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Abacus Storage King (ASX:ASK) Cash Ratio : 0.98 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Abacus Storage King 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. Abacus Storage King's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.98.

Abacus Storage King has a Cash Ratio of 0.98. 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 Abacus Storage King's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:ASK' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.23   Med: 0.65   Max: 0.98
Current: 0.98

During the past 2 years, Abacus Storage King's highest Cash Ratio was 0.98. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.65.

ASX:ASK's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
70.07% of 705 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.42 vs ASX:ASK: 0.98

Abacus Storage King Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Abacus Storage King'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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Abacus Storage King Cash Ratio Chart

Abacus Storage King Annual Data
Trend Jun21 Jun22
Cash Ratio
0.23 0.34

Abacus Storage King Semi-Annual Data
Jun21 Jun22 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio 0.23 0.34 0.96 0.98

Competitive Comparison of Abacus Storage King's Cash Ratio

For the REIT - Industrial subindustry, Abacus Storage King'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.


Abacus Storage King's Cash Ratio Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Abacus Storage King's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Abacus Storage King's Cash Ratio falls into.



Abacus Storage King Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Abacus Storage King's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Jun. 2022 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=38.033/113.163
=0.34

Abacus Storage King's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=70.496/72.051
=0.98

* 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.


Abacus Storage King  (ASX:ASK) 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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Abacus Storage King (ASX:ASK) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
77 Castlereagh Street, Level 13, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Abacus Storage King REIT is a self-storage REIT. It owns, operates, and manages a self-storage operating platform and an investment portfolio comprising self-storage properties and other investments across Australia and New Zealand.

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