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Sykes Enterprises (Sykes Enterprises) Quick Ratio : 2.03 (As of Jun. 2021)


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What is Sykes Enterprises 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. Sykes Enterprises's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was 2.03.

Sykes Enterprises has a quick ratio of 2.03. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

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

SYKE's Quick Ratio is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.67
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Quick Ratio only.

Sykes Enterprises Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sykes Enterprises'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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Sykes Enterprises Quick Ratio Chart

Sykes Enterprises Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.07 3.58 2.78 2.20 1.89

Sykes Enterprises Quarterly Data
Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21
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 2.12 1.97 1.89 2.01 2.03

Competitive Comparison of Sykes Enterprises's Quick Ratio

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Sykes Enterprises'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.


Sykes Enterprises's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sykes Enterprises's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sykes Enterprises 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.

Sykes Enterprises'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
=(559.889-0)/295.506
=1.89

Sykes Enterprises's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Jun. 2021 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(566.806-0)/279.824
=2.03

* 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.


Sykes Enterprises  (NAS:SYKE) 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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Sykes Enterprises (Sykes Enterprises) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
400 North Ashley Drive, Suite 2800, Tampa, FL, USA, 33602
Sykes Enterprises Inc or Sykes is a provider of multichannel demand generation and global customer engagement services. Their end customers are in communications, financial services, technology, transportation and leisure, healthcare, retail and other industries. Sykes serves its clients through two geographic operating regions which are the Americas & EMEA. In Europe, it also provides fulfillment services, which includes order processing, payment processing, inventory control, product delivery and product returns handling.
Executives
John Chapman officer: EVP & CFO 400 N ASHLEY DRIVE TAMPA FL 33602
James T Holder officer: Executive VP & Secretary 3916 STATE STREET SUITE 300 SANTA BARBARA CA 93105
Lawrence Zingale officer: Executive Vice President 400 N. ASHLEY DRIVE, 2800, TAMPA FL 33602
William J Meurer director
David Pearson officer: Executive Vice President 400 N ASHLEY DRIVE SUITE 2800 TAMPA FL 33602
Charles E Sykes officer: CEO & President 400 N ASHLEY DRIVE TAMPA FL 33602
W. Mark Watson director 324 S. HYDE PARK AVENUE, STE 350, TAMPA FL 33606
Mark C Bozak director
James S Macleod director 250 E KILBOURN AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Chang Vanessa C L director P O BOX 800, 2244 WALNUT GROVE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Carlos E Evans director 3100 SMOKETREE COURT, SUITE 600, RALEIGH NC 27616
Lorraine L Lutton director 400 N. ASHLEY DRIVE, SUITE 2800 TAMPA FL 33602
Muir William D Jr director 10560 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ST. N., ST. PETERSBURG FL 33716
William Rocktoff officer: VP & Corporate Controller 400 N ASHLEY DRIVE SUITE 2800 TAMPA FL 33602
Jenna Nelson officer: Executive Vice President 400 N ASHLEY DRIVE SUITE 2800 TAMPA FL 33602