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Viewtran Group (Viewtran Group) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $134.1 Mil (As of Dec. 2013)


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What is Viewtran Group Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Viewtran Group's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2013 ($140.89 Mil) to Sep. 2013 ($11.17 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2013 ($11.17 Mil) to Dec. 2013 ($134.07 Mil).

Viewtran Group's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2011 ($158.16 Mil) to Dec. 2012 ($141.47 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2012 ($141.47 Mil) to Dec. 2013 ($134.07 Mil).


Viewtran Group Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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

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Viewtran Group Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Viewtran Group Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 114.74 155.15 158.16 141.47 134.07

Viewtran Group Quarterly Data
Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13
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 141.47 143.22 140.89 11.17 134.07

Viewtran Group 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.


Viewtran Group  (OTCPK:VIEWF) 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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Viewtran Group (Viewtran Group) Business Description

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Room 1501, Tower C, Skyworth Building, High-Tech Industrial Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, CHN, 518057
Viewtran Group Inc provides supply chain financial services and enterprise solutions for the technology industry in China. It has Product Sales and Service Revenue segments. Products sales segment comprises sale of components for digital media, telecommunication system and equipment and industrial applications end-markets. Service revenue segment encompasses provision of technology and engineering services, business process outsourcing, network, system integration and related training and maintenance services. The company mainly operates in China.

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