Arafura Pearls Holdings Limited (ASX:APB) Cash And Cash Equivalents : A$0.00 Mil (As of . 20)

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What is Arafura Pearls Holdings Limited Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Arafura Pearls Holdings Limited's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2008 (A$1.18 Mil) to Jun. 2009 (A$1.41 Mil) but then declined from Jun. 2009 (A$1.41 Mil) to Jun. 2010 (A$0.17 Mil).

Arafura Pearls Holdings Limited Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arafura Pearls Holdings Limited's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Arafura Pearls Holdings Limited Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Arafura Pearls Holdings Limited Annual Data

Trend

Jun06

Jun07

Jun08

Jun09

Jun10

Cash And Cash Equivalents

9.35

7.31

1.18

1.41

0.17

Arafura Pearls Holdings Limited Semi-Annual Data

Cash And Cash Equivalents

Arafura Pearls Holdings Limited 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.

Arafura Pearls Holdings Limited (ASX:APB) 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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