio director C/O ALTERA CORP 101 INNOVATION DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95134
Ronald Sege director, officer: Chairman, CEO & President 350 CAMPUS DRIVE, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752
William R Slakey officer: Executive VP and CFO
Robyn M Denholm director 4150 NETWORK CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Larry W Sonsini director 3303 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Michael E Lehman director
Peter A Mehring officer: Senior VP of Engineering