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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Net Cash per Share : $-0.38 (As of Mar. 2012)


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What is Avistar Communications Net Cash per Share?

Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Avistar Communications's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was $-0.38.

The historical rank and industry rank for Avistar Communications's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

AVSR's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 8.85
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

Avistar Communications Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avistar Communications's Net Cash per Share 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.

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Avistar Communications Net Cash per Share Chart

Avistar Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11
Net Cash per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.45 -0.56 -0.39 -0.24 -0.38

Avistar Communications Quarterly Data
Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12
Net Cash per Share 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 -0.30 -0.33 -0.35 -0.38 -0.38

Competitive Comparison of Avistar Communications's Net Cash per Share

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Avistar Communications's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash 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 Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Avistar Communications Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

Avistar Communications's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Dec. 2011 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(2.722-18.1-0)/40.7415
=-0.38

Avistar Communications's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Mar. 2012 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(1.863-17.314-0)/40.857
=-0.38

* 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.


Avistar Communications  (OTCPK:AVSR) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1855 South Grant Street, 4th Floor, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94402
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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