Lawson (TSE:2651) Cash-to-Debt : 0.43 (As of Feb. 2024)

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What is Lawson 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. Lawson's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.43.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Lawson couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024.

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

TSE:2651' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.13 Med: 0.42 Max: 0.92
Current: 0.43

During the past 13 years, Lawson's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 0.92. The lowest was 0.13. And the median was 0.42.

TSE:2651's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
50.81% of 309 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.45 vs TSE:2651: 0.43

Lawson Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lawson'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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Lawson Cash-to-Debt Chart

Lawson Annual Data

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Cash-to-Debt

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0.65

0.92

0.37

0.43

Lawson Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.37	0.48	0.41	0.40	0.43

Competitive Comparison of Lawson's Cash-to-Debt

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Lawson'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.

Lawson's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lawson's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

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

Lawson 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.

Lawson's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 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)
	=	433343	/	(90850	+	916204)
	=	0.43

Lawson's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 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)
	=	433343	/	(90850	+	916204)
	=	0.43

Lawson (TSE:2651) 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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Lawson (TSE:2651) Business Description

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East Tower, Gate City Osaki, 11-2, Osaki 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 141-8643

Website

http://www.lawson.co.jp/company/ir/index.html

Lawson is the third-largest convenience-store operator in Japan with more than 14,500 stores domestically, and more than 3,400 stores overseas with more than 90% of stores located in China. Convenience-store operations inclusive of franchise fees represent about 55% of group operating revenue and 75% of operating profits. Other activities include Seijo Ishii (an upscale food-store chain with 163 stores in Japan as of November 2020) and entertainment businesses comprising cinema operations with 43 theaters, the HMV music store chain, and Lawson HMV ticketing services.

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