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Cavium (Cavium) Cash-to-Debt : 0.28 (As of Mar. 2018)


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What is Cavium 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. Cavium's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 0.28.

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, Cavium couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018.

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

CAVM's Cash-to-Debt is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 1.765
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash-to-Debt only.

Cavium Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cavium'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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Cavium Cash-to-Debt Chart

Cavium Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Cash-to-Debt
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.72 2.87 4.42 0.30 0.22

Cavium Quarterly Data
Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18
Cash-to-Debt 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 0.21 0.20 0.24 0.22 0.28

Competitive Comparison of Cavium's Cash-to-Debt

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Cavium'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.


Cavium's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



Cavium 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.

Cavium's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as:

Cavium's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as:

* 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.


Cavium  (NAS:CAVM) 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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Cavium (Cavium) Business Description

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Cavium provides microprocessors used in various applications in networking, communications, and data center applications. While boasting Cisco, Amazon, and Nokia Solutions and Networks as key customers, Cavium has developed an ARM-based server chip, ThunderX, to compete against Intel's Xeon server processors.
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Edward H. Frank director C/O FUSION-IO, INC., 2855 E. COTTONWOOD PARKWAY, SUITE 100, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84121
Sanjay Mehrotra director C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 3355 MICHELSON DRIVE, SUITE 100, IRVINE CA 92612
Anthony S Thornley director 2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD, CARLSBAD CA 92008
Brad W Buss director 198 CHAMPION COURT, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Muhammad Raghib Hussain officer: Chief Operating Officer 5488 MARVELL LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Syed Ali director, officer: Pres., CEO, Chairman of Board 5488 MARVELL LANE SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Arthur D Chadwick officer: VP Finance & Admin CFO 280 N BERNARDO AVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Vincent P Pangrazio officer: SVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary C/O CAVIUM NETWORKS, INC., 805 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Kris Chellam director 2100 LOGIC DR SAN JOSE CA 95124
Sandeep Vij officer: VP Strategic Markets & Bus Dev C/O XILINX INC, 2100 LOGIC DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95124
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