BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Cash Ratio
- the ratio of a company's liquid assets such as cash and securities divided by total liabilities.
- Also known as Liquidity Ratio
Additional Resources
- Review of cash ratio desposit scheme.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 August 2003-UK Government: Review of cash ratio desposit schemeC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08012003 The conclusions and recommendations of a Government review of the cash ratio deposit scheme for financial institutions were published today. There will now...
- Research articles 2003-08-01
- Sprint Nextel Announces Preliminary Stock and Cash Consideration for Nextel Common Stock
- RESTON, Va. -- Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) today announced that, in connection with the completion of the merger transaction between Sprint Corporation and Nextel Communications, Inc. on Aug. 12, 2005, based on preliminary calculations, holders of Nextel common stock will receive approximately 1.2675 shares of Sprint Nextel common stock and...
- Research articles 2005-08-15
- Assessing Current Ratio
- Current ratio is a measure of liquidity, which compares a company's current assets with its current liabilities.Current ratio is a favored test among banks and lenders because it reveals whether a company is generating enough cash to pay its short-term creditors. What to DoThe ratio divides current assets by...
- Articles 2007-12-12
- CBA posts 7% fall in cash earnings, sees slowing credit growth
- By a staff reporter, with Reuters Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd's CBA full year cash earnings, have declined seven per cent to $4.42 billion as a result of increased impairment expenses during the year. CBA said it sees positive economic signs, but predicted a decline in overall credit growth throughout...
- News items 2009-08-11
- ANZ posts $3.38 billion cash profit, says credit quality has stabilised
- By a staff reporter, with AAP/Reuters Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd ANZ says credit quality has stabilised but the bad debt cycle will likely continue into the current year, as it posted a 12 per cent rise in cash profit for 2009, exceeding market forecasts. The bank recorded...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Revision in Exchange Ratio: Nabors to Acquire Bayard Drilling Technologies for Stock and Cash
- HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 12, 1999--Nabors Industries Inc. (AMEX:NBR), and Bayard Drilling Technologies (AMEX:BDI), today announced that the board of directors of both companies have agreed to a revision in the exchange ratio under the terms of the Oct. 19, 1998 merger agreement. Pursuant to the amended merger agreement, each of the...
- Research articles 1999-02-12
- CCS Income Trust Announces the April 15, 2003 Cash Distribution Amount and the Updated Exchange Ratio.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Mar 17, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX CCS Income Trust ("CCS") confirms the cash distribution to be paid on April 15, 2003 in respect of the period March 1, 2003 to March 31, 2003, for unitholders of record on March 31, 2003, will be...
- Research articles 2003-03-18
- CCS Income Trust (CCR.UN) Announces the May 15, 2003 Cash Distribution Amount and the updated Exchange Ratio.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Apr 15, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX CCS Income Trust ("CCS") confirms the cash distribution to be paid on May 15, 2003 in respect of the period April 1, 2003 to April 30, 2003, for unitholders of record on April 30, 2003, will be...
- Research articles 2003-04-16
- CCS Income Trust (CCR.UN) Announces the June 16, 2003 Cash Distribution and the Updated Exchange Ratio.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, May 15, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX CCS Income Trust ("CCS") confirms the cash distribution to be paid on June 16, 2003 in respect of the period May 1, 2003 to May 31, 2003, for unitholders of record on May 31, 2003, will be...
- Research articles 2003-05-15
- CCS Income Trust (CCR.UN) Announces the July 15, 2003 Cash Distribution and the Updated Exchange Ratio.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Jun 16, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX CCS Income Trust ("CCS") confirms the cash distribution to be paid on July 15, 2003 in respect of the period June 1, 2003 to June 30, 2003, for unitholders of record on June 30, 2003, will be...
- Research articles 2003-06-16
- CCS Income Trust (CCR.UN) Announces the August 15, 2003 Cash Distribution and the Updated Exchange Ratio.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Jul 15, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX CCS Income Trust ("CCS") confirms the cash distribution to be paid on August 15, 2003 in respect of the period July 1, 2003 to July 31, 2003, for unitholders of record on July 31, 2003, will be...
- Research articles 2003-07-15
- CCS Income Trust (CCR.UN) Announces the April 15, 2004 Cash Distribution and the Updated Exchange Ratio.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Mar 15, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX CCS Income Trust ("CCS") confirms the cash distribution to be paid on April 15, 2004 in respect of the period March 1, 2004 to March 31, 2004, for Unitholders of record on March 31, 2004, will be...
- Research articles 2004-03-16
- CCS Income Trust (CCR.UN) Announces the May 17, 2004 Cash Distribution and the Updated Exchange Ratio.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Apr 15, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX CCS Income Trust ("CCS") confirms the cash distribution to be paid on May 17, 2004 in respect of the period April 1, 2004 to April 30, 2004, for Unitholders of record on April 30, 2004, will be...
- Research articles 2004-04-15
- CCS Income Trust (CCR.UN) Announces the June 15, 2004 Cash Distribution and the Updated Exchange Ratio.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, May 17, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX CCS Income Trust ("CCS") confirms the cash distribution to be paid on June 15, 2004 in respect of the period May 1, 2004 to May 31, 2004, for Unitholders of record on May 31, 2004, will be...
- Research articles 2004-05-19
- CCS Income Trust (CCR.UN) Announces the July 15, 2004 Cash Distribution and the Updated Exchange Ratio.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Jun 15, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX CCS Income Trust ("CCS") confirms the cash distribution to be paid on July 15, 2004 in respect of the period June 1, 2004 to June 30, 2004, for Unitholders of record on June 30, 2004, will be...
- Research articles 2004-06-17
- Using Capital Turnover Ratio To Analyze A Company's Financial Statement
- The capital turnover ratio, also defined as the working capital turnover ratio, measures how effective a company's use of debt is. The ratio is calculated by dividing sales revenue for a specific period of time by the difference between short-term assets and short-term liabilities for the same time period. The...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- US institutions awash with cash.
- US financial institutions' cash balances are rising strongly. Figures from the Federal Reserve show that their holdings of money-market funds have risen at an annualised rate of 16.6 per cent in the past 13 weeks - the fastest rise since early 2003. This matters...
- Research articles 2005-09-16
- MAY'S 2ND-QUARTER DEBT RATIO, OPERATING CASH-FLOW DECLINE.
- NEW YORK-In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, May Department Stores Co. reported a debt-to-capitalization ratio of 51 percent at the close of the second quarter ended Aug. 4. This is up slightly from the retailer's 50 percent level at the close...
- Research articles 2001-09-17
- Cash holdings rise.
- There was good news for shares this week when the Bank of England reported that non-bank financial institutions' bank deposits soared by 2.4 per cent in December. Their cash holdings are now equivalent to 21.2 per cent of the market capitalisation of UK equities...
- Research articles 2007-02-02
- Fairborne Energy Trust Announces CDN $0.13 Cash Distribution for June 15, 2006 Payment Date and Exchangeable Share Ratio Increase.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, May 15, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Fairborne Energy Trust (TSX:FEL.UN) today confirmed a cash distribution of CDN $0.13 per trust unit for the month of May 2006. The distribution will be paid on June 15, 2006 to Unitholders of record on May 31, 2006....
- Research articles 2006-05-15
