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Alpha Imaging Technology (ROCO:3538) Cash And Cash Equivalents : NT$431.2 Mil (As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Alpha Imaging Technology Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Alpha Imaging Technology's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2013 (NT$432.67 Mil) to Jun. 2014 (NT$401.82 Mil) but then increased from Jun. 2014 (NT$401.82 Mil) to Dec. 2014 (NT$431.24 Mil).

Alpha Imaging Technology's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2012 (NT$415.46 Mil) to Dec. 2013 (NT$432.67 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2013 (NT$432.67 Mil) to Dec. 2014 (NT$431.24 Mil).


Alpha Imaging Technology Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alpha Imaging Technology's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Alpha Imaging Technology Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Alpha Imaging Technology Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 620.72 479.57 415.46 432.67 431.24

Alpha Imaging Technology Semi-Annual Data
Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 415.46 373.77 432.67 401.82 431.24

Alpha Imaging Technology 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.


Alpha Imaging Technology  (ROCO:3538) 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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Alpha Imaging Technology (ROCO:3538) Business Description

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Alpha Imaging Technology Corp. operates as an integrated chip fabless design company. It offers integrated mobile multimedia processors and image signal processing products for camera phones and multimedia phones.

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