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Cal-Maine Foods Quick ratio

What is the Quick ratio of Cal-Maine Foods?

The Quick ratio of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is 4.30

What is the definition of Quick ratio?



Quick ratio is liquidity ratio that measures a company’s ability to use its quick assets to meet its short-term obligations immediately.

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The quick ratio is the ratio between quick or liquid assets and current liabilities. Quick assets include those current assets that presumably can be quickly converted to cash at close to their book values. A normal liquid ratio is considered to be 1. A company with a quick ratio of less than 1 cannot at the time fully pay its current liabilities or short-term obligations. This ratio is considered to be a much reliable tool for assessment of liquidity position of companies.

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What does Cal-Maine Foods do?

we are the largest producer and marketer of shell eggs in the united states. in fiscal 2012, we sold approximately 884.3 million dozen shell eggs, which represented approximately 19% of domestic shell egg consumption. our total flock of approximately 26.2 million layers and 6.6 million pullets and breeders is the largest in the united states. layers are mature female chickens, pullets are young female chickens usually under 20 weeks of age, and breeders are male or female chickens used to produce fertile eggs to be hatched for egg production flocks. we operate in a single segment. our primary business is the production, grading, packaging, marketing and distribution of shell eggs. we sell most of our shell eggs in 29 states, primarily in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western and mid-atlantic regions of the united states. we market our shell eggs through our extensive distribution network to a diverse group of customers, including national and regional grocery store chains, club s

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