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Fuso Chemical Co (TSE:4368) Cash Ratio : 1.91 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Fuso Chemical 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. Fuso Chemical Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.91.

Fuso Chemical Co has a Cash Ratio of 1.91. 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 Fuso Chemical Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:4368' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.91   Med: 1.79   Max: 3.28
Current: 1.91

During the past 13 years, Fuso Chemical Co's highest Cash Ratio was 3.28. The lowest was 0.91. And the median was 1.79.

TSE:4368's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
82.47% of 1546 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 0.54 vs TSE:4368: 1.91

Fuso Chemical Co Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fuso Chemical 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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Fuso Chemical Co Cash Ratio Chart

Fuso Chemical Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.33 3.28 1.66 0.98 1.91

Fuso Chemical Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.98 2.41 2.15 2.30 1.91

Competitive Comparison of Fuso Chemical Co's Cash Ratio

For the Chemicals subindustry, Fuso Chemical 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.


Fuso Chemical Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Fuso Chemical Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fuso Chemical Co's Cash Ratio falls into.



Fuso Chemical 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.

Fuso Chemical Co's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=31471.999/16457.028
=1.91

Fuso Chemical Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=31471.999/16457.028
=1.91

* 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.


Fuso Chemical Co  (TSE:4368) 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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Fuso Chemical Co (TSE:4368) Business Description

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Address
4-10-3 Koraibashi, Nissei Fushimicho Building New Building 5th Floor, Chuo-ku, Osaka, JPN, 541-0043
Fuso Chemical Co Ltd is a Japan-based company which is mainly engaged in the life science business and the electronic material and functional chemical business. It is involved in the manufacturing and selling of fruit acids, including apple acids, gluconic acid and citric acids, as well as application development products. It also provides electronic materials, including high-purity spherical silica; functional chemicals, including plastic, paint additives and resin additives, as well as fine chemicals.

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