WAVE Life Sciences has a quick ratio of 1.26. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.
The historical rank and industry rank for WAVE Life Sciences's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
WVE'
s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.26 Med: 1.8 Max: 42.27
Current: 1.26
During the past 11 years, WAVE Life Sciences's highest Quick Ratio was 42.27. The lowest was 1.26. And the median was 1.80.
WVE's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than 76% of 1554
companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 3.57
vs WVE: 1.26
WAVE Life Sciences Quick Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for WAVE Life Sciences'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.
Competitive Comparison of WAVE Life Sciences's Quick Ratio
For the Biotechnology subindustry, WAVE Life Sciences'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.
WAVE Life Sciences's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, WAVE Life Sciences's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where WAVE Life Sciences's Quick Ratio falls into.
WAVE Life Sciences 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.
WAVE Life Sciences'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.
WAVE Life Sciences (NAS:WVE) 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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WAVE Life Sciences (WAVE Life Sciences) Business Description
WAVE Life Sciences Ltd is a clinical-stage RNA medicines company committed to delivering life-changing treatments for people battling devastating diseases. Wave aspires to develop best-in-class medicines across multiple therapeutic modalities using PRISM, the company's proprietary discovery and drug development platform that enables the precise design, optimization, and production of stereopure oligonucleotides. Driven by a resolute sense of urgency, the Wave team is targeting a broad range of genetically defined diseases so that patients and families may realize a brighter future.
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