XCOMQ (Xtera Communications) Other Current Assets: $6.43 Mil (As of Jun. 2016)

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What is Xtera Communications Other Current Assets?

Xtera Communications XCOMQ -99.00% Other Current Assets is $6.43 Mil as of Jun. 2016.

Xtera Communications's other current assets for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was $6.43 Mil.

Xtera Communications's quarterly other current assets declined from Dec. 2015 ($8.27 Mil) to Mar. 2016 ($4.51 Mil) but then increased from Mar. 2016 ($4.51 Mil) to Jun. 2016 ($6.43Mil).

Xtera Communications's annual other current assets increased from Sep. 2013 ($2.05 Mil) to Sep. 2014 ($2.28 Mil) increased from Sep. 2014 ($2.28 Mil) to Sep. 2015 ($3.09 Mil).


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Xtera Communications Other Current Assets Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Xtera Communications's Other Current Assets can be seen below:

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Xtera Communications Other Current Assets Chart

Xtera Communications Annual Data
Trend Sep13 Sep14 Sep15
Other Current Assets
2.05 2.28 3.09

Xtera Communications Quarterly Data
Sep13 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16
Other Current Assets Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 3.32 3.09 8.27 4.51 6.43

Xtera Communications Other Current Assets Calculation

Technically, the other current assets line may include any asset that will be used up within the next 12 months. However, other current assets never include assets that are listed elsewhere in the current assets section of the balance sheet. For this reason, other current assets are almost never:


Cash
Trade Receivables
Inventory

The assets grouped under other current assets are most commonly:


Prepaid Expenses
Tax Assets
Non-Trade Receivables
Other (too numerous to list)

Some companies can and do choose to report each of these items separately.

Other current assets may be made up largely of Prepaid Expenses - unless these are listed on a separate line of the balance sheet.

Prepaid expenses are exactly what they sound like. If a company pays a $30 million insurance premium on the last day of June that will provide coverage for the entire month of July, the company will record a $30 million prepaid expense to account for the insurance expense it will show in July that it already paid for in June.

Tax assets can be quite complex. It is not common for companies to have both tax assets and tax liabilities. It is important that investors take note of both items when considering future taxes.

Non-Trade receivables are rarely a large item. They include money owed to the company by non-customers. Non-trade receivables can be caused by related party transactions, the sale of a business unit, etc. The notes to the company's financial statements will often provide much more detail on this item if it is truly important.

There are a variety of other current assets like non-trade receivables which are simply too numerous to list. If a company is following correct reporting procedures, it should not lump items that are different from one another and yet individually important to the company together under the line Other Current Assets.

At most companies, other current assets are a small and unimportant part of the total balance sheet.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Other Current Assets →
What does a Other Current Assets of $6.43 Mil mean?
Xtera Communications (XCOMQ) has a Other Current Assets of $6.43 Mil as of Jun. 2016. Other current assets as record on a company's balance sheet not categorized as standard assets. View historical data on Xtera Communications.
Is Xtera Communications' Other Current Assets too high?
Xtera Communications' current Other Current Assets is $6.43 Mil.
How does Xtera Communications' Other Current Assets compare to TAIT and AEY?
Xtera Communications' Other Current Assets of $6.43 Mil can be compared against companies in the Hardware industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Other Current Assets for a Hardware company?
A good Other Current Assets depends on the Hardware industry context. However, Other Current Assets should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Other Current Assets mean?
A high Other Current Assets can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Other current assets as record on a company's balance sheet not categorized as standard assets. View historical data on Xtera Communications. Xtera Communications's current Other Current Assets is $6.43 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Xtera Communications stock overvalued right now?
Xtera Communications (XCOMQ) has a current Other Current Assets of $6.43 Mil. The current Other Current Assets is $6.43 Mil. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Other Current Assets calculated?
Other Current Assets is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Xtera Communications (XCOMQ), the current Other Current Assets is $6.43 Mil as of Jun. 2016. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Xtera Communications Business Description

Address 500 West Bethany Drive, Suite 100, Allen, TX, USA, 75013
Xtera Communications Inc is a provider of optical transport solutions. It sells its optical transport solutions to telecommunications service providers, content service providers, enterprises and government entities across the world to support their deployments of long-haul terrestrial and submarine optical cable networks. Its optical networking solutions are designed to offer reach and capacity for intermediate sites between end-points of long-haul networks. Its primary service offerings include services, installation and deployment services, on-site hardware replacement services, system maintenance services, extended hardware warranty services and training across a spectrum of products within the optical networking industry. The company offers hardware, software and turnkey solutions.