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The Stephan Co (The Stephan Co) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $0.72 Mil (As of Jun. 2017)


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What is The Stephan Co Cash And Cash Equivalents?

The Stephan Co's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2016 ($0.74 Mil) to Mar. 2017 ($0.62 Mil) but then increased from Mar. 2017 ($0.62 Mil) to Jun. 2017 ($0.72 Mil).

The Stephan Co's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2013 ($1.96 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($1.72 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2014 ($1.72 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($1.09 Mil).


The Stephan Co Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Stephan Co's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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The Stephan Co Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

The Stephan Co Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.71 3.65 1.96 1.72 1.09

The Stephan Co Quarterly Data
Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Mar17 Jun17
Cash And Cash Equivalents 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 1.07 0.91 0.74 0.62 0.72

The Stephan Co 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.


The Stephan Co  (OTCPK:SPCO) 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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The Stephan Co (The Stephan Co) Business Description

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Address
2211 Reach Road, Suite B4, Williamsport, PA, USA, 33610
The Stephan Co operates in the hair care and personal grooming business. The company is engaged in the distribution of hair grooming and personal care products mainly throughout the United States. It has one reportable operating segment, Distributors. The Distributors segment consists of sales to distributors that purchase hair care products and beauty and barber supplies for sale to salons, barbershops, and beauty schools.
Executives
Richard A Barone director ONE CHAGRIN HIGHLANDS, 2000 AUBURN DRIVE SUITE 300, CLEVELAND OH 44122
Richard L Scott 10 percent owner
James F Adelson 10 percent owner 15 EAST 5TH STREET, SUITE 3200, TULSA OK 74103
Stephen J Heyman 10 percent owner 15 EAST 5TH STREET, SUITE 3200, TULSA OK 74103
Boston Avenue Capital Llc 10 percent owner 15 EAST 5TH STREET, SUITE 3200, TULSA OK 74103
Yorktown Avenue Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 15 EAST 5TH STREET, SUITE 3200, TULSA OK 74103
Charles M Gillman 10 percent owner 1223 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, OFFICE 648, SANTA MONICA CA 90402
Value Fund Advisors, Llc 10 percent owner 15 EAST 5TH STREET, SUITE 2660, TULSA OK 74103

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