Cepton (Cepton) Cash-to-Debt : 5.32 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Cepton Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Cepton's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.32.

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Cepton could pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cepton's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

CPTN' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.83 Med: 5.32 Max: No Debt
Current: 5.32

During the past 5 years, Cepton's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was No Debt. The lowest was 0.83. And the median was 5.32.

CPTN's Cash-to-Debt is ranked better than
71.63% of 2471 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.35 vs CPTN: 5.32

Cepton Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cepton's Cash-to-Debt 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.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Cepton Cash-to-Debt Chart

Cepton Annual Data

Trend

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Cash-to-Debt

2.31

38.69

No Debt

0.83

5.32

Cepton Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial										0.83	49.62	41.04	5.56	5.32

Competitive Comparison of Cepton's Cash-to-Debt

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Cepton's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt 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.

Cepton's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Cepton's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cepton's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Cepton Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Cepton's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	56.375	/	(1.875	+	8.72)
	=	5.32

Cepton's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	56.375	/	(1.875	+	8.72)
	=	5.32

Cepton (NAS:CPTN) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Cepton (Cepton) Business Description

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Address

399 West Trimble Road, San Jose, CA, USA, 95131

Website

https://www.cepton.com

Cepton Inc provides lidar-based solutions for a range of markets such as automotive, smart cities, smart spaces and smart industrial applications. The company's patented MMT-based lidar technology enables reliable, scalable and cost-effective solutions that deliver long range, high resolution 3D perception for smart applications.

Executives

Ming Qiu	officer: Controller	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Liqun Han	officer: SVP of Operations	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jun Pei	director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and President	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Mark Mccord	officer: Chief Technology Officer	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Hideharu Konagaya	director	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 WEST TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Paul Anawalt	officer: General Counsel and Secretary	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Hull Xu	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jinying Chen	officer: Corporate Controller	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Ldv Partners Fund I, L.p.	10 percent owner	24201 SUMMERHILL AVENUE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Xiaogang Zhang	director	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	10 percent owner	4-8-3, TAKANAWA, MINATO-KU, TOKYO M0 1088711
May Wang	director	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Winston S Fu	director, 10 percent owner, officer: CFO and Secretary	24201 SUMMERHILL AVENUE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Takayuki Katsuda	director	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Dongyi Liao	officer: SVP of Applications	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131