What is Applied Micro Circuits Cash And Cash Equivalents?
Applied Micro Circuits's quarterly cash and cash equivalents
declined
from Mar. 2016 ($25.07 Mil) to Jun. 2016 ($24.23 Mil) but then
stayed the same
from Jun. 2016 ($24.23 Mil) to Sep. 2016 ($22.49 Mil).
Applied Micro Circuits's annual cash and cash equivalents
declined
from Mar. 2014 ($71.54 Mil) to Mar. 2015 ($36.50 Mil) and
declined
from Mar. 2015 ($36.50 Mil) to Mar. 2016 ($25.07 Mil).
Applied Micro Circuits Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data
The historical data trend for Applied Micro Circuits's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:
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Applied Micro Circuits Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart
Applied Micro Circuits Cash And Cash Equivalents 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.
Applied Micro Circuits (NAS:AMCC) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation
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.
Be Aware
Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.
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Applied Micro Circuits (Applied Micro Circuits) Business Description
Applied Micro Circuits Corp was incorporated and commenced operations in California in 1979 and was reincorporated in Delaware in 1987. The Company is engaged in providing silicon solutions for next-generation cloud infrastructure and data centers, as well as connectivity products for edge, metro and long haul communications equipment. Its products include the X-Gene ARM 64-bit Server on a Chip solution, or X-Gene. The X-Gene family of products targets existing and emerging hyperscale cloud, scientific and high-performance computing and enterprise applications. It also offers embedded computing products based on Power Architecture, sometimes referred to as PowerPC products. The Company's HeliX family of embedded products is based on the ARM Instruction Set Architecture. The Company's embedded processor products are deployed in applications such as control- and data-plane management, wireless access points, residential gateways, wireless base stations, storage controllers, network attached storage, network switches and routing products, and multi-function printers. The Company's connectivity portion provides high-speed, high-bandwidth, high-reliability communications products. Its connectivity products include devices for Optical Transport Network (OTN) equipment and physical layer (PHY) devices that transmit and receive signals in a very high speed serial format. Its embedded computing products are deployed in applications in markets such as control- and data-plane functionality, wireless access points, residential gateways, wireless base-stations, storage controllers, network attached storage, network switches and routing products, and multi-function printers. The Company holds approximately 348 issued patents which cover aspects of the design and architecture of its integrated circuit ("IC") and enterprise storage products. The Company's registered trademarks include AppliedMicro, AMCC, APM, X-Gene, Server on a Chip, Cloud Server, OTNsec, Arming the Cloud and Hard Silicon, among others. It is subject to a variety of federal, state and local governmental regulations related to the use, storage, discharge and disposal of toxic, volatile or otherwise hazardous chemicals that were used in its manufacturing process.
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