Comments on: Will Cash-rich Chip Cos. Go Shopping? http://gigaom.com/2009/10/02/will-cash-rich-chip-cos-go-shopping/ Sun, 19 May 2013 23:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sajal http://gigaom.com/2009/10/02/will-cash-rich-chip-cos-go-shopping/#comment-225736 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:13:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=72637#comment-225736 Om and Stacey, Qualcomm has ~17.7 billion in cash. Here’s the 10k:
http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/displayfilinginfo.aspx?FilingID=6871903-802-544341&type=sect&dcn=0000950123-09-057827

The reason online sites report a lower number is because a chunk of it is outside US. I just think Qualcomm’s cash hoard is under appreciated vis a vis Apple/Microsoft.

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]]> By: Vol http://gigaom.com/2009/10/02/will-cash-rich-chip-cos-go-shopping/#comment-225734 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:33:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=72637#comment-225734 Om,

I have not had a chance to study this but maybe your group can whip up this data fast.
My suspicion is that the recent M&A spurt is due to the companies taking advantage of the new equity/excess liquidity bubble.

There are a few data points that can shed light.
1) Of all the recent M&A’s most of which are post-March/April (when the fed started QE, aka printing money), how much of each deal involves payment in cash vs. payment in equity?
2) Data from #1 can be misleading when a company issues new equity or sells bonds and subsequently makes an acquisition with an all-cash deal.

I was hoping you can tie all those data points together.

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