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Coastal Contacts (OSTO:COA) Cash Flow from Operations : kr-109 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2014)


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What is Coastal Contacts Cash Flow from Operations?

Cash flow from operations refers to the cash brought in through a company's normal business operations. It is the cash flow before any investment or financing activities. It is the cash version of net income.

For the three months ended in Jan. 2014, Coastal Contacts's Net Income From Continuing Operations was kr-25 Mil. Its Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization was kr7 Mil. Its Change In Working Capital was kr-18 Mil. Its cash flow from deferred tax was kr1 Mil. Its Cash from Discontinued Operating Activities was kr0 Mil. Its Asset Impairment Charge was kr0 Mil. Its Stock Based Compensation was kr0 Mil. And its Cash Flow from Others was kr2 Mil. In all, Coastal Contacts's Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Jan. 2014 was kr-34 Mil.


Coastal Contacts Cash Flow from Operations Historical Data

The historical data trend for Coastal Contacts's Cash Flow from Operations can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Coastal Contacts Cash Flow from Operations Chart

Coastal Contacts Annual Data
Trend Oct04 Oct05 Oct06 Oct07 Oct08 Oct09 Oct10 Oct11 Oct12 Oct13
Cash Flow from Operations
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Coastal Contacts Quarterly Data
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Coastal Contacts Cash Flow from Operations Calculation

Cash flow from operations refers to the cash brought in through a company's normal business operations. It is the cash flow before any investment or financing activities. It is the cash version of net income.

Coastal Contacts's Cash Flow from Operations for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2013 is calculated as:

Coastal Contacts's Cash Flow from Operations for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2014 is:


Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was kr-109 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Coastal Contacts  (OSTO:COA) Cash Flow from Operations Explanation

For companies reported in indirect method, cash flow from operations contains six items:

1. Net Income From Continuing Operations:
Net Income From Continuing Operations indicates the net income that a firm brings in from ongoing business activities. These activities are expected to continue into the next reporting period. It excludes extraordinary items, income from the cumulative effects of accounting changes, non-recurring items, income from tax loss carry forward, and preferred dividends.

Coastal Contacts's net income from continuing operations for the three months ended in Jan. 2014 was kr-25 Mil.

2. Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization:
Depreciation is a present expense that accounts for the past cost of an asset that is now providing benefits.
Depletion and amortization are synonyms for depreciation.
Generally:
The term depreciation is used when discussing man made tangible assets
The term depletion is used when discussing natural tangible assets
The term amortization is used when discussing intangible assets

Coastal Contacts's depreciation, depletion and amortization for the three months ended in Jan. 2014 was kr7 Mil.

3. Change In Working Capital:
Working Capital is a measure of a company's short term liquidity or its ability to cover short term liabilities. It is defined as the difference between a company's current assets and current liabilities. Changes in Working Capital is reported in the cash flow statement since it is one of the major ways in which net income can differ from operating cash flow.

Coastal Contacts's change in working capital for the three months ended in Jan. 2014 was kr-18 Mil. It means Coastal Contacts's working capital declined by kr18 Mil from Oct. 2013 to Jan. 2014 .

4. Deferred Tax:
It is the cash flow generated from deferred tax.

Coastal Contacts's cash flow from deferred tax for the three months ended in Jan. 2014 was kr1 Mil.

5. Cash from Discontinued Operating Activities:
Net cash from all of the entity's discontinued operating activities.

Coastal Contacts's cash from discontinued operating Activities for the three months ended in Jan. 2014 was kr0 Mil.

6. Asset Impairment Charge:
It is the charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value.

Coastal Contacts's asset impairment charge for the three months ended in Jan. 2014 was kr0 Mil.

7. Stock Based Compensation:
It is a way corporations use stock options to reward employees. It provides executives and employees the opportunity to share in the growth of the company and, if structured properly, can align their interests with the interests of the company's shareholders and investors, without burning the company's cash on hand.

Coastal Contacts's stock based compensation for the three months ended in Jan. 2014 was kr0 Mil.

8. Cash Flow from Others:
These are cash differences caused by the change of inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable etc. For instance, if a company pays its suppliers slower, its cash position will build up faster. If a company receives payments from its customers slower, its account receivables will rise, and its cash position will grow more slowly (or even shrink).

Coastal Contacts's cash flow from others for the three months ended in Jan. 2014 was kr2 Mil.


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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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