Advant-e (Advant-e) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $2.71 Mil (As of Dec. 2012)

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What is Advant-e Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Advant-e's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2012 ($4.58 Mil) to Sep. 2012 ($5.11 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2012 ($5.11 Mil) to Dec. 2012 ($2.71 Mil).

Advant-e's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2010 ($2.96 Mil) to Dec. 2011 ($3.46 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2011 ($3.46 Mil) to Dec. 2012 ($2.71 Mil).

Advant-e Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Advant-e's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Advant-e Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

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2.96

3.46

2.71

Advant-e Quarterly Data
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Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.46	4.23	4.58	5.11	2.71

Advant-e 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.

Advant-e (OTCPK:ADVCD) 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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Advant-e Corp is a United States based company engaged in the development, marketing, reselling and hosting software and provides services, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The services allow the customers to send and receive business documents in standard and proprietary formats. The group specializes in providing hosted electronic data interchange solutions that utilize the internet as the primary communications method.

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