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Global Water Technologies (Global Water Technologies) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $1.21 Mil (As of Mar. 2002)


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What is Global Water Technologies Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Global Water Technologies's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2001 ($0.41 Mil) to Dec. 2001 ($0.29 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2001 ($0.29 Mil) to Mar. 2002 ($1.21 Mil).

Global Water Technologies's annual cash and cash equivalents stayed the same from . 20 ($0.00 Mil) to . 20 ($0.00 Mil) but then increased from . 20 ($0.00 Mil) to Dec. 2001 ($0.29 Mil).


Global Water Technologies Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Water Technologies's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Global Water Technologies Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Global Water Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec01
Cash And Cash Equivalents
0.29

Global Water Technologies Quarterly Data
Jun01 Sep01 Dec01 Mar02
Cash And Cash Equivalents 0.50 0.41 0.29 1.21

Global Water Technologies 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.


Global Water Technologies  (OTCPK:GWTR) 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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Global Water Technologies (Global Water Technologies) Business Description

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125 W. South Street, Suite 702, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 46206
Global Water Technologies Inc is involved in the development and commercialization of new technologies to improve efficiency in drinking water systems and sales of water treatment products and services. It also develops smart water grid solutions.

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