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Volcano Bhd (XKLS:0232) Cash Ratio : 3.47 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Volcano Bhd 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. Volcano Bhd's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.47.

Volcano Bhd has a Cash Ratio of 3.47. 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 Volcano Bhd's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XKLS:0232' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.99   Med: 1.44   Max: 2.77
Current: 2.45

During the past 3 years, Volcano Bhd's highest Cash Ratio was 2.77. The lowest was 0.99. And the median was 1.44.

XKLS:0232's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
87.82% of 2882 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 0.54 vs XKLS:0232: 2.45

Volcano Bhd Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Volcano Bhd'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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Volcano Bhd Cash Ratio Chart

Volcano Bhd Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Cash Ratio
1.43 2.27 2.06

Volcano Bhd Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Mar23 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 1.34 - 2.77 2.45 3.47

Competitive Comparison of Volcano Bhd's Cash Ratio

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Volcano Bhd'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.


Volcano Bhd's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Volcano Bhd's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Volcano Bhd's Cash Ratio falls into.



Volcano Bhd Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Volcano Bhd's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2020 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=12.852/6.247
=2.06

Volcano Bhd'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
=31.103/8.958
=3.47

* 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.


Volcano Bhd  (XKLS:0232) 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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Volcano Bhd (XKLS:0232) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1411 Jalan Perusahaan Kawasan, Perusahaan Perai 1, Butterworth, Perai, PNG, MYS, 13600
Volcano Bhd is a manufacturer of parts and components including metal and non-metal nameplates and plastic injection moulded parts. Geographically the company's manufacturing facilities is located in Malaysia and Thailand to serve multinational customers across various industries such as electrical and electronic, automotive, food, furniture, aerospace and label industries. The company operates in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, China, USA and other countries. It earns majority of its revenue from Thailand.

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