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Whether you're walking a tightrope or scribbling in your checkbook, balance is a good thing. And, one of the best ways to evaluate a company is to glance at its balance sheet to see what it owns with what it owes.
The balance sheet is a paragon of simplicity and is made up of three components: assets (the stuff it owns), liabilities (the money it owes), and shareholders' equity (the company's value to its shareholders).
Assets take two forms: short-term (or current) assets and long-term assets. Under short-term, there¿s good ol' hard cash. Then, there¿s something called "cash equivalents," which are assets like short-term bonds that can be sold so quickly, they might as well be cash. There you factor in inventory, which (if you're a reasonably competent business owner) you can sell to customers in return for--you guessed it--cash. (The raw materials a company owns to make that inventory also falls under this category.)
Long-term assets are things that are harder to convert into cash. (Think real estate and equipment.) Long-term assets depreciate, meaning they lose some value over time. Also under the long-term category are what's called intangible assets: things like patents and brands, that are important, but hard to quantify. Accountants earn their stripes figuring out the real overall value of these assets.
Once you know your assets, it's time for liabilities. As with assets, liabilities are separated into short-term or current, and long-term. Current liabilities are what a company owes in that year: Things like payments to employees or accounts payable to suppliers. Long-term liabilities are debts paid over several years.
Shareholders' equity is determined by subtracting the liabilities from the assets. That number represents the value of the company after all its bills are paid.
Obviously, investors should pay close attention to balance sheets. Spikes in the amount of debt carried, or a reduction in shareholders' equity, are usually red flags.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
AMN Healthcare Services to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 2008 Healthcare Staffing Forum
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SAN DIEGO, May 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ ----AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS), the nation's largest healthcare staffing company, is scheduled to make a presentation on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time at the BMO Capital Markets 2008 Healthcare Staffing Forum taking place at the Millennium Broadway Hotel, in New York City.
David C. Dreyer, Chief Financial Officer of AMN Healthcare, will present an overview of the company and will discuss the company's current operating environment and business strategy. An audio webcast of each presentation, with an accompanying slide presentation, will be available on the company's investor relations website at http://www.amnhealthcare.com/investors on the day of the event. Participants will need to allow adequate time to download any software necessary for the webcast.
Company Summary
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. is the largest healthcare staffing company in the United States and the leading nationwide provider in all four of its business lines: travel nurse staffing, locum tenens staffing (temporary physician staffing), physician permanent placement services and allied staffing. AMN Healthcare recruits healthcare professionals both nationally and internationally and places them on variable lengths of assignments and in permanent positions at acute-care hospitals, physician practice groups and other healthcare settings throughout the United States. For more information, visit http://www.amnhealthcare.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The company based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and projections about future events. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "will," "may" and other similar expressions. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are set forth in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. These statements reflect the company's current beliefs and are based upon information currently available to it. Be advised that developments subsequent to this press release are likely to cause these statements to become outdated with the passage of time.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060718/LATU121LOGO) Contact: David C. Dreyer, Chief Financial Officer Christopher Schwartz, Vice President, Financial Reporting and Investor Relations 866.861.3229
SOURCE AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.
http://www.amnhealthcare.com
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