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American Community Newspapers (American Community Newspapers) Cash Ratio : 0.02 (As of Jun. 2008)


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What is American Community Newspapers Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. American Community Newspapers's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2008 was 0.02.

American Community Newspapers has a Cash Ratio of 0.02. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for American Community Newspapers's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ACNI's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 0.555
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

American Community Newspapers Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Community Newspapers's Cash Ratio 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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American Community Newspapers Cash Ratio Chart

American Community Newspapers Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07
Cash Ratio
6.46 1.01 0.17

American Community Newspapers Quarterly Data
Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.28 0.17 0.06 0.02

Competitive Comparison of American Community Newspapers's Cash Ratio

For the Publishing subindustry, American Community Newspapers's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


American Community Newspapers's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, American Community Newspapers's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Community Newspapers's Cash Ratio falls into.



American Community Newspapers Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

American Community Newspapers's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2007 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1.521/9.065
=0.17

American Community Newspapers's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2008 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Jun. 2008 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=2.552/149.412
=0.02

* 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.


American Community Newspapers  (OTCPK:ACNI) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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American Community Newspapers (American Community Newspapers) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
14875 Landmark Boulevard, Suite 110, Addison, TX, USA, 75254
American Community Newspapers Inc is a community newspaper publisher in the United States, operating within four major U.S. markets.
Executives
Rachesky Mark H Md 10 percent owner 40 WEST 57TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Mhr Fund Management Llc 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS,, 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Mhr Advisors Llc 10 percent owner
Marilyn Rubenstein 10 percent owner
Woodland Services Corp 10 percent owner
Israel A Englander other: May be deemed as group member. C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, 399 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Millenco, L.l.c. 10 percent owner C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, 666 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10103
Millennium Management Llc other: May be deemed as group member. 399 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Barry Rubenstein 10 percent owner 68 WHEATLEY RD, BROOKVILLE NY 11545

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