BEST SOFTWARE INC

EDGAR

13 filing records in this dataset, filed from 1997-11-14 to 1999-11-12. Explore the available filing history and original sources.

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Latest quarter

Revenue

23.3 million USD

1999-09-30 · USD

Exact inputs and evidence

Operating margin

14.06%

1999-09-30 · %

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Operating Income: 3271000 USD Source
  • Revenue: 23270000 USD Source
Cash and cash equivalents
24.7 million USD Source
Exact value

24688000 USD

Long-term debt including current maturities
Not available
Shares outstanding
Not available

Company performance

Up to ten complete financial years · consolidated figures

Includes later revisions to earlier periods. Annual charts exclude incomplete years.

Latest filing recorded: 1999-11-12.

Financial data available through: 1997-12-31.

Financial coverage is incomplete. Newer filings are recorded, but comparable financial figures for those periods are not available here yet.

Coverage by financial measure
  • revenue: No compatible figures in this window
  • Operating income: 2 of 11 periods available· newest 1997-12-31
  • Net income: 2 of 11 periods available· newest 1997-12-31
  • Operating cash flow: 2 of 11 periods available· newest 1997-12-31
  • Capital expenditure: 2 of 11 periods available· newest 1997-12-31
  • Total assets: 1 of 11 periods available· newest 1997-12-31
  • Total liabilities: 1 of 11 periods available· newest 1997-12-31
  • Current assets: 1 of 11 periods available· newest 1997-12-31
  • Current liabilities: 1 of 11 periods available· newest 1997-12-31
  • Cash and cash equivalents: 2 of 11 periods available· newest 1997-12-31
  • long term debt: No compatible figures in this window
  • shares outstanding: No compatible figures in this window

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What changed year over year

Latest complete year compared with the corresponding period one year earlier. These are measured changes; they do not establish their business causes.

  • Net income

    +25.8%

    Prior period

    USD 3.53 million

    –

    Current period

    USD 4.44 million

    –

    Exact inputs and evidence

    4436000 − 3527000 = 909000 USD

    3527000 USD · 1996-01-01 – 1996-12-31

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    4436000 USD · 1997-01-01 – 1997-12-31

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  • Operating cash flow

    +149.5%

    Prior period

    USD 4.92 million

    –

    Current period

    USD 12.27 million

    –

    Exact inputs and evidence

    12274000 − 4920000 = 7354000 USD

    4920000 USD · 1996-01-01 – 1996-12-31

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    12274000 USD · 1997-01-01 – 1997-12-31

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  • Capital expenditure

    +63.4%

    Prior period

    USD 793,000

    –

    Current period

    USD 1.3 million

    –

    Exact inputs and evidence

    1296000 − 793000 = 503000 USD

    793000 USD · 1996-01-01 – 1996-12-31

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    1296000 USD · 1997-01-01 – 1997-12-31

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Where revenue goes

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Revenue is not reported for this company, so its costs cannot be shown as a share of it.

Growth

Sales over time and how quickly they are changing.

Revenue

Revenue reported for each complete financial period.

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Revenue growth

Change in revenue from the same financial period one year earlier.

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Profit and cash

How much revenue becomes profit, and how much cash operations generate.

Profit margins

Operating income, net income and free cash flow as a share of revenue.

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  • Operating margin
  • Net margin
  • Free cash flow margin
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Operating cash flow

Cash generated by the company’s normal business operations.

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Free cash flow

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure for the same period and unit.

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Balance sheet

Liabilities and short-term ability to meet obligations at each period end.

Liabilities to assets

Total liabilities as a share of total assets.

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Current assets to current liabilities

Current assets divided by current liabilities.

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Cash generation

Compare reported profit with operating cash and capital spending. Free cash flow is calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditure when both exact, consolidated amounts match the same period and unit.

Cash generation by annual reporting period
PeriodNet incomeOperating cash flowCapital expenditureFree cash flow
1996 1996-01-01 – 1996-12-31
USD 3.53 million
Exact value

Exact value: 3527000 USD

1996-01-01 – 1996-12-31: 3527000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 4.92 million
Exact value

Exact value: 4920000 USD

1996-01-01 – 1996-12-31: 4920000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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USD 793,000
Exact value

Exact value: 793000 USD

1996-01-01 – 1996-12-31: 793000 USD Inspect Capital Expenditure Open source
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USD 4.13 million
Calculation and evidence

4920000 − 793000 USD

Exact free cash flow: 4127000 USD

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1997 1997-01-01 – 1997-12-31
USD 4.44 million
Exact value

Exact value: 4436000 USD

1997-01-01 – 1997-12-31: 4436000 USD Inspect Net Income Open source
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USD 12.27 million
Exact value

Exact value: 12274000 USD

1997-01-01 – 1997-12-31: 12274000 USD Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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USD 1.3 million
Exact value

Exact value: 1296000 USD

1997-01-01 – 1997-12-31: 1296000 USD Inspect Capital Expenditure Open source
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USD 10.98 million
Calculation and evidence

12274000 − 1296000 USD

Exact free cash flow: 10978000 USD

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Capital expenditure uses the canonical mapped positive-spending convention. A missing, ambiguous, incompatible, or negative-sign input is left blank. Values use the latest reported version.

Dataset coverage and company identifiers

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13 filings · 0 latest values · 0 originally reported values

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Identifiers: 0001043431, 1043431, edgar:1043431