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. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.19.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a Cash Ratio of 0.19. 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 Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
BW'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06 Med: 0.2 Max: 0.89
Current: 0.19
During the past 12 years, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's highest Cash Ratio was 0.89. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.20.
BW's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than 78.7% of 2981
companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 0.53
vs BW: 0.19
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Cash Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises'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.
Competitive Comparison of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Cash Ratio
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises'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.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Cash Ratio falls into.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
* 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.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (NYSE:BW) 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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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises) Business Description
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is a power generation equipment supplier and servicing company that operates in three segments: B&W Renewable, B&W Environmental, and B&W Thermal. B&W Thermal, which focuses on steam generation products and solutions for plants in the power generation, oil and gas, and industrial sectors, generates the majority of the company's revenue. B&W Renewable focuses on sustainable power and heat generation while B&W Environmental focuses on emissions control. The company's customer base spans the industrial, electrical utility, and municipal industries located predominantly in the United States, Canada, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. Business in the U.S. contributes the vast majority of its revenue.
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