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. Nkarta's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.85.
Nkarta has a quick ratio of 10.85. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.
The historical rank and industry rank for Nkarta's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
NKTX'
s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.96 Med: 13.61 Max: 36.1
Current: 10.85
During the past 6 years, Nkarta's highest Quick Ratio was 36.10. The lowest was 3.96. And the median was 13.61.
NKTX's Quick Ratio is ranked better than 83.64% of 1553
companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 3.53
vs NKTX: 10.85
Nkarta Quick Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Nkarta'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.
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Nkarta'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.
Nkarta's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Nkarta's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Nkarta's Quick Ratio falls into.
Nkarta 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.
Nkarta's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* 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.
Nkarta (NAS:NKTX) 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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Nkarta Inc is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing engineered natural killer (NK) cells to treat cancer. The Company is engaged in leveraging the natural potent power of NK cells to identify and kill abnormal cells and recruit adaptive immune effectors to generate responses that are specific and durable. The company is combining its NK expansion platform technology with proprietary cell engineering technologies to generate an abundant supply of NK cells, engineer enhanced NK cell recognition of tumor targets, and improve persistence for sustained activity in the body for the treatment of cancer. The Company's operations are based in South San Francisco, California.
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