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Screen Service (FRA:AJO) Cash And Cash Equivalents : €0.25 Mil (As of Sep. 2013)


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What is Screen Service Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Screen Service's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2011 (€9.22 Mil) to Sep. 2012 (€0.65 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2012 (€0.65 Mil) to Sep. 2013 (€0.25 Mil).

Screen Service's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2011 (€9.22 Mil) to Sep. 2012 (€0.65 Mil) and declined from Sep. 2012 (€0.65 Mil) to Sep. 2013 (€0.25 Mil).


Screen Service Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Screen Service's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Screen Service Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Screen Service Annual Data
Trend Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.51 3.74 9.22 0.65 0.25

Screen Service Semi-Annual Data
Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.51 3.74 9.22 0.65 0.25

Screen Service 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.


Screen Service  (FRA:AJO) 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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Screen Service (FRA:AJO) Business Description

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Screen Service, an Italy-based telecommunication Company provides products and services to broadcasters and mobile operators. Its products include analog and digital transmitters and transposers, encoders, decoders, remote control systems and modulators.

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