Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) Cash And Cash Equivalents : £13.66 Mil (As of May. 2014)

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What is Allocate Software Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Allocate Software's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from May. 2013 (£13.13 Mil) to Nov. 2013 (£7.45 Mil) but then increased from Nov. 2013 (£7.45 Mil) to May. 2014 (£13.66 Mil).

Allocate Software's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from May. 2012 (£8.34 Mil) to May. 2013 (£13.13 Mil) and increased from May. 2013 (£13.13 Mil) to May. 2014 (£13.66 Mil).

Allocate Software Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Allocate Software's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Allocate Software Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Allocate Software Annual Data

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5.04

10.40

8.34

13.13

13.66

Allocate Software Semi-Annual Data
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Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															8.34	6.09	13.13	7.45	13.66

Allocate Software 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.

Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) 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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Allocate Software PLC is engaged in the development, sale and support of workforce management solutions, and the provision of related IT services to major healthcare, defence, government and commercial customers. The business of the company is focused principally on the Healthcare market in addition to Defence. Its segments are Licence, Subscriptions, Support, and Services. Licence and Subscriptions segments represent the sale of non-cancellable software licence agreements and subscriptions associated with that software. Support and Services segments represent the provision of installation, consulting, training and product support. It operates in UK, Europe, USA and Australia.

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