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Arqit Quantum (Arqit Quantum) Cash Ratio : 1.66 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Arqit Quantum 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. Arqit Quantum's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.66.

Arqit Quantum has a Cash Ratio of 1.66. 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 Arqit Quantum's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ARQQ' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02   Med: 1.66   Max: 5.09
Current: 1.66

During the past 5 years, Arqit Quantum's highest Cash Ratio was 5.09. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 1.66.

ARQQ's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
72.06% of 2770 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.76 vs ARQQ: 1.66

Arqit Quantum Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arqit Quantum'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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Arqit Quantum Cash Ratio Chart

Arqit Quantum Annual Data
Trend Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cash Ratio
1.11 0.02 5.09 2.06 1.66

Arqit Quantum Semi-Annual Data
Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 5.09 4.10 2.06 2.00 1.66

Competitive Comparison of Arqit Quantum's Cash Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Arqit Quantum'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.


Arqit Quantum's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Arqit Quantum's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arqit Quantum's Cash Ratio falls into.



Arqit Quantum Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Arqit Quantum's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Sep. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=44.455/26.818
=1.66

Arqit Quantum'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
=44.455/26.818
=1.66

* 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.


Arqit Quantum  (NAS:ARQQ) 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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Arqit Quantum (Arqit Quantum) Business Description

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Address
Nova North, 11 Bressenden Place, 7th floor, London, GBR, SW1E 5BY
Arqit Quantum Inc is a cybersecurity company that has pioneered a symmetric key agreement technology which makes the communications links of any networked device or data at rest secure against current and future forms of cyber attack - even an attack from a quantum computer. Arqit delivers its symmetric key agreement technology via its QuantumCloud. Its product, QuantumCloud, enables any device to download a lightweight software agent, which can create keys in partnership with any other device. The firm operates in one segment that is, the provision of cybersecurity services via satellite and terrestrial platforms. Key revenue comes from the UK.