Active Risk Group (LSE:ARI) Cash And Cash Equivalents : £2.75 Mil (As of Mar. 2013)

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What is Active Risk Group Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Active Risk Group's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Mar. 2012 (£3.34 Mil) to Sep. 2012 (£2.34 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2012 (£2.34 Mil) to Mar. 2013 (£2.75 Mil).

Active Risk Group's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Mar. 2011 (£2.32 Mil) to Mar. 2012 (£3.34 Mil) but then declined from Mar. 2012 (£3.34 Mil) to Mar. 2013 (£2.75 Mil).

Active Risk Group Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Active Risk Group's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Active Risk Group Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Active Risk Group Annual Data

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Cash And Cash Equivalents

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2.09

1.88

2.32

3.34

2.75

Active Risk Group Semi-Annual Data
	Sep04	Mar05	Sep05	Mar06	Sep06	Mar07	Sep07	Mar08	Sep08	Mar09	Sep09	Mar10	Sep10	Mar11	Sep11	Mar12	Sep12	Mar13
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial													2.32	3.90	3.34	2.34	2.75

Active Risk Group 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.

Active Risk Group (LSE:ARI) 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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