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Sentry Technology (Sentry Technology) Net Cash per Share : $-0.07 (As of Jun. 2011)


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What is Sentry Technology Net Cash per Share?

Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Sentry Technology's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 was $-0.07.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sentry Technology's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

SKVY's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 7.765
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

Sentry Technology Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sentry Technology's Net Cash per Share 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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Sentry Technology Net Cash per Share Chart

Sentry Technology Annual Data
Trend Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Net Cash per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.06 -0.09 -0.07 -0.08 -0.07

Sentry Technology Quarterly Data
Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11
Net Cash per Share 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 -0.08 -0.08 -0.07 -0.07 -0.07

Competitive Comparison of Sentry Technology's Net Cash per Share

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Sentry Technology's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash 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.


Sentry Technology's Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Sentry Technology's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sentry Technology's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.



Sentry Technology Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

Sentry Technology's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Dec. 2010 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.444-8.998-1.57)/143.617
=-0.07

Sentry Technology's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Jun. 2011 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.33-9.278-1.594)/143.617
=-0.07

* 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.


Sentry Technology  (OTCPK:SKVY) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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Sentry Technology (Sentry Technology) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1881 Lakeland Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY, USA, 11779
Sentry Technology Corp through its subsidiaries is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling and installing a complete line of video surveillance systems, Robotic CCTV systems, Electro-Magnetic and Radio Frequency Identification based library management systems, as well as radio frequency and EM electronic article surveillance systems. The company also manufactures travelling, robotic CCTV systems servicing customers in North and South America, Africa and Australia.

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