The Bon-Ton Stores (The Bon-Ton Stores) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

: $7 Mil (As of Oct. 2017)

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The Bon-Ton Stores's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Apr. 2017 ($7.01 Mil) to Jul. 2017 ($6.34 Mil) but then increased from Jul. 2017 ($6.34 Mil) to Oct. 2017 ($7.27 Mil).

The Bon-Ton Stores's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jan. 2015 ($8.75 Mil) to Jan. 2016 ($6.88 Mil) and declined from Jan. 2016 ($6.88 Mil) to Jan. 2017 ($6.74 Mil).

The Bon-Ton Stores Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Bon-Ton Stores's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Bon-Ton Stores Annual Data

Trend

Jan08

Jan09

Jan10

Jan11

Jan12

Jan13

Jan14

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

7.93

7.06

8.75

6.88

6.74

The Bon-Ton Stores Quarterly Data
	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15	Oct15	Jan16	Apr16	Jul16	Oct16	Jan17	Apr17	Jul17	Oct17
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities																6.98	6.74	7.01	6.34	7.27

The Bon-Ton Stores Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

The Bon-Ton Stores (OTCPK:BONTQ) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

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The Bon-Ton Stores (The Bon-Ton Stores) Business Description

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Address

2801 East Market Street, York, PA, USA, 17402

Website

http://www.bonton.com

The Bon-Ton Stores Inc operates is a department store operator in the United States. It offers a range of brand-name fashion apparel and accessories for women, men, and children, through stores in the United States. Its nationally distributed brand assortment includes a range of labels in the apparel, accessories, footwear, cosmetics and home furnishings industries, such as Anne Klein, Calvin Klein, Carters, Chaps, Clarks, Clinique, Coach, Estee Lauder and Others.

Executives

Chad C Stauffer	officer: EVP, Chief Merchandising Off.	AT HOME GROUP INC. 1600 EAST PLANO PARKWAY PLANO TX 75074
Philmer H Rohrbaugh	director	C/O FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION, ONE PENN SQUARE, LANCASTER PA 17602
Morgan Donald E Iii	10 percent owner	C/O BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 717 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 1301, NEW YORK NY 10022
Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd.	10 percent owner	ONE NEXUS WAY, CAMANA BAY, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-9005
Todd C Mccarty	director	2801 EAST MARKET STREET, YORK PA 17402
Nancy A Walsh	officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer	LL FLOORING HOLDINGS, INC., 4901 BAKERS MILL LANE, RICHMOND VA 23230
Lucinda M Baier	director	111 WESTWOOD PLACE, SUITE 400, BRENTWOOD TN 37027
Brendan Hoffman	director	100 PIER 1 PLACE, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Thomas K Hernquist	director	2801 EAST MARKET STREET, YORK PA 17402
Remy W Trafelet	10 percent owner	C/O TRAFELET BROKAW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,, 410 PARK AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Trafelet & Co Llc	10 percent owner	410 PARK AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Trafelet Capital Management, L.p.	10 percent owner	410 PARK AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Lynn C Derry	officer: Senior VP - Gen Merch Manager	CHRISTOPHER & BANKS CORPORATION 2400 XENIUM LANE NORTH PLYMOUTH MN 55441
Frank Tworecke	officer: President & COO	THE BON-TON STORES, INC. 2801 E. MARKET ST., P.O. BOX 2821 YORK PA 17405