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Vulcan Steel (ASX:VSL) Quick Ratio : 0.93 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Vulcan Steel Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Vulcan Steel's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.93.

Vulcan Steel has a quick ratio of 0.93. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vulcan Steel's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:VSL' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.67   Med: 0.88   Max: 1.02
Current: 0.93

During the past 3 years, Vulcan Steel's highest Quick Ratio was 1.02. The lowest was 0.67. And the median was 0.88.

ASX:VSL's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
54.21% of 629 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 1 vs ASX:VSL: 0.93

Vulcan Steel Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vulcan Steel's Quick 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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Vulcan Steel Quick Ratio Chart

Vulcan Steel Annual Data
Trend Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Quick Ratio
0.76 0.88 1.02

Vulcan Steel Semi-Annual Data
Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Quick Ratio 0.67 0.88 0.82 1.02 0.93

Competitive Comparison of Vulcan Steel's Quick Ratio

For the Steel subindustry, Vulcan Steel's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick 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.


Vulcan Steel's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Vulcan Steel's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vulcan Steel's Quick Ratio falls into.



Vulcan Steel Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Vulcan Steel's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Jun. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(578.941-400.148)/174.802
=1.02

Vulcan Steel's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(499.431-352.035)/158.569
=0.93

* 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.


Vulcan Steel  (ASX:VSL) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Vulcan Steel (ASX:VSL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
29 Neales Road, East Tamaki, Auckland, NTL, NZL, 2013
Vulcan Steel Ltd is a metals distributor and processor. Its products include Steel, Stainless Steel, Engineering steel, Plate processing, and Coil processing. The company has two operating segments namely, Steel business across New Zealand and Australia which includes Steel distribution, Plate processing, and Coil processing; and Metals business across New , which includes Stainless Steel, Engineering Steel and Aluminium.

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