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Alabama Aircraft Industries (Alabama Aircraft Industries) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $7.61 Mil (As of Dec. 2008)


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What is Alabama Aircraft Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Alabama Aircraft Industries's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2008 ($12.36 Mil) to Sep. 2008 ($7.80 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2008 ($7.80 Mil) to Dec. 2008 ($7.61 Mil).

Alabama Aircraft Industries's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2006 ($0.02 Mil) to Dec. 2007 ($8.80 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2007 ($8.80 Mil) to Dec. 2008 ($7.61 Mil).


Alabama Aircraft Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alabama Aircraft Industries's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Alabama Aircraft Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Alabama Aircraft Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.35 0.03 0.02 8.80 7.61

Alabama Aircraft Industries Quarterly Data
Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08
Cash And Cash Equivalents 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 8.80 9.85 12.36 7.80 7.61

Alabama Aircraft Industries Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.


Alabama Aircraft Industries  (OTCPK:AAIIQ) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.


Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.


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Alabama Aircraft Industries (Alabama Aircraft Industries) Business Description

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Address
1943 North 50th Street, Birmingham, AL, USA, 35212
Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc is an aerospace & defense company, which provides aircraft maintenance & modification services to the U.S. Government, including complete airframe inspection, maintenance, repair & custom airframe design & modification.
Executives
Hugh Steven Wilson director C/O TENNENBAUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, 2951 28TH STREET, SUITE 1000, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Michael E Tennenbaum director C/O TENNENBAUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, 2951 28TH STREET, SUITE 1000, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Robert Eugene Joyal director 352 WARDNER ROAD, WEST WINDSOR VT 05089
Tennenbaum Capital Partners Llc 10 percent owner 2951 28TH STREET, SUITE 1000, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Mark Holdsworth director 140 S. LAKE AVE., STE. 304, PASADENA CA 91101
Tennenbaum & Co Llc 10 percent owner 1999 AVENUE OF THE STARS, LOS ANGELES CA 90067-6100
Peter Thiel other: See Footnote (1) 9200 SUNSET BOULEVARD, SUITE 1110, WEST HOLLYWOOD CA 90069

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