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Canal Capital (Canal Capital) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $0.20 Mil (As of Jul. 2012)


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What is Canal Capital Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Canal Capital's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jan. 2012 ($0.06 Mil) to Apr. 2012 ($0.19 Mil) and increased from Apr. 2012 ($0.19 Mil) to Jul. 2012 ($0.20 Mil).

Canal Capital's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Oct. 2009 ($0.16 Mil) to Oct. 2010 ($0.51 Mil) but then declined from Oct. 2010 ($0.51 Mil) to Oct. 2011 ($0.04 Mil).


Canal Capital Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canal Capital's Cash And Cash Equivalents 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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Canal Capital Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Canal Capital Annual Data
Trend Oct02 Oct03 Oct04 Oct05 Oct06 Oct07 Oct08 Oct09 Oct10 Oct11
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.03 0.02 0.16 0.51 0.04

Canal Capital Quarterly Data
Oct07 Jan08 Apr08 Jul08 Oct08 Jan09 Apr09 Jul09 Oct09 Jan10 Apr10 Jul10 Oct10 Jan11 Apr11 Jul11 Oct11 Jan12 Apr12 Jul12
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 0.08 0.04 0.06 0.19 0.20

Canal Capital 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.


Canal Capital  (OTCPK:COWP) 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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Canal Capital (Canal Capital) Business Description

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Address
4 Morris Street, Port Jefferson Station, New York, NY, USA, 11776
Website
Canal Capital Corp is engaged in stockyard operations and real estate business. It develops and restructures real estate lots surrounding its existing operating lease properties, stockyard operating properties & properties held for development or resale.
Executives
Asher B Edelman other: Member of 10% Group C/O PERINI CORP, 73 MT WAYTE AVE, FRAMINGHAM MA 01701

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