J C Penney Inc Quick Ratio (JCP) starting from the third quarter 2020 to third quarter 2019, Financial Strength Trends, Rankings, Financial Ratios - CSIMarket
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J c penney Company Inc   (NYSE: JCP)
    Sector  Retail    Industry Department & Discount Retail

J C Penney Inc 's Quick Ratio

JCP's quarterly Quick Ratio and Cash & cash equivalent, Current Liabilities growth


In the wake of the increase in Current Liabilities in the third quarter 2020, Quick Ratio fell to 0.21 below J C Penney Company Inc average.

Within Department & Discount Retail industry 3 other companies have achieved higher Quick Ratio than J C Penney Inc in third quarter 2020. While Quick Ratio total ranking in the third quarter 2020 has deteriorated compared to the prior quarter from 3392 to 3841.

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JCP Quick Ratio (Oct 31 2020)
Q3
(Aug 01 2020)
Q2
(May 02 2020)
Q1
(Feb 01 2020)
Q4
(Nov 02 2019)
Q3
Y / Y Current Liabilities Change 44.5 % 48.05 % 227.81 % -0.51 % -2.49 %
Y / Y Cash & cash equivalent Change - - - - -
Quick Ratio MRQ 0.21 0.33 - - -
JCP's Total Ranking # 3841 # 3392 # 3044 # 2981 # 3879
Seq. Current Liabilities Change 2.19 % -50.56 % 230.02 % -13.32 % 4.7 %
Seq. Cash & cash equivalent Change -34.92 % - - - -



Quick Ratio third quarter 2020 Company Ranking
Within: No.
Department & Discount Retail Industry # 4
Retail Sector # 139
Overall Market # 3841


Quick Ratio Statistics
High Average Low
1.53 0.56 0.06
(Oct. 30, 2004)   (Oct 29 2016)




Financial Statements
J C Penney Inc 's Current Liabilities $ 3,221 Millions Visit JCP's Balance sheet
J C Penney Inc 's Cash & cash equivalent $ 671 Millions Visit JCP's Balance sheet
Source of JCP's Sales Visit JCP's Sales by Geography


Cumulative J C Penney Inc 's Quick Ratio

JCP's Quick Ratio for the trailling 12 Months

JCP Quick Ratio

(Oct 31 2020)
12 Months
(Aug 01 2020)
12 Months
(May 02 2020)
12 Months
(Feb 01 2020)
12 Months
(Nov 02 2019)
12 Months
Y / Y Current Liabilities TTM Growth 78.06 % 64.89 % 55.41 % 1.2 % -3.72 %
Y / Y Cash & cash equivalent TTM Growth - - - - -
Quick Ratio TTM 0.12 0.08 - - -
Total Ranking TTM # 3656 # 3897
Seq. Current Liabilities TTM Growth 7.25 % 8.08 % 53.81 % -0.12 % -0.69 %
Seq. Cash & cash equivalent TTM Growth 65.08 % - - - -


On the trailing twelve months basis JCP Cash & cash equivalent faded by -34.92 % in Q3 2020 year on year, faster than Current Liabilities, this led to increase in in J C Penney Inc 's Quick Ratio to 0.12, Quick Ratio remained below JCP average.
Quick Ratio is the average cumulative value over the last four quarters.

Among companies operating within Department & Discount Retail industry 4 other companies have achieved higher Quick Ratio than J C Penney Inc . While Quick Ratio total ranking has deteriorated compared to the previous twelve months ending in the second quarter 2020 from 4708 to 4919.

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TTM Quick Ratio Company Ranking
Within: No.
Within the Department & Discount Retail Industry # 5
Retail Sector # 204
Within the Market # 3841


trailing twelve months Quick Ratio Statistics
High Average Low
1.11 0.49 0.02
(Oct. 30, 2005)   (May 04 2019)




Companies with similar Quick Ratio in the quarter ending Oct 31 2020, within Department & Discount Retail Industry Quick RatioOct 31 2020 MRQ Cash & cash equivalentOct 31 2020 MRQ Current Liabilities
Kohl s Corp  0.56 $ 1,939.000  Millions$ 3,456.000  Millions
Macys Inc   0.23 $ 1,551.000  Millions$ 6,651.000  Millions
J c penney Company Inc   0.21 $ 671.000  Millions$ 3,221.000  Millions
Dillard s inc   0.06 $ 61.124  Millions$ 1,074.581  Millions

Date modified: 2026-09-08T15:10:07+00:00



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