Le Current ratio de Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited est 0.58
Le ratio actuel est un ratio de liquidité qui mesure si une entreprise dispose ou non de ressources suffisantes pour faire face à ses obligations à court terme.
The current ratio is an indication of a company's liquidity and measures the capability to meet a company's short-term obligations. It compares a firm's current assets to its current liabilities, and is expressed as current assets divided by current liabilities. The ratio is only useful when two companies are compared within industry because inter industry business operations differ substantially. To determine liquidity, the current ratio is not as helpful as the quick ratio, because it includes all those assets that may not be easily liquidated, like prepaid expenses and inventory.
Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry. In many cases an investor would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio indicates that the company is more likely to pay the investor back. Large current ratios are not always a good sign for investors. If the company's current ratio is too high it may indicate that the company is not efficiently using its current assets or its short-term financing facilities. If current liabilities exceed current assets the current ratio will be less than 1. A current ratio of less than 1 indicates that the company may have problems meeting its short-term obligations.
Some types of businesses can operate with a current ratio of less than one however. If inventory turns into cash much more rapidly than the accounts payable become due, then the firm's current ratio can comfortably remain less than one. Inventory is valued at the cost of acquiring it and the firm intends to sell the inventory for more than this cost. The sale will therefore generate substantially more cash than the value of inventory on the balance sheet. Low current ratios can also be justified for businesses that can collect cash from customers long before they need to pay their suppliers.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited refines and markets petroleum products in India and internationally. The company operates through Downstream Petroleum and All Other segments. It offers petrol, diesel, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), naphtha lubricants, specialties, and greases, as well as aviation turbine fuel; and markets and exports bulk fuels, bitumen, solvents, jet and marine fuel, marine lubes, household insecticides, hexane, propylene, jute batch oil, turpentine oil, carbon black feed stock, molten sulphur, and superior kerosene oil (SKO). The company is also involved in international trade activities, including crude oil imports, petroleum product imports/exports, import/export registration, shipping. Further, the company markets bulk fuels and petroleum products to industrial consumers like power plants, chemicals, fertilisers, shipping companies, and airlines. In addition, it offers LPG products under the HP Gas brand, as well as bulk LPG products for industries; and operates retail petrol pumps and pipelines for the transportation of petroleum products. Further, the company explores for and produces hydrocarbons, as well as provides management services for exploration and production blocks; and operates sugar ethanol-cogen plants in Bihar, and wind power plants in Maharashtra and Rajasthan. As of March 31, 2022, it operated through a marketing network of 137 regional offices; 70 depots; 53 LPG bottling plants; 47 aviation service facilities; 20,025 retail outlets; 1,638 SKO and light diesel oil dealers; and 6,243 LPG distributors, as well as 42 terminals, installation, and tap off points. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited is a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited.