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Polycom (Polycom) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $703 Mil (As of Jun. 2016)


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What is Polycom Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Polycom's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2015 ($619.34 Mil) to Mar. 2016 ($672.03 Mil) and increased from Mar. 2016 ($672.03 Mil) to Jun. 2016 ($702.75 Mil).

Polycom's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2013 ($527.31 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($628.92 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2014 ($628.92 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($619.34 Mil).


Polycom Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Polycom's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

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Polycom Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Polycom Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
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Polycom Quarterly Data
Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16
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Polycom 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.


Polycom  (NAS:PLCM) 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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Polycom (Polycom) Business Description

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Polycom Inc was incorporated in December 1990 in Delaware. The Company provides an open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice, video and content collaboration solutions. Its solutions are powered by the Polycom RealPresence Platform, comprehensive software infrastructure and rich application programming interfaces (APIs) that interoperate with a set of communication, business, mobile, and cloud applications and devices to deliver secure face-to-face video collaboration across different environments. The Company is engaged in helping organizations achieve new levels of teamwork, efficiency and productivity by unleashing the power of human collaboration. The Company sells its solutions through a high-touch sales model that leverages its network of channel partners, including distributors, value-added resellers, system integrators; communications services providers, and retailers. The Company serves in three geographical segments; Americas, EMEA and APAC. Its products and solutions are; UC Group Systems, which includes immersive telepresence, group video and group voice systems. UC Platform, which includes collaboration servers, virtualization management "distributed media optimization", resource management, recording and streaming, open API's and remote access technologies that constitute the RealPresence Platform, and UC Personal Devices, which includes desktop video devices and desktop voice products. It competes in the UC&C market with products and solutions that enable voice, video and content collaboration on-premises, across intranets, extranets, mobile devices, and the Internet via its customer premises-based RealPresence Platform, web-based social-collaboration business platforms, and video collaboration-as-a-service offerings delivered from the cloud. These competitors include but are not limited to Cisco Systems, Inc., Acano, Avaya Inc., Blue Jeans Networks, Inc., ClearOne Communications, Inc., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Logitech International S.A./LifeSize, PexIP, Snom Technology Ag, Vidyo, Inc., Yamaha Corporation/Revolabs, Inc., Yealink, ZTE Corporation and others. Its products and services are subject to various federal, state, local, and foreign laws and regulations.
Executives
Laura Durr officer: CFO C/O XPERI HOLDING CORPORATION, 3025 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Peter Leav director, officer: President & CEO 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Martha Helena Bejar director C/O POLYCOM, INC., 6001 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Gary James Daichendt director 2633 RIVIERA DRIVE, LAGUNA BEACH CA 92651
Robert J Frankenberg director 701 E. SUNBURST LN, ALPINE UT 84004
Betsy S Atkins director, other: Former Director
William Arthur Owens director C/O CENTURYLINK, INC., 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Eric F Brown officer: CFO, COO & EVP C/O POLYCOM, INC., 4750 WILLOW ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Tracey Newell officer: EVP Global Sales 4750 WILLOW ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Andrew M. Miller director, officer: President and CEO 6001 AMERICA CENTER DR., SAN JOSE CA 95164
David G Dewalt director
Sudhakar Ramakrishna officer: Pres. of Products & Services 4750 WILLOW RD., PLEASANTON CA 94588
Michael R Kourey officer: Former EVP, Fin & Admin. & CFO
Robert C Hagerty director, officer: President/CEO
Kevin Kennedy other: Former Director

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