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Arabian Drilling Co (SAU:2381) Cash Ratio : 1.32 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Arabian Drilling 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. Arabian Drilling Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.32.

Arabian Drilling Co has a Cash Ratio of 1.32. 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 Arabian Drilling Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SAU:2381' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 1.32   Max: 2.26
Current: 1.32

During the past 3 years, Arabian Drilling Co's highest Cash Ratio was 2.26. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 1.32.

SAU:2381's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
78.68% of 1027 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs SAU:2381: 1.32

Arabian Drilling Co Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arabian Drilling 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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Arabian Drilling Co Cash Ratio Chart

Arabian Drilling Co Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
0.40 2.26 1.32

Arabian Drilling Co Quarterly Data
Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.26 2.29 1.84 1.40 1.32

Competitive Comparison of Arabian Drilling Co's Cash Ratio

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, Arabian Drilling 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.


Arabian Drilling Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Arabian Drilling Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arabian Drilling Co's Cash Ratio falls into.



Arabian Drilling 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.

Arabian Drilling Co's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1435.421/1091.477
=1.32

Arabian Drilling Co'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
=1435.421/1091.477
=1.32

* 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.


Arabian Drilling Co  (SAU:2381) 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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Arabian Drilling Co (SAU:2381) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
P.O.Box 4110, Al-Khobar, SAU, 31952
Arabian Drilling Co is an onshore and offshore gas and oil rig drilling company in Saudi Arabia. It is principally engaged in the drilling of oil and natural gas wells, operations, maintenance and hauling of rigs and related activities. The operating segment of the company Provision of drilling and related services through land rigs and Provision of drilling and related services through off-shore rigs. Majority of revenue is generated from Provision of drilling and related services through land rigs.

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