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Indian Railway Catering And Tourism (BOM:542830) Cash Ratio : 0.96 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Indian Railway Catering And Tourism's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.96.

Indian Railway Catering And Tourism has a Cash Ratio of 0.96. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Indian Railway Catering And Tourism's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BOM:542830' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.2   Med: 0.39   Max: 1.41
Current: 0.92

During the past 8 years, Indian Railway Catering And Tourism's highest Cash Ratio was 1.41. The lowest was 0.20. And the median was 0.39.

BOM:542830's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
68.81% of 962 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 0.535 vs BOM:542830: 0.92

Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Indian Railway Catering And Tourism's Cash 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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Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Cash Ratio Chart

Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.34 0.22 0.23 0.20 0.96

Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Indian Railway Catering And Tourism's Cash Ratio

For the Railroads subindustry, Indian Railway Catering And Tourism's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash 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.


Indian Railway Catering And Tourism's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Indian Railway Catering And Tourism's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

Indian Railway Catering And Tourism's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=25351.432/26316.742
=0.96

Indian Railway Catering And Tourism's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=25351.432/26316.742
=0.96

* 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.


Indian Railway Catering And Tourism  (BOM:542830) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Indian Railway Catering And Tourism (BOM:542830) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Barakhamba Road, B-148, 11th Floor, Statesman House, New Delhi, IND, 110001
Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corp Ltd is engaged in catering and hospitality services at stations, on trains, and other locations and to promote domestic and international tourism through the development of budget hotels, special tour packages, information and commercial publicity, and global reservation systems. The company's core services include Catering and Hospitality, Internet Ticketing, Travel and Tourism, and Packaged Drinking Water. A vast majority of its revenues are derived from the Catering business.

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