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Datalink (Datalink) Retained Earnings : $50.1 Mil (As of Sep. 2016)


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What is Datalink Retained Earnings?

Retained earnings is the accumulated portion of net income that is not distributed to shareholders. Datalink's retained earnings for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $50.1 Mil.

Datalink's quarterly retained earnings increased from Mar. 2016 ($45.7 Mil) to Jun. 2016 ($49.6 Mil) and increased from Jun. 2016 ($49.6 Mil) to Sep. 2016 ($50.1 Mil).

Datalink's annual retained earnings increased from Dec. 2013 ($34.5 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($45.6 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2014 ($45.6 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($50.3 Mil).


Datalink Retained Earnings Historical Data

The historical data trend for Datalink's Retained Earnings can be seen below:

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Datalink Retained Earnings Chart

Datalink Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Retained Earnings
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Datalink Quarterly Data
Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16
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Datalink Retained Earnings Calculation

Retained Earnings is the accumulated portion of net income that is not distributed to shareholders. Because the net income was not distributed to shareholders, shareholders' equity is increased by the same amount.

Of course, if a company loses, it is called retained losses, or accumulated losses.


Datalink  (NAS:DTLK) Retained Earnings Explanation

Historically profitable companies sometimes have negative retained earnings. This is because they have cumulatively paid out more to shareholders than they reported in profits.

For example, in 2011, Microsoft had negative retained earnings. This does not mean the company lost more money than it made over the years. It just means it paid out more money than it earned.

If a company has negative retained earnings, investors should check the 10-year financial results. They should not assume that negative retained earnings prove a company has generally lost money in the past.

Of course, many companies with negative retained earnings have indeed lost money in the past.

Retained Earnings: Warren Buffett's Secret.

One of the most important indicators of durable competitive advantage. Net earnings can be paid out as dividends, used to buy back shares or retained for growth.

If the company loses more than it has accumulated, retained earnings is negative.

If a company isn't adding to its retained earnings, it isn't growing its net worth.

Rate of growth of retained earnings is good indicator whether it's benefiting from a competitive advantage.

Microsoft is negative because it chose to buyback stock and pay dividends.

The more earnings retained, the faster it grows and increases growth rate for future earnings.


Datalink (Datalink) Business Description

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Datalink Corp was incorporated in the State of Minnesota in 1987. It provides solutions and services that make data centers efficient, manageable and responsive to changing business needs. The Company assesses designs, deploys, manages, and offers support unified infrastructures such as servers, storage and networks. It offers full suite of practice-specific consulting, analysis, design, implementation, management, and support services. The Company has a physical laboratory that customers can visit in Minneapolis enabling them to participate in physical demonstrations of a variety of technologies, including: site-to-site replication, data recovery, WAN optimization, de-duplication, and virtual data center architectures. It leverages this lab to test, validate and compare technologies from manufacturers and software developers, perform configuration services, troubleshoot support issues and train its professional and support services teams. It provides around the clock technical support from a team of customer support and field engineers. The Company provides analysis, design, implementation, management and support services to customers through either a stand-alone services engagement or as a part of an overall project that includes a server, storage and networking solutions and services. Its portfolio of solutions and services spans four practices: Consolidation and virtualization; Data storage and protection; and Business continuity and disaster recovery solutions. The Company does not manufacture products, but works with end users to assess their information-storage and retrieval requirements and then designs the solutions. Its customers include computer technology, financial service, insurance, telecommunications, consumer product, Internet, and transportation companies across the United States.
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James E Ousley director BELL MICRO, 1941 RINGWOOD AVE., SAN JOSE CA 95131
Brent G Blackey director 8170 UPLAND CIRCLE, CHANHASSEN MN 55317
Paul F Lidsky director, officer: President & CEO 10340 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 150, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344
Mercedes Walton director
Gregory T Barnum officer: CFO
Robert M Price director 5225 GRANDVIEW SQUARE, APT 204, EDINA MN 55436
Margaret A Loftus director 2305 CIRCULA DEANZA, TUBAC AZ 85646
James D Leslie officer: EVP, Strategy & Business Devel 10050 CROSSTOWN CIRCLE, SUITE 500, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344
Karen E. Clary officer: Exec VP Human Resources 8170 UPLAND CIRCLE CHANHASSEN MN 55317

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