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Alkaline Water Co (XCNQ:WTER) Cash Ratio : 0.02 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Alkaline Water 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. Alkaline Water Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 0.02.

Alkaline Water Co has a Cash Ratio of 0.02. 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 Alkaline Water Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XCNQ:WTER' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02   Med: 0.18   Max: 2.02
Current: 0.02

During the past 12 years, Alkaline Water Co's highest Cash Ratio was 2.02. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.18.

XCNQ:WTER's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
94.34% of 106 companies
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 0.585 vs XCNQ:WTER: 0.02

Alkaline Water Co Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alkaline Water 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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Alkaline Water Co Cash Ratio Chart

Alkaline Water Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.55 0.33 0.69 0.07 0.04

Alkaline Water Co Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
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 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.04 0.02

Competitive Comparison of Alkaline Water Co's Cash Ratio

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Alkaline Water 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.


Alkaline Water Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Alkaline Water Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alkaline Water Co's Cash Ratio falls into.



Alkaline Water 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.

Alkaline Water Co's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Mar. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1.422/31.943
=0.04

Alkaline Water Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Jun. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.551/30.906
=0.02

* 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.


Alkaline Water Co  (XCNQ:WTER) 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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Alkaline Water Co (XCNQ:WTER) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8541 E. Anderson Drive, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85255
Alkaline Water Co Inc is engaged in the business of distributing and marketing bottled alkaline water for retail consumers of different sizes. The firm sells its product in 500ml, 700ml, 1-liter, 1.5-liter 3-liter, and 1-gallon sizes. Its only operating geographical segment being the United States of America. The company sells its product to convenience stores, natural food products stores, large ethnic markets, and national retailers.