Tengion (Tengion) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $5.73 Mil (As of Sep. 2014)

View and export this data going back to 2010. Start your Free Trial

What is Tengion Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Tengion's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Mar. 2014 ($15.37 Mil) to Jun. 2014 ($10.12 Mil) but then stayed the same from Jun. 2014 ($10.12 Mil) to Sep. 2014 ($5.73 Mil).

Tengion's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2011 ($9.24 Mil) to Dec. 2012 ($7.54 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2012 ($7.54 Mil) to Dec. 2013 ($21.51 Mil).

Tengion Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tengion'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.

* Premium members only.

Tengion Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Tengion Annual Data

Trend

Dec07

Dec08

Dec09

Dec10

Dec11

Dec12

Dec13

Cash And Cash Equivalents

Get a 7-Day Free Trial

16.80

11.97

9.24

7.54

21.51

Tengion Quarterly Data
	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															27.48	21.51	15.37	10.12	5.73

Tengion 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.

Tengion (GREY:TNGNQ) 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.

Tengion Cash And Cash Equivalents Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Tengion's Cash And Cash Equivalents provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.

Tengion (Tengion) Business Description

Industry

GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Healthcare » Biotechnology » Tengion Inc (GREY:TNGNQ) » Definitions » Cash And Cash Equivalents

Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

N/A

Address

3929 Westpoint Boulevard, Suite G, Winston-Salem, NC, USA, 27103

Website

http://www.tengion.com

Tengion Inc is a regenerative medicine company. The company is engaged in discovering, manufacturing and commercializing neo-organs, or products composed of living cells, with or without synthetic or natural materials, implanted or injected into the body to engraft into, regenerate, or replace damaged tissue or organ. Its product candidates seek to eliminate the need to utilize other tissues of the body for a purpose to which they are poorly suited, procure donor organs or administer anti-rejection medications. The company's solution Neo-Kidney Augment is based on its proprietary technology, which uses tubular epithelial cells, procured by a cortical biopsy of the patient's kidney, to create an injectable product candidate that can catalyze the regeneration of functional kidney tissue.

Executives

John L Miclot	director, officer: President and CEO	5005 OLD ORCHARD LANE, GIBSONIA PA 15044
Lorin Randall	director	C/O ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 420 SAW MILL RIVER ROAD, ARDSLEY NY 10502
A Brian Davis	officer: Chf. Fin. Offr, VP Fin.	C/O VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 10 NORTH HIGH STREET, SUITE 200, WEST CHESTER PA 19380
Medtronic Inc	10 percent owner	710 MEDTRONIC PKWY, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432
Johan Christenson	10 percent owner	C/O ODLANDER, FREDRIKSON & CO. AB, STRANDVAGEN 5B, STOCKHOLM V7 SE-114 51
Staffan Lindstrand	10 percent owner	C/O ODLANDER, FREDRIKSON & CO. AB, STRANDVAGEN 5B, STOCKHOLM V7 SE-114 51
Richard Kuntz	director	MEDTRONIC, INC., 710 MEDTRONIC PWKY MS LC 310, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432
Diane Jorkasky	director	60 MANOR AVENUE, WELLESLEY MA 02482
Mark Stejbach	officer: VP and Chief Commercial Offcr	C/O TENGION, INC., 2900 POTSHOP LANE, SUITE 100, EAST NORRITON PA 19403
Steven Nichtberger	director, officer: President and CEO	C/O CABALETTA BIO, INC., 2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 600, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Johnson & Johnson	10 percent owner	ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLZ, NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08933
Johnson & Johnson Innovation - Jjdc, Inc.	10 percent owner	410 GEORGE STREET, NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08901
Oak Investment Partners Xi L P	10 percent owner	901 MAIN AVENUE, SUITE 600, NORWALK CT 06851

Tengion (Tengion) Headlines

From GuruFocus

Tengion Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

By gurufocus 10qk • 05-20-2010