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Medical Care Service Company (NGO:2494) Cash And Cash Equivalents : 円1,052 Mil (As of Feb. 2013)


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What is Medical Care Service Company Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Medical Care Service Company's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Aug. 2012 (円990.90 Mil) to Nov. 2012 (円1,144.58 Mil) but then stayed the same from Nov. 2012 (円1,144.58 Mil) to Feb. 2013 (円1,051.98 Mil).

Medical Care Service Company's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Aug. 2009 (円464.50 Mil) to Aug. 2010 (円857.84 Mil) and increased from Aug. 2010 (円857.84 Mil) to Aug. 2011 (円1,496.50 Mil).


Medical Care Service Company Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Medical Care Service Company's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Medical Care Service Company Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Medical Care Service Company Annual Data
Trend Aug09 Aug10 Aug11
Cash And Cash Equivalents
464.50 857.84 1,496.50

Medical Care Service Company Quarterly Data
Aug10 Feb11 May11 Aug11 Nov11 Feb12 May12 Aug12 Nov12 Feb13
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,210.47 1,540.84 990.90 1,144.58 1,051.98

Medical Care Service Company 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.


Medical Care Service Company  (NGO:2494) 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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