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Surface Metals (XCNQ:SUR) Quick Ratio : 0.50 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Surface Metals 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. Surface Metals's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.50.

Surface Metals has a quick ratio of 0.50. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

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

XCNQ:SUR' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05   Med: 1.38   Max: 79.6
Current: 0.5

During the past 7 years, Surface Metals's highest Quick Ratio was 79.60. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 1.38.

XCNQ:SUR's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
74.26% of 2626 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.46 vs XCNQ:SUR: 0.50

Surface Metals Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Surface Metals'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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Surface Metals Quick Ratio Chart

Surface Metals Annual Data
Trend Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.05 11.99 10.68 0.78 1.19

Surface Metals Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 1.56 2.03 1.19 0.61 0.50

Competitive Comparison of Surface Metals's Quick Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Surface Metals'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.


Surface Metals's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Surface Metals's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Surface Metals 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.

Surface Metals's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Sep. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(0.352-0)/0.297
=1.19

Surface Metals's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Mar. 2025 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(0.193-0)/0.385
=0.50

* 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.


Surface Metals  (XCNQ:SUR) 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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Surface Metals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
318 - 1199 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 2R1
Surface Metals Inc formerly ACME Lithium Inc is a mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of natural resource properties located in the State of Nevada, USA, and Manitoba, Canada. The company's projects include Clayton valley, Fish lake valley, Shatford lake, Cat-Euclid lake, Birse lake, and Bailey lake.
Executives
Vivian Andrea Katsuris Director
Stephen Hanson Director

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