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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (Amphastar Pharmaceuticals) Quick Ratio : 1.70 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Amphastar Pharmaceuticals 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. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.70.

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals has a quick ratio of 1.70. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

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

AMPH' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.41   Med: 1.74   Max: 2.9
Current: 1.7

During the past 13 years, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's highest Quick Ratio was 2.90. The lowest was 1.41. And the median was 1.74.

AMPH's Quick Ratio is ranked better than
60.15% of 1074 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 1.32 vs AMPH: 1.70

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amphastar Pharmaceuticals'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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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Quick Ratio Chart

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.61 1.63 2.17 2.90 1.70

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Quick 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.90 2.88 1.11 1.68 1.70

Competitive Comparison of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals'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.


Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio falls into.



Amphastar Pharmaceuticals 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.

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(489.6-105.833)/225.407
=1.70

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals'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
=(489.6-105.833)/225.407
=1.70

* 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.


Amphastar Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:AMPH) 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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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (Amphastar Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
11570 6th Street, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA, 91730
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses primarily on developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling technically challenging generic and proprietary injectable, inhalation, and intranasal products. Additionally, the company sells insulin API products. The company's finished products are used in hospital or urgent care clinical settings and are contracted and distributed through group purchasing organizations and drug wholesalers. The company has two reportable segments finished pharmaceutical products and API products. Geographically the business presence of the firm is seen in the United States, China and France of which the U.S. accounts for the majority of the revenue.
Executives
Mary Z. Luo director, 10 percent owner, officer: COO and Chief Scientist 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Floyd F. Petersen director 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Rong Zhou officer: EVP, Production C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 11570 SIXTH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Richard K Prins director
William J Peters officer: CFO, SVP & Treasurer C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Yakob Liawatidewi officer: SVP Corp Admin Center C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 11570 SIXTH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Michael A Zasloff director
Gayle Deflin director 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Diane G. Gerst officer: EVP, QA & Regulatory Affairs 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Howard Lee director 13F-2, NO. 36, LANE 48, SECTION 3, NAN-JING EAST ROAD, TAIPEI, TAIWAN F4 00000
Jack Y. Zhang director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO & Chief Scientific Officer 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
David Maris director C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Richard Koo director 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Jason B. Shandell director, officer: President 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Applied Physics & Chemistry Laboratories, Inc. 10 percent owner 13760 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, CHINO CA 91710