Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Cash And Cash Equivalents : £401 Mil (As of Apr. 2014)

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What is Dixons Retail Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Dixons Retail's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Apr. 2013 (£405.30 Mil) to Oct. 2013 (£381.20 Mil) but then increased from Oct. 2013 (£381.20 Mil) to Apr. 2014 (£401.20 Mil).

Dixons Retail's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Apr. 2012 (£316.80 Mil) to Apr. 2013 (£405.30 Mil) but then declined from Apr. 2013 (£405.30 Mil) to Apr. 2014 (£401.20 Mil).

Dixons Retail Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dixons Retail's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Dixons Retail Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Dixons Retail Annual Data

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Cash And Cash Equivalents

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295.70

334.70

316.80

405.30

401.20

Dixons Retail Semi-Annual Data
	Oct07	Oct08	Apr09	Oct09	Apr10	Oct10	Apr11	Oct11	Apr12	Oct12	Apr13	Oct13	Apr14
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								316.80	499.40	405.30	381.20	401.20

Dixons Retail 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.

Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) 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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Dixons Retail PLC is an electrical retailer and service company which sell consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related services. The Group's reportable segments are; UK & Ireland comprises of electrical and computing retail chains as well as business to business activities. The division is engaged in multi-channel retail sales, associated peripherals and services and related financial and after sales services and also in business to business sales of computer hardware and software; Nordics operates in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The division engages in multi-channel retail sales and provided related product support services to its customers; Other International comprises operations in Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and the business to be closed in Spain which is excluded from underlying results. The Other International division engages in retail sales and provides related product support services to its customers in all of its markets; and Pure play e-commerce comprises pure play online retailers and operates in all of the countries in which the other divisions operate and across Europe.

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