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Cake Box Holdings (LSE:CBOX) Cash Ratio : 1.81 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Cake Box Holdings 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. Cake Box Holdings's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.81.

Cake Box Holdings has a Cash Ratio of 1.81. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cake Box Holdings's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:CBOX' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.1   Med: 1.27   Max: 1.81
Current: 1.81

During the past 8 years, Cake Box Holdings's highest Cash Ratio was 1.81. The lowest was 0.10. And the median was 1.27.

LSE:CBOX's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
90.52% of 306 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.29 vs LSE:CBOX: 1.81

Cake Box Holdings Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cake Box Holdings'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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Cake Box Holdings Cash Ratio Chart

Cake Box Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.24 1.65 1.04 1.58 1.57

Cake Box Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Cash 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 1.30 1.58 1.31 1.57 1.81

Competitive Comparison of Cake Box Holdings's Cash Ratio

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Cake Box Holdings'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.


Cake Box Holdings's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Cake Box Holdings's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cake Box Holdings's Cash Ratio falls into.



Cake Box Holdings Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Cake Box Holdings's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Mar. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=7.354/4.678
=1.57

Cake Box Holdings's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Sep. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=7.5/4.133
=1.81

* 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.


Cake Box Holdings  (LSE:CBOX) 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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Cake Box Holdings (LSE:CBOX) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
20-22 Jute Lane, Enfield, London, Middlesex, GBR, EN3 7PJ
Cake Box Holdings PLC is a retailer of fresh cream cakes. It offers a range of cakes that include cupcakes, photo cakes, number cakes, fruit cakes, mendhi cakes, round cakes, kid's cakes, platter cakes, and wedding cakes. The company recognises revenue revenue from Sale of sponges, fresh cream and other goods to franchisees, Online sales of cakes and related products to customers, Franchise package. Geographically, it derives revenue from the United Kingdom.

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