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Lai Sun Development Co (HKSE:00488) Cash Ratio : 0.46 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Lai Sun Development Co 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. Lai Sun Development Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.46.

Lai Sun Development Co has a Cash Ratio of 0.46. 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 Lai Sun Development Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00488' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.33   Med: 0.58   Max: 3.27
Current: 0.46

During the past 13 years, Lai Sun Development Co's highest Cash Ratio was 3.27. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.58.

HKSE:00488's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
58.74% of 1774 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 0.32 vs HKSE:00488: 0.46

Lai Sun Development Co Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lai Sun Development Co'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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Lai Sun Development Co Cash Ratio Chart

Lai Sun Development Co Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.42 0.33 0.96 0.41 0.34

Lai Sun Development Co Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.50 0.41 0.39 0.34 0.46

Competitive Comparison of Lai Sun Development Co's Cash Ratio

For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, Lai Sun Development Co'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.


Lai Sun Development Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Lai Sun Development Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lai Sun Development Co's Cash Ratio falls into.



Lai Sun Development Co Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Lai Sun Development Co's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Jul. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=3774.215/11120.774
=0.34

Lai Sun Development Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Jan. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=3097.162/6748.763
=0.46

* 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.


Lai Sun Development Co  (HKSE:00488) 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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Lai Sun Development Co (HKSE:00488) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
680 Cheung Sha Wan Road, 11th Floor, Lai Sun Commercial Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Lai Sun Development Co Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment includes property development and sales; property investment; hotel operation; restaurant operation; media and entertainment; film and TV programs; cinema operation; theme park operation and others. The property development and sales segment is engaged in property development and the sale of properties. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Hong Kong, Mainland China and Macau.

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