Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) Cash per Share : €1.72 (As of May. 2015)

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What is Family Dollar Stores Cash per Share?

Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Family Dollar Stores's Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 was €1.72.

Family Dollar Stores Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Family Dollar Stores's Cash per Share can be seen below:

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Family Dollar Stores Cash per Share Chart

Family Dollar Stores Annual Data

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Cash per Share

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2.99

1.41

0.69

0.95

0.98

Family Dollar Stores Quarterly Data
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Cash per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.16	0.98	1.49	1.32	1.72

Family Dollar Stores Cash per Share Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's available cash, including easy to liquidate short-term investment, to its total number of shares outstanding. The result indicates the percentage of a company's share price that is available to spend on company's activities, such as strengthening the business, paying down the debt and making dividend payment to shareholders. It's a reliable indicator of a company's financial health.

Family Dollar Stores's Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2014 is calculated as:

Cash per Share	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	111.629	/	114
	=	0.98

Family Dollar Stores's Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 is calculated as:

Cash per Share	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	196.896	/	115
	=	1.72

Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) Cash per Share Explanation

Cash per Share represents the liquidity of a compant's assets. A high level of Cash per Share suggests that there's enough money on hand for a company to cover any emergencies and that the company has adequate money to reinvest its business or pay dividends to investors. However, if the ratio is too high, it can also suggeust the inefficiency of management for not making a full usage of the cash.

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Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) Business Description

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Family Dollar Stores Inc was incorporated in November 1959. The Company provides consumers with a selection of competitively priced merchandise in convenient neighbourhood stores. Its merchandise assortment includes Consumables, Home Products, Apparel and Accessories, and Seasonal and Electronics. It classifies the combination of Home Products, Apparel and Accessories, and Seasonal and Electronics as Discretionary. It operates general merchandise retail discount stores in 46 states, serving the basic needs of customers primarily in the low- and middle-income brackets. The stores are supported by 11 distribution centers and one Store Support Center. It competes for sales and store locations in varying degrees with international, national, regional and local retailing establishments, other discount stores, department stores, variety stores, dollar stores, discount clothing stores, drug stores, grocery stores, convenience stores, outlet stores, warehouse stores and other stores. The Company's trademark includes Family Dollar and Family Dollar Stores. Its business is subject to federal, state, local, and international laws, rules, and regulations, such as state and local wage and hour laws, anti-corruption laws, import and export laws, unclaimed property laws, and many others.

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