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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Days Payable : 49.95 (As of Mar. 2012)


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What is Avistar Communications Days Payable?

Avistar Communications's average Accounts Payable for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was $0.59 Mil. Avistar Communications's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was $1.08 Mil. Hence, Avistar Communications's Days Payable for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was 49.95.

The historical rank and industry rank for Avistar Communications's Days Payable or its related term are showing as below:

AVSR's Days Payable is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 68.13
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Payable only.

Avistar Communications's Days Payable declined from Mar. 2011 (112.45) to Mar. 2012 (49.95). It may suggest that Avistar Communications accelerated paying its suppliers.


Avistar Communications Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avistar Communications's Days Payable 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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Avistar Communications Days Payable Chart

Avistar Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11
Days Payable
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 106.12 74.89 58.93 118.39 99.22

Avistar Communications Quarterly Data
Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12
Days Payable 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 112.45 106.62 134.97 127.93 49.95

Competitive Comparison of Avistar Communications's Days Payable

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Avistar Communications's Days Payable, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Payable 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.


Avistar Communications's Days Payable Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Avistar Communications's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avistar Communications's Days Payable falls into.



Avistar Communications Days Payable Calculation

Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.

Avistar Communications's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

Days Payable (A: Dec. 2011 )
=Average Accounts Payable /Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2010 ) + Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2011 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2011 )*Days in Period
=( (0.399 + 0.46) / 2 ) / 1.58*365
=0.4295 / 1.58*365
=99.22

Avistar Communications's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as:

Days Payable (Q: Mar. 2012 )
=Average Accounts Payable / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Payable (Q: Dec. 2011 ) + Accounts Payable (Q: Mar. 2012 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2012 )*Days in Period
=( (0.46 + 0.718) / 2 ) / 1.076*365 / 4
=0.589 / 1.076*365 / 4
=49.95

* 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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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Business Description

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Address
1855 South Grant Street, 4th Floor, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94402
Avistar Communications Corp creates technology that provides the missing critical element in unified communications: bringing people in organizations face-to-face, through enhanced communications for the true collaboration anytime, anyplace. The company's solutions include Bandwidth Management, CEBP, Firewall Traversal and Enterprise Endpoints. Its products include Avistar C3 Communicator, Avistar C3 Conference, Avistar C3 Command, Avistar C3 Call Control and Avistar C3 Media Engine.
Executives
R Stephen Heinrichs director, 10 percent owner 141 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 10 percent owner 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Phlcorp Holding Llc 10 percent owner 529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Baldwin Enterprises, Inc. 10 percent owner 529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Robert P Latta director 650 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304

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