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Conversant (FRA:VCK) Total Assets : €552.4 Mil (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is Conversant Total Assets?

Conversant's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €552.4 Mil.

Warning Sign:

If a company builds asset at 19.6% a year, faster than its revenue growth rate of 13.3% over the past 5 years, it means that the company may be getting less efficent.

During the past 12 months, Conversant's average Total Assets Growth Rate was -11.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 20.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 19.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 11.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Conversant's highest 3-Year average Total Assets Growth Rate was 149.60%. The lowest was -18.10%. And the median was 25.40%.

Total Assets is connected with ROA %. Conversant's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 5.61%. Total Assets is also linked to Revenue through Asset Turnover. Conversant's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.20.


Conversant Total Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for Conversant's Total Assets 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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Conversant Total Assets Chart

Conversant Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Total Assets
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 388.66 463.86 669.34 685.57 596.98

Conversant Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
Total Assets 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 588.51 596.98 552.98 541.84 552.37

Conversant Total Assets Calculation

Total Assets are all the assets a company owns.

From the capital sources of the assets, some of the assets are funded through shareholder's paid in capital and retained earnings of the business. Others are funded through borrowed money.

Conversant's Total Assets for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Total Assets=Total Equity (A: Dec. 2013 )+Total Liabilities (A: Dec. 2013 )
=368.575+228.401
=597.0

Conversant's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Total Assets=Total Equity (Q: Sep. 2014 )+Total Liabilities (Q: Sep. 2014 )
=391.552+160.816
=552.4

* 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.


Conversant  (FRA:VCK) Total Assets Explanation

Total Assets is connected with ROA %.

Conversant's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is

ROA %=Net Income (Q: Sep. 2014 )/( (Total Assets (Q: Jun. 2014 )+Total Assets (Q: Sep. 2014 ))/ count )
=30.668/( (541.836+552.368)/ 2 )
=30.668/547.102
=5.61 %

Note: The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2014) data.

In the article Joining The Dark Side: Pirates, Spies and Short Sellers, James Montier reported that In their US sample covering the period 1968-2003, Cooper et al find that firms with low asset growth outperformed firms with high asset growth by an astounding 20% p.a. equally weighted. Even when controlling for market, size and style, low asset growth firms outperformed high asset growth firms by 13% p.a. Therefore a company with fast asset growth may underperform.

Total Assets is linked to total revenue through Asset Turnover.

Conversant's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is

Asset Turnover
=Revenue (Q: Sep. 2014 )/( (Total Assets (Q: Jun. 2014 )+Total Assets (Q: Sep. 2014 ))/ count )
=107.331/( (541.836+552.368)/ 2 )
=107.331/547.102
=0.20

* 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.

Therefore, if a company grows its Total Assets faster than its Revenue, the Asset Turnover will decline. This might be a warning sign for the business.

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Conversant (FRA:VCK) Business Description

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Conversant Inc, formerly known as Valueclick Inc. The Company and its subsidiaries offers digital marketing services across its Affiliate Marketing and Media segments. In affiliate marketing, a website or mobile publisher joins an advertiser's affiliate marketing program and agrees to distribute the advertiser's offers in exchange for commissions on sales or leads generated. The publisher places the advertiser's display advertisements or text links on their website or mobile website, in email campaigns, or in search listings, and receives a commission from the advertiser only when a visitor takes an agreed-upon action, such as making a purchase on the advertiser's website. Advertisers upload their offers onto its system, making them available for placement by affiliates. The Companys affiliate marketing services are structured to deliver an exceptional level of experience, expertise and strategic support to advertisers. Dedicated teams are focused on technical support, network quality and account services to work with advertisers as strategic partners in managing their affiliate programs. The Company offers its clients the option to choose the level of service that fits their needs, ranging from full program management to network access. The Companys media solutions enable marketers to deliver personalized communications and are designed for flexibility based on each brands specific needs. Its media solutions also include a suite of ad serving and analytics tools designed to improve marketing effectiveness through precise ad execution and data collection: the Conversant Tag Manager, which streamlines the collection of website data; Conversant Data Collection & Management, which unites marketing data from across digital channels; and the ConversantTM Ad Server, which executes, reports and optimizes ad campaigns across digital channels. The Company markets its products and services primarily through direct marketing, print advertising and online advertising throughout the year.

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