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SMX (Security Matters) (SMX (Security Matters)) Cash Ratio : 0.01 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SMX (Security Matters) 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. SMX (Security Matters)'s Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.01.

SMX (Security Matters) has a Cash Ratio of 0.01. 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 SMX (Security Matters)'s Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SMX' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 1.24   Max: 3.08
Current: 0.01

During the past 4 years, SMX (Security Matters)'s highest Cash Ratio was 3.08. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 1.24.

SMX's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
98.2% of 1053 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.56 vs SMX: 0.01

SMX (Security Matters) Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for SMX (Security Matters)'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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SMX (Security Matters) Cash Ratio Chart

SMX (Security Matters) Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
3.08 2.20 0.28 0.01

SMX (Security Matters) Semi-Annual Data
Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.20 0.28 0.28 0.18 0.01

Competitive Comparison of SMX (Security Matters)'s Cash Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, SMX (Security Matters)'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.


SMX (Security Matters)'s Cash Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SMX (Security Matters)'s Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SMX (Security Matters)'s Cash Ratio falls into.



SMX (Security Matters) Cash Ratio Calculation

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

SMX (Security Matters)'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
=0.168/18.022
=0.01

SMX (Security Matters)'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
=0.168/18.022
=0.01

* 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.


SMX (Security Matters)  (NAS:SMX) 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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SMX (Security Matters) (SMX (Security Matters)) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Sussex Road, Mespil Business Centre, Mespil House, Dublin, IRL, D04 T4A6
SMX (Security Matters) PLC provides one solution to solve both authentication and track and trace challenges in order to uphold supply chain integrity and provide quality assurance and brand accountability to producers of goods. Its technology works as a track and trace system using a marker, a reader, and an algorithm to identify embedded sub-molecular particles in order to track and trace different components along a production process (or any other marked good along a supply chain) to the end producer.