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Korea Gas (XKRX:036460) Quick Ratio : 0.69 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Korea Gas 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. Korea Gas's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.69.

Korea Gas has a quick ratio of 0.69. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

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

XKRX:036460' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.47   Med: 0.74   Max: 2.18
Current: 0.69

During the past 13 years, Korea Gas's highest Quick Ratio was 2.18. The lowest was 0.47. And the median was 0.74.

XKRX:036460's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
73.31% of 502 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.005 vs XKRX:036460: 0.69

Korea Gas Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korea Gas'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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Korea Gas Quick Ratio Chart

Korea Gas Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.85 0.68 0.57 0.55 0.58

Korea Gas 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 0.61 0.55 0.55 0.58 0.69

Competitive Comparison of Korea Gas's Quick Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Korea Gas'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.


Korea Gas's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Korea Gas's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Korea Gas's Quick Ratio falls into.


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Korea Gas 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.

Korea Gas's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(16968511-4604801)/21266507
=0.58

Korea Gas'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
=(14658003-1801301)/18545996
=0.69

* 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.


Korea Gas  (XKRX:036460) 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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Korea Gas Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
215 Jeongja-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, KOR, 463-754
Korea Gas Corp is a Korean natural gas utility company. The Government of Korea holds a majority stake in the firm. Korea Gas Corp holds a monopoly as the country's only natural gas distributor with a nationwide network of pipelines and storage tanks. The company segments its operations into Domestic Business and Overseas Business units. The Domestic Business division encompasses Korea Gas' liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchasing, supply, storage, and pipeline distributing activities. The company primarily buys natural gas from Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian sources. Korea Gas' total revenue is split fairly evenly between the sale of natural gas to urban consumers and to the power sector. Korean housing and industrial customers represent the majority of the firm's customer base.

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