Coastal Contacts (OSTO:COA) Cash And Cash Equivalents : kr80 Mil (As of Jan. 2014)

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What is Coastal Contacts Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Coastal Contacts's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jul. 2013 (kr164.54 Mil) to Oct. 2013 (kr137.41 Mil) but then stayed the same from Oct. 2013 (kr137.41 Mil) to Jan. 2014 (kr80.23 Mil).

Coastal Contacts's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Oct. 2011 (kr109.80 Mil) to Oct. 2012 (kr128.83 Mil) and increased from Oct. 2012 (kr128.83 Mil) to Oct. 2013 (kr137.41 Mil).

Coastal Contacts Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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

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Coastal Contacts Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Coastal Contacts Annual Data

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119.82

109.80

128.83

137.41

Coastal Contacts Quarterly Data
	Apr09	Jul09	Oct09	Jan10	Apr10	Jul10	Oct10	Jan11	Apr11	Jul11	Oct11	Jan12	Apr12	Jul12	Oct12	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															95.55	191.11	164.54	137.41	80.23

Coastal Contacts 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.

Coastal Contacts (OSTO:COA) 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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Coastal Contacts (OSTO:COA) Business Description

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Coastal Contacts Inc. was incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act on December 14, 2000. The Company is an online retailer of vision care products. It is a direct-to-consumer retailer of vision care products and services. The Company sells contact lenses, eyeglasses and related products mainly through the Company's internet websites, although customers may also place orders over the telephone. It has operations and distribution centers in North America, Europe and Australia. The Company sells contact lenses manufactured by multinational companies such as Johnson and Johnson Inc., CIBA Vision Corporation (a division of Alcon), Bausch & Lomb Inc. and Coopervision Inc. It sells eyeglasses, which are mainly assembled in the Company's own laboratories, composed of frames and lenses purchased from a variety of different suppliers. The frames it uses in its eyeglasses include both branded frames and the Company's own private label frames such as Derek Cardigan, Kam Dhillon, Ltede and Joseph Marc. The Company also sells a variety of vision related products such as sunglasses and contact lens solutions including its own Healthy Eyes brand multipurpose contact lens solution for soft contact lenses. It offers substantially all of the soft contact lenses produced by the contact lens manufacturers, including Johnson & Johnson Inc., CIBA Vision Corporation, Bausch & Lomb Inc. and Coopervision Inc. The Company conducts all of its product fulfillment operations from the Company's distribution facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Stockholm, Sweden; Blaine, Washington and Sydney, Australia.

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