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Henkel AG KGaA (XTER:HEN3) Quick Ratio

: 0.88 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Henkel AG KGaA's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.88.

Henkel AG KGaA has a quick ratio of 0.88. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Henkel AG KGaA's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XTER:HEN3' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.72   Med: 0.84   Max: 0.92
Current: 0.88

During the past 13 years, Henkel AG KGaA's highest Quick Ratio was 0.92. The lowest was 0.72. And the median was 0.84.

XTER:HEN3's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
56.82% of 1899 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.03 vs XTER:HEN3: 0.88

Henkel AG KGaA Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Henkel AG KGaA'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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Henkel AG KGaA Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Quick Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.81 0.85 0.84 0.79 0.88

Henkel AG KGaA Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Quick Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.84 0.74 0.79 0.79 0.88

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Henkel AG KGaA'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.


Henkel AG KGaA Quick Ratio Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Henkel AG KGaA's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Henkel AG KGaA's Quick Ratio falls into.



Henkel AG KGaA 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.

Henkel AG KGaA'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
=(9282-2444)/7758
=0.88

Henkel AG KGaA'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
=(9282-2444)/7758
=0.88

* 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.


Henkel AG KGaA  (XTER:HEN3) 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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Henkel AG KGaA (XTER:HEN3) Business Description

Address
Henkelstrasse 67, Duesseldorf, NW, DEU, 40589
Two distinct customer groups constitute Henkel. The consumer segment (around 50% of consolidated 2022 sales) is laundry and home care, including the Persil and Purex laundry detergent brands, and beauty care, including the Schwarzkopf brand in hair care and the Dial brand in hand soap. The adhesives technologies segment makes up the remaining 50% of sales. Sales from Europe accounted for 42% of the firm's consolidated total in 2022, while Asia-Pacific and North America accounted for 17% and 27%, respectively.
Executives
Wolfgang König Board of Directors
Mark Dorn Board of Directors

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