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British Polythene Industries (LSE:BPI) Cash And Cash Equivalents : £0.5 Mil (As of Dec. 2015)


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What is British Polythene Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents?

British Polythene Industries's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2014 (£0.50 Mil) to Jun. 2015 (£2.00 Mil) but then stayed the same from Jun. 2015 (£2.00 Mil) to Dec. 2015 (£0.50 Mil).

British Polythene Industries's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2013 (£0.80 Mil) to Dec. 2014 (£0.50 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2014 (£0.50 Mil) to Dec. 2015 (£0.50 Mil).


British Polythene Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for British Polythene Industries's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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British Polythene Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

British Polythene Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Cash And Cash Equivalents
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British Polythene Industries Semi-Annual Data
Jun06 Dec06 Jun07 Dec07 Jun08 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15
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 0.80 0.60 0.50 2.00 0.50

British Polythene Industries 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.


British Polythene Industries  (LSE:BPI) 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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British Polythene Industries (LSE:BPI) Business Description

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British Polythene Industries PLC was incorporated on March 16, 1910. It manufactures and supplies polythene films and related products for packaging for the protection of food and other goods. Its products are in use across different market sectors with a focus on agriculture, retail food chain, healthcare and waste services. The Company also engages in recycling of waste polythene film in Europe. The Company has three reportable segments: UK and Ireland, Mainland Europe and North America. UK & Ireland includes all of the UK manufacturing and merchanting activities along with the Irish sales operation which distributes predominately UK manufactured products.It also includes the manufacturing operations in China. Mainland Europe comprises the manufacturing and merchanting activities located in Belgium, the Netherlands and France. North America comprises the manufacturing business in Canada with sales throughout North America and Canada.

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