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Planar Systems (FRA:PL4) Cash And Cash Equivalents : €14.6 Mil (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Planar Systems Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Planar Systems's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2014 (€12.09 Mil) to Mar. 2015 (€14.95 Mil) but then stayed the same from Mar. 2015 (€14.95 Mil) to Jun. 2015 (€14.58 Mil).

Planar Systems's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2012 (€13.79 Mil) to Sep. 2013 (€8.95 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2013 (€8.95 Mil) to Sep. 2014 (€10.14 Mil).


Planar Systems Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Planar Systems's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Planar Systems Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Planar Systems Annual Data
Trend Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.19 16.16 13.79 8.95 10.14

Planar Systems Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 8.48 10.14 12.09 14.95 14.58

Planar Systems 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.


Planar Systems  (FRA:PL4) 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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Planar Systems (FRA:PL4) Business Description

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Planar Systems Inc was incorporated on April 27, 1983. The Company is a provider of specialty display products, solutions, and services for customers in a number of end-market segments. Products include display components, completed displays, and display solutions and systems based on a variety of flat panel and front- and rear-projection technologies. The Company capitalizes on its strong supply chain, logistics, and distribution relationships to sell a variety of mainly LCD based displays to the United States marketplace. The Company offers High-End Home Display which offers various high-performance home theater front-projection systems, video processing equipment, large-format thin displays, and accessories, that aims at the high-end home market and certain commercial installations The Company employs sales professionals in many countries around the world and sells both directly to end users and through reseller channels.The Company's direct competitors are numerous and diverse. In display systems including AMLCD components sourced from manufacturers, Planar's value-added specialty display products compete against those of NEC, Acer, Viewsonic, Dell and others in the IT market. The Company's operations are subject to environmental and various other regulations in each of the jurisdictions in which it conducts business.

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