American Biltrite (American Biltrite) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $1.0 Mil (As of Dec. 2011)

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What is American Biltrite Cash And Cash Equivalents?

American Biltrite's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2011 ($0.56 Mil) to Sep. 2011 ($0.59 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2011 ($0.59 Mil) to Dec. 2011 ($0.98 Mil).

American Biltrite's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2009 ($0.40 Mil) to Dec. 2010 ($0.87 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2010 ($0.87 Mil) to Dec. 2011 ($0.98 Mil).

American Biltrite Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Biltrite's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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American Biltrite Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

American Biltrite Annual Data

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3.86

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0.87

0.98

American Biltrite Quarterly Data
	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.87	0.37	0.56	0.59	0.98

American Biltrite 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.

American Biltrite (OTCPK:ABLT) 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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American Biltrite (American Biltrite) Business Description

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Address

57 River Street, Suite 302, Wellesley Hills, MA, USA, 02481-2097

Website

http://www.ambilt.com

American Biltrite Inc is engaged in providing flooring products, tape products, jewelry, and rubber products globally. It offers all the products from its operating divisions, Tape Division, K&M Associates L.P., and American Biltrite (Canada) Ltd. The Tape products division provides specialized pressure-sensitive tapes, films, and protective sheeting. American Biltrite (Canada) Ltd manufactures and distributes commercial flooring and performance sheet rubber throughout North America. K&M Associates L.P. supplies fashion jewelry and sells branded and private-label products to a wide range of retail customers.

Executives

Mark N Kaplan	director	C/O AUTOWEB, INC. 6410 OAK CANYON, SUITE 250 IRVINE CA 92618
Mark S Newman	director	DRS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 5 SYLVAN WAY, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Kenneth I Watchmaker	director
Frederick H Joseph	director	93 ABBOT STREET, ANDOVER MA 01810

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