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Viewcast.com (Viewcast.com) Quick Ratio : 0.53 (As of Jun. 2013)


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What is Viewcast.com 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. Viewcast.com's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was 0.53.

Viewcast.com has a quick ratio of 0.53. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

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

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

Viewcast.com Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Viewcast.com'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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Viewcast.com Quick Ratio Chart

Viewcast.com Annual Data
Trend Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.78 0.89 1.54 0.97 0.81

Viewcast.com Quarterly Data
Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13
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 0.71 0.63 0.81 0.66 0.53

Competitive Comparison of Viewcast.com's Quick Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Viewcast.com'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.


Viewcast.com's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Viewcast.com's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Viewcast.com 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.

Viewcast.com's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2012 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(4.82-2.123)/3.327
=0.81

Viewcast.com's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Jun. 2013 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(4.018-2.145)/3.561
=0.53

* 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.


Viewcast.com  (OTCPK:VCST) 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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Viewcast.com (Viewcast.com) Business Description

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Address
3701 W. Plano Parkway, Suite 300, Plano, TX, USA, 75075-7840
Viewcast.com Inc is engaged in developing industry hardware and software for the capture, management, transformation and delivery of digital media over IP and mobile networks. The company products include Niagara System and Osprey Cards, provides required technology to deliver the multi-platform experiences.
Executives
Adrian Giuhat officer: CTO 750 W JOHN CARPENTER FWY, STE 700, IRVING TX 75039
Laurie L Latham officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VIEWCAST COM, 2665 VILLA CREEK DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75234

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