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Transtech Industries (Transtech Industries) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $1.09 Mil (As of Dec. 2009)


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What is Transtech Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Transtech Industries's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2009 ($0.71 Mil) to Sep. 2009 ($0.66 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2009 ($0.66 Mil) to Dec. 2009 ($1.09 Mil).

Transtech Industries's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2007 ($0.96 Mil) to Dec. 2008 ($0.72 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2008 ($0.72 Mil) to Dec. 2009 ($1.09 Mil).


Transtech Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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

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Transtech Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Transtech Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.07 1.60 0.96 0.72 1.09

Transtech Industries Quarterly Data
Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.72 0.74 0.71 0.66 1.09

Transtech Industries 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.


Transtech Industries  (OTCPK:TRTI) 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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Transtech Industries (Transtech Industries) Business Description

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2025 Delsea Drive, Sewell, NJ, USA, 08080
Transtech Industries Inc, through its subsidiaries, supervises and performs landfill monitoring, closure and post-closure procedures, manages methane gas recovery operations and generates electric power utilizing methane gas.

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