Lonrho (LSE:LONR) Cash And Cash Equivalents : £17.0 Mil (As of Dec. 2012)

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What is Lonrho Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Lonrho's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2011 (£19.30 Mil) to Jun. 2012 (£12.50 Mil) but then increased from Jun. 2012 (£12.50 Mil) to Dec. 2012 (£17.00 Mil).

Lonrho's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2010 (£7.80 Mil) to Sep. 2011 (£0.00 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2011 (£0.00 Mil) to Dec. 2012 (£17.00 Mil).

Lonrho Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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

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Lonrho Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Lonrho Annual Data

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10.20

6.90

7.80

17.00

Lonrho Semi-Annual Data
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Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															7.80	23.90	19.30	12.50	17.00

Lonrho 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.

Lonrho (LSE:LONR) 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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Lonrho (LSE:LONR) Business Description

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Lonrho PLC is engaged in providing the infrastructure and services required for the growing oil, mineral and agricultural sectors in Africa. The Company has a diverse portfolio of investments across Sub-Saharan Africa in four core operating sectors: Agribusiness, Infrastructure, Hotels and Support Services. Agribusiness vertically integrates the production, sourcing, logistics, processing and distribution of agricultural products from Sub-Saharan Africa to the consumer. The division supplies to its retailers in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, the USA, Middle East, Scandinavia and the Far East. The division also distributes agricultural and heavy machinery. Infrastructure division develops and manages oil logistics terminals. Luba Freeport, the oil service terminal in the Gulf of Guinea, has attracted oil service companies to be long term tenants at the port to service oï¬€shore exploration and production rigs. The Company's Hotel division includes hotels centred on the commercial, conference and business related markets across the Continent. It owns or manages hotels in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Maputo in Mozambique, Gaborone in Botswana and Mutare in Zimbabwe. IT business is a full systems integrator and manager that designs, builds, develops and integrates IT solutions for large corporate clients, banks and governments and then undertakes management contracts to run and manage installations. The IT division is a distributor for Cisco, Microsoft, Dell and Hewlett Packard systems and equipment.

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