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Vicon Industries (Vicon Industries) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $1.96 Mil (As of Sep. 2018)


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What is Vicon Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Vicon Industries's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Mar. 2018 ($1.54 Mil) to Jun. 2018 ($2.37 Mil) but then stayed the same from Jun. 2018 ($2.37 Mil) to Sep. 2018 ($1.96 Mil).

Vicon Industries's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Sep. 2016 ($1.95 Mil) to Sep. 2017 ($2.25 Mil) but then declined from Sep. 2017 ($2.25 Mil) to Sep. 2018 ($1.96 Mil).


Vicon Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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

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Vicon Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Vicon Industries Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.75 2.39 1.95 2.25 1.96

Vicon Industries Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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 2.25 2.29 1.54 2.37 1.96

Vicon 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.


Vicon Industries  (OTCPK:VCON) 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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Vicon Industries (Vicon Industries) Business Description

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Address
135 Fell Court, Hauppauge, NY, USA, 11788
Vicon Industries Inc is a video management software company. It develops video management software and designs and markets a wide range of video system components. The company comprises principally of cameras, network video servers/recorders, encoders and mass storage units, used in security, surveillance, safety and control applications by a broad group of end users. Vicon operates within the electronic protection segment of the security industry. Its product line consists of various elements of a video system, including cameras for image capture, stand-alone network video management system (VMS) software and various video recording, storage, management and output devices and peripherals.
Executives
Saagar Govil director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, other: See Explanation of Response 19 ENGINEERS LANE, FARMINGDALE NY 11735
Arun Govil director, 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Response 19 ENGINEERS LANE, FARMINGDALE NY 11735
Anita G Zucker 10 percent owner 4838 JENKINS AVE, N CHARLESTON SC 29405
Gioia Messinger director VICON INDUSTRIES, INC., 135 FELL COURT, HAUPPAUGE NY 11788
David W Wright director

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