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Vitesse Semiconductor (FRA:VTSN) Cash And Cash Equivalents : €25.75 Mil (As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Vitesse Semiconductor Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Vitesse Semiconductor's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2014 (€52.12 Mil) to Sep. 2014 (€55.80 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2014 (€55.80 Mil) to Dec. 2014 (€25.75 Mil).

Vitesse Semiconductor's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Sep. 2012 (€18.54 Mil) to Sep. 2013 (€51.51 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2013 (€51.51 Mil) to Sep. 2014 (€55.80 Mil).


Vitesse Semiconductor Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vitesse Semiconductor's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Vitesse Semiconductor Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Vitesse Semiconductor 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 29.09 12.59 18.54 51.51 55.80

Vitesse Semiconductor Quarterly Data
Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14
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 35.30 34.85 52.12 55.80 25.75

Vitesse Semiconductor 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.


Vitesse Semiconductor  (FRA:VTSN) 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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Vitesse Semiconductor (FRA:VTSN) Business Description

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Vitesse Semiconductor Corp is incorporated in Delaware. The Company is a supplier of high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) that are used by manufacturers of networking systems for Carrier and Enterprise networking applications. The Company designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, low-power and cost-competitive networking and connectivity IC solutions. The Company's customers include networking original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs) worldwide such as Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena, Cisco Systems, Dell, IBM, Ericsson, Fiberhome, Hewlett-Packard, Huawei Technologies, Juniper Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsung, Tellabs, ZTE, and ZyXel.

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