Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $1.86 Mil (As of Mar. 2012)

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What is Avistar Communications Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Avistar Communications's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2011 ($3.24 Mil) to Dec. 2011 ($2.72 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2011 ($2.72 Mil) to Mar. 2012 ($1.86 Mil).

Avistar Communications's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2009 ($0.29 Mil) to Dec. 2010 ($1.82 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2010 ($1.82 Mil) to Dec. 2011 ($2.72 Mil).

Avistar Communications Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avistar Communications's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Avistar Communications Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Avistar Communications Annual Data

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4.08

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1.82

2.72

Avistar Communications Quarterly Data
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Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.05	1.01	3.24	2.72	1.86

Avistar Communications 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.

Avistar Communications (OTCPK:AVSR) 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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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Business Description

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1855 South Grant Street, 4th Floor, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94402

Website

http://www.avistar.com

Avistar Communications Corp creates technology that provides the missing critical element in unified communications: bringing people in organizations face-to-face, through enhanced communications for the true collaboration anytime, anyplace. The company's solutions include Bandwidth Management, CEBP, Firewall Traversal and Enterprise Endpoints. Its products include Avistar C3 Communicator, Avistar C3 Conference, Avistar C3 Command, Avistar C3 Call Control and Avistar C3 Media Engine.

Executives

R Stephen Heinrichs	director, 10 percent owner	141 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.	10 percent owner	520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Phlcorp Holding Llc	10 percent owner	529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Baldwin Enterprises, Inc.	10 percent owner	529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Robert P Latta	director	650 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304

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