Great West 365 Preferred Stock Current Ratio

GWO-PN Preferred Stock  CAD 15.38  0.12  0.79%   
Great West 365 fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Great West's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Great Preferred Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Great West's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Great West preferred stock.
  
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Great West 365 Company Current Ratio Analysis

Great West's Current Ratio is calculated by dividing the Current Assets of a company by its Current Liabilities. It measures whether or not a company has enough cash or liquid assets to pay its current liability over the next fiscal year. The ratio is regarded as a test of liquidity for a company.

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Current Great West Current Ratio

    
  11.51 X  
Most of Great West's fundamental indicators, such as Current Ratio, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Great West 365 is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
Typically, short-term creditors will prefer a high current ratio because it reduces their overall risk. However, investors may prefer a lower current ratio since they are more concerned about growing the business using assets of the company. Acceptable current ratios may vary from one sector to another, but the generally accepted benchmark is to have current assets at least as twice as current liabilities (i.e., Current Ration of 2 to 1).
Competition

In accordance with the recently published financial statements, Great West 365 has a Current Ratio of 11.51 times. This is 184.2% higher than that of the Financial Services sector and 9.16% lower than that of the Insurance - Life industry. The current ratio for all Canada preferred stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

Great Current Ratio Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Great West's direct or indirect competition against its Current Ratio to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the preferred stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Great West could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Great West by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Great West is currently under evaluation in current ratio category among its peers.

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About Great West Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Great West 365's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Great West using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Great West 365 based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Pair Trading with Great West

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Great West position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Great West will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Great West could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Great West when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Great West - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Great West 365 to buy it.
The correlation of Great West is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Great West moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Great West 365 moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Great West can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Other Information on Investing in Great Preferred Stock

Great West financial ratios help investors to determine whether Great Preferred Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Great with respect to the benefits of owning Great West security.