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Net Cash Per Share, Trailing 12m

What does Net Cash PS mean?

Cash per share is calculated by taking all the cash and short term investments of the company and dividing that number by the total shares outstanding. If you can find a stock trading below its cash per share, you may have a bargain, particularly if the stock has no debt or little debt. However, be careful of the ratios you see for the financial companies - the amount of cash for these companies may be much higher than in other sectors, due to the accounting of customer deposits.