Knife River Holding Co has a Cash Ratio of 0.76. 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 Knife River Holding Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
KNF'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02 Med: 0.04 Max: 0.76
Current: 0.76
During the past 4 years, Knife River Holding Co's highest Cash Ratio was 0.76. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.04.
KNF's Cash Ratio is ranked better than 73.61% of 379
companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 0.33
vs KNF: 0.76
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Knife River Holding Co's Cash Ratio
For the Building Materials subindustry, Knife River Holding 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.
Knife River Holding Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Building Materials Industry
For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Knife River Holding Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Knife River Holding Co's Cash Ratio falls into.
Knife River Holding 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.
Knife River Holding Co's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
* 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.
Knife River Holding Co (NYSE:KNF) 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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Knife River Holding Co (Knife River Holding Co) Business Description
Knife River Holding Co formerly Knife River Corp provides construction materials and contracting services throughout the western, central, and southern United States. Knife River produces and delivers aggregates and markets crushed stone, sand, gravel, and related construction materials, including ready-mix concrete, asphalt, and other value-added products. It also distributes cement and asphalt oil. It has more than 1 billion tons of aggregate reserves, 110 ready-mix plants, 50 asphalt plants, and a combined 410,000 tons of liquid asphalt and cement storage. The company also performs integrated contracting services for most types of aggregate-related construction, including roads, freeways, bridges, residential properties, schools, shopping centers, office buildings, and industrial parks.
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