Deer Consumer Products (Deer Consumer Products) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $9.4 Mil (As of Jun. 2012)

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Deer Consumer Products's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2011 ($13.96 Mil) to Mar. 2012 ($15.34 Mil) but then stayed the same from Mar. 2012 ($15.34 Mil) to Jun. 2012 ($9.40 Mil).

Deer Consumer Products's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2009 ($79.33 Mil) to Dec. 2010 ($33.96 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2010 ($33.96 Mil) to Dec. 2011 ($13.96 Mil).

Deer Consumer Products Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Deer Consumer Products's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Deer Consumer Products Annual Data

Trend

Sep07

Dec08

Dec09

Dec10

Dec11

Cash And Cash Equivalents

0.01

2.78

79.33

33.96

13.96

Deer Consumer Products Quarterly Data
	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															22.31	26.77	13.96	15.34	9.40

Deer Consumer Products 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.

Deer Consumer Products (OTCPK:DEER) 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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