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Destination Maternity (Destination Maternity) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $1.1 Mil (As of Jul. 2019)


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What is Destination Maternity Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Destination Maternity's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Jan. 2019 ($1.15 Mil) to Apr. 2019 ($1.19 Mil) but then stayed the same from Apr. 2019 ($1.19 Mil) to Jul. 2019 ($1.14 Mil).

Destination Maternity's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jan. 2017 ($2.86 Mil) to Jan. 2018 ($1.64 Mil) and declined from Jan. 2018 ($1.64 Mil) to Jan. 2019 ($1.15 Mil).


Destination Maternity Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Destination Maternity's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities 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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Destination Maternity Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Destination Maternity Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
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Destination Maternity Quarterly Data
Jun14 Sep14 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19
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Destination Maternity Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities 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.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.


Destination Maternity  (OTCPK:DESTQ) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

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.


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Destination Maternity (Destination Maternity) Business Description

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Address
232 Strawbridge Drive, Moorestown, NJ, USA, 08057
Destination Maternity Corporation is engaged in designing, manufacturing, and sale of maternity apparel and related accessories. It operates approximately 1,000 retail locations, including over 450 stores in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and approximately 600 leased departments located within department stores and baby specialty stores throughout the United States, in Puerto Rico and, in England. In addition, the company also sells merchandise on the Internet, primarily through its motherhood.com, apeaInthepod.com, and destinationmaternity.com websites. Geographically operation of the group is functioned through the United States and it derives the majority of its income through the sale of products.
Executives
Kingdon Capital Management, L.l.c. other: See Remarks 152 WEST 57TH STREET, 50TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Eugene I Davis director 8540 GANDER CREEK DRIVE, MIAMISBURG OH 45342
Gregory W Kleffner director C/O STEIN MART, INC. 1200 RIVERPLACE BOULEVARD JACKSONVILLE FL 32207
Lisa A Gavales director C/O EXPRESS PARENT LLC, ONE LIMITED PARKWAY, COLUMBUS OH 43230
Mark E Kingdon other: See Remarks
Andrea J. Funk director C/O CROWN HOLDINGS, INC., 770 TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD, YARDLEY PA 19067
Barry Erdos director C/O ANNTAYLOR STORES CORP, 142 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Allen Weinstein director, officer: Interim CEO C/O BODY CENTRAL CORP., 6225 POWERS AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32217
Towle & Co 10 percent owner 1610 DES PERES ROAD SUITE 250 ST. LOUIS MO 63131
Arnaud Ajdler director ARPEGGIO ACQUISITION CORPORATION, 10 EAST 53RD STREET, 36TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
J Daniel Plants director ONE EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 1140, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Thomas E Lynch 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Scott Scharfman 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Crescendo Investments Ii Llc other: See Explanation of Responses 777 THIRD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Crescendo Investments Iii Llc other: See Explanation of Responses 777 THIRD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017