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. Great Plains Energy's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 1.37.
Great Plains Energy has a quick ratio of 1.37. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.
The historical rank and industry rank for Great Plains Energy's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
GXPPRECL.PFD'
s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.17 Med: 0.46 Max: 4.33
Current: 1.37
During the past 13 years, Great Plains Energy's highest Quick Ratio was 4.33. The lowest was 0.17. And the median was 0.46.
GXPPRECL.PFD's Quick Ratio is not ranked
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 0.97
vs GXPPRECL.PFD: 1.37
Great Plains Energy Quick Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Great Plains Energy'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 Great Plains Energy's Quick Ratio
For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Great Plains Energy'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.
Great Plains Energy's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Great Plains Energy's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Great Plains Energy's Quick Ratio falls into.
Great Plains Energy 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.
Great Plains Energy's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 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.
Great Plains Energy (NYSE:GXPPRECL.PFD) 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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Great Plains Energy (Great Plains Energy) Business Description
Great Plains Energy is the holding company of Kansas City Power & Light and Greater Missouri Operations. The two regulated utilities provide electric service to roughly 900,000 customers in the Kansas City area and nearby western Missouri and eastern Kansas. The company has about 6.5 gigawatts of generating capacity. More than 80% of its electricity generation is from coal-fired plants, approximately 15% comes from its co-owned Wolf Creek nuclear plant, and the remainder is from gas, oil, and wind farms.
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