Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Cash-to-Debt : 0.21 (As of Mar. 2012)

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What is Avistar Communications Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Avistar Communications's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was 0.21.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Avistar Communications couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012.

The historical rank and industry rank for Avistar Communications's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

AVSR's Cash-to-Debt is not ranked ^*
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.36
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash-to-Debt only.

Avistar Communications Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avistar Communications's Cash-to-Debt 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.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Avistar Communications Cash-to-Debt Chart

Avistar Communications Annual Data

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Cash-to-Debt

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0.96

0.35

0.03

0.26

0.30

Avistar Communications Quarterly Data
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Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.28	0.09	0.27	0.30	0.21

Competitive Comparison of Avistar Communications's Cash-to-Debt

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Avistar Communications's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Avistar Communications's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Avistar Communications's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avistar Communications's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Avistar Communications Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Avistar Communications's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	2.722	/	(6	+	3)
	=	0.30

Avistar Communications's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	1.863	/	(9	+	0)
	=	0.21

Avistar Communications (OTCPK:AVSR) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Business Description

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Address

1855 South Grant Street, 4th Floor, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94402

Website

http://www.avistar.com

Avistar Communications Corp creates technology that provides the missing critical element in unified communications: bringing people in organizations face-to-face, through enhanced communications for the true collaboration anytime, anyplace. The company's solutions include Bandwidth Management, CEBP, Firewall Traversal and Enterprise Endpoints. Its products include Avistar C3 Communicator, Avistar C3 Conference, Avistar C3 Command, Avistar C3 Call Control and Avistar C3 Media Engine.

Executives

R Stephen Heinrichs	director, 10 percent owner	141 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.	10 percent owner	520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Phlcorp Holding Llc	10 percent owner	529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Baldwin Enterprises, Inc.	10 percent owner	529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Robert P Latta	director	650 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304

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