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Asiainfo-Linkage, (FRA:AFB) Cash Ratio : 1.34 (As of Sep. 2013)


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What is Asiainfo-Linkage, 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. Asiainfo-Linkage,'s Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was 1.34.

Asiainfo-Linkage, has a Cash Ratio of 1.34. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.

The historical rank and industry rank for Asiainfo-Linkage,'s Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:AFB's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.76
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Asiainfo-Linkage, Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asiainfo-Linkage,'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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Asiainfo-Linkage, Cash Ratio Chart

Asiainfo-Linkage, Annual Data
Trend Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.77 1.39 1.09 1.14 1.27

Asiainfo-Linkage, Quarterly Data
Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13
Cash Ratio 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 1.18 1.27 1.21 1.17 1.34

Competitive Comparison of Asiainfo-Linkage,'s Cash Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Asiainfo-Linkage,'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.


Asiainfo-Linkage,'s Cash Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Asiainfo-Linkage,'s Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Asiainfo-Linkage,'s Cash Ratio falls into.



Asiainfo-Linkage, Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Asiainfo-Linkage,'s Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2012 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=239.402/188.559
=1.27

Asiainfo-Linkage,'s Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Sep. 2013 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=240.244/179.551
=1.34

* 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.


Asiainfo-Linkage,  (FRA:AFB) 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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Asiainfo-Linkage, (FRA:AFB) Business Description

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Asiainfo-Linkage, Inc, a Delaware corporation, commenced operations in the United States in 1993. The Company is a provider of telecommunications software solutions and information technology, or IT, related services in China. It also provides variety of services including business operational consulting service, IT architecture planning service, system integration services based on its own products and other third party software and hardware, change of request implementation, maintenance on customer premise and management services. The Company's suite of innovative solutions includes business and operation support systems, network infrastructure solutions, and service application solutions. The products and services it offers to the telecommunications industry include various software product suites, most of which are designed with open architecture to facilitate further development and customization for specific purposes. The Company's core BSS/OSS offering primarily includes convergent billing solutions, CRM and BI systems. It also provides software enhancement and maintenance services for the systems it develop, as well as system integration and other value-added IT consulting and planning services. Its OSS Package is a highly comprehensive and intelligent service fulfilment framework based on OSS fulfilment domain definition in eTOM model and OSS specifications of telecom operators. In OSS Package, process analysis methodology and project implementation methodology enables a rapid implementation of telecom service fulfilment system. It provides process analysis methodology, project implementation methodology, inventory data model, interface integration framework and built-in inventory management templates. Its network management solutions include network access and backbone infrastructure planning, design and implementation for telecommunications and Internet service providers. These services include technical training for its customers, as well as professional maintenance and support services. The Company designs and provides a series of service applications that enable telecommunications operators and service providers to offer value-added services, such as Short Message Service, or SMS, mobile email, mobile entertainment and mobile e-commerce. These applications often involve licensed third-party software that it's customizes or integrate with its proprietary software to provide individualized solutions. The Company's software and services enable its customers to build, maintain, operate, manage and improve their communications infrastructure. Its largest customers are the major telecommunications carriers in China and their provincial subsidiaries, including China Mobile Communications Corporation, or China Mobile, China United Telecommunications Corporation, or China Unicom, and China Telecommunications Corporation, or China Telecom. The Company relies on its own sales force to market and sell its products and services