Span-America Medical Systems (Span-America Medical Systems) Cash per Share : $2.64 (As of Mar. 2017)

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What is Span-America Medical Systems Cash per Share?

Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Span-America Medical Systems's Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $2.64.

Span-America Medical Systems Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Span-America Medical Systems's Cash per Share can be seen below:

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Span-America Medical Systems Cash per Share Chart

Span-America Medical Systems Annual Data

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0.91

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2.32

0.45

1.36

Span-America Medical Systems Quarterly Data
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Cash per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.63	1.18	1.36	1.55	2.64

Span-America Medical Systems Cash per Share Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's available cash, including easy to liquidate short-term investment, to its total number of shares outstanding. The result indicates the percentage of a company's share price that is available to spend on company's activities, such as strengthening the business, paying down the debt and making dividend payment to shareholders. It's a reliable indicator of a company's financial health.

Span-America Medical Systems's Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as:

Cash per Share	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	3.753	/	2.76
	=	1.36

Span-America Medical Systems's Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is calculated as:

Cash per Share	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	7.274	/	2.76
	=	2.64

Span-America Medical Systems (NAS:SPAN) Cash per Share Explanation

Cash per Share represents the liquidity of a compant's assets. A high level of Cash per Share suggests that there's enough money on hand for a company to cover any emergencies and that the company has adequate money to reinvest its business or pay dividends to investors. However, if the ratio is too high, it can also suggeust the inefficiency of management for not making a full usage of the cash.

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Span-America Medical Systems (Span-America Medical Systems) Business Description

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http://www.spanamerica.com

Span-America Medical Systems Inc was incorporated under the laws of the state of South Carolina on September 21, 1970. The Company manufactures and distributes therapeutic support surfaces, mattress overlays, patient positioners, seating cushions, skin care products and fall prevention products for the medical market and pillows, mattress pads and various foam products for the custom products market throughout the United States and Canada. Its operations are divided into two main business units or segments: medical and custom products. The Company's main medical products consist of polyurethane foam mattress overlays, therapeutic support surfaces (which consist of non-powered and powered therapeutic support surfaces) and patient positioners as well as Selan (r) skin care, seating and fall protection products. The Company's custom products segment includes two product lines namely consumer bedding products and various engineered industrial products. The Company's consumer product line consists mainly of convoluted and contour-cut mattress overlays and specially designed pillows for the consumer bedding market. It sells these products mainly in North America to customers in the segments of the health care market, including acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities and home health care providers. The Company's manufacturing operations are subject to various government regulations pertaining to the discharge of materials into the environment.

Executives

Terry Allison Rappuhn	director	P O BOX 58062, NASHVILLE TN 37205
Thomas Joseph Sullivan	director	64 PETTIT PL PRINCETON NJ 08540
Robert B Johnston	director

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