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ERF Wireless (ERF Wireless) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $0.18 Mil (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is ERF Wireless Cash And Cash Equivalents?

ERF Wireless's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Mar. 2014 ($0.22 Mil) to Jun. 2014 ($0.19 Mil) but then stayed the same from Jun. 2014 ($0.19 Mil) to Sep. 2014 ($0.18 Mil).

ERF Wireless's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2011 ($0.59 Mil) to Dec. 2012 ($0.12 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2012 ($0.12 Mil) to Dec. 2013 ($0.04 Mil).

ERF Wireless Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for ERF Wireless's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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ERF Wireless Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

ERF Wireless Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.23 0.04 0.59 0.12 0.04

ERF Wireless Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.11 0.04 0.22 0.19 0.18

ERF Wireless Cash And Cash Equivalents 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.

ERF Wireless  (OTCPK:ERFB) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

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.

Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.

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ERF Wireless (ERF Wireless) Business Description

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Address
13500 Noel Road, Suite 436, Dallas, TX, USA, 75240
Website
http://www.erfwireless.com
ERF Wireless Inc provides critical infrastructure wireless broadband communications products and services to a broad spectrum of customers in primarily rural oil and gas exploration. It also provides high-quality broadband services and critical communications services to residential, oil and gas, educational, healthcare, and regional banks in rural areas utilizing. As a total comprehensive solutions provider, the group offers a wide array of critical communications services, including high-speed broadband, voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephone and facsimile service, and video security. The business activities generally function in the areas of North America.