# cash_ratio

Cash and cash equivalents divided by current liabilities, from the latest reported balance sheet. Null when current liabilities are not reported. In history, dated from the filing, like cash_on_hand.

A numeric signal column on the Tickerbot computed state table (23,230+ ticker rows) — computed by the platform, queryable by bare name across the API. Values are NULL on rows the signal doesn't apply to.

- Group: Fundamentals
- Category: Margins & ratios
- Type: numeric
- Update cadence: post-close daily
- Intervals: 1d
- Universe: all tickers
- History: partial — incomplete depth · since 2009
- Nullable: yes

## Query it

Every applicable form factor, grouped by endpoint family. Response payloads are real captures, sampled 2026-09-18 and trimmed; your run's values and dates will differ.

### The whole market, filtered on it — `/v2/scan` (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/scan.md)

#### Live — the whole market, ranked by this column

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "cash_ratio IS NOT NULL", "order": "cash_ratio", "columns": "cash_ratio" }'
```

#### As-of — the same scan at a past date

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "cash_ratio IS NOT NULL", "order": "cash_ratio", "columns": "cash_ratio", "asof": "2026-07-07" }'
```

### Its history — `/v2/series` (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/series.md)

#### History — the column on an aligned time grid

```bash
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,cash_ratio" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

## Related signals (Margins & ratios)

- [current_ratio](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/current_ratio.md)
- [debt_to_equity](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/debt_to_equity.md)
- [gross_margin](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/gross_margin.md)
- [high_margin](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/high_margin.md)
- [operating_margin](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/operating_margin.md)
- [operating_margin_ttm](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/operating_margin_ttm.md)
- [profit_margin](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/profit_margin.md)
- [profit_margin_ttm](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/profit_margin_ttm.md)
- [profitable](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/profitable.md)
- [quick_ratio](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/quick_ratio.md)
- [return_on_assets](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/return_on_assets.md)
- [return_on_assets_ttm](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/return_on_assets_ttm.md)
- [return_on_equity](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/return_on_equity.md)
- [return_on_equity_ttm](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/return_on_equity_ttm.md)

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