What is Inergy Midstream LP Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?
Inergy Midstream LP's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities
increased
from Dec. 2014 ($4.60 Mil) to Mar. 2015 ($66.80 Mil) but then
stayed the same
from Mar. 2015 ($66.80 Mil) to Jun. 2015 ($0.20 Mil).
Inergy Midstream LP's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities
increased
from Sep. 2012 ($0.00 Mil) to Dec. 2013 ($2.70 Mil) and
increased
from Dec. 2013 ($2.70 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($4.60 Mil).
Inergy Midstream LP Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data
The historical data trend for Inergy Midstream LP's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.
Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.
Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.
A high number means either:
1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash
2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)
A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.
There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.
1) Sell new bonds or equity to public
2) Sell business or asset
3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)
When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.
Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.
Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.
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Inergy Midstream LP (Inergy Midstream LP) Business Description
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, formerly known as Inergy Midstream, L.P., is a Delaware limited partnership formed in November 2011. The Company develops, acquires, owns and operates fee-based assets and operations within the energy midstream sector. The Company owns and operates a diversified portfolio of crude oil and natural gas gathering, processing, storage and transportation assets that connect energy supply with energy demand across North America. The Company has three reporting segments: Gathering and Processing, NGL and crude services, and Storage and Transportation. The Gathering and Processing operations engage in the gathering, processing, treating, compression, transportation and sales of natural gas and the delivery of NGLs. In Gathering and Processing, the Company provides natural gas gathering, processing, treating and compression services to producers in unconventional shale plays located in West Virginia, Wyoming, Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico and Louisiana. The Company owns rich gas systems in the Marcellus, Powder River Basin, Niobrara, Barnett, Granite Wash, and Avalon/Bone Spring Shale plays, and dry gas gathering systems in the Barnett, Fayetteville and Haynesville/Bossier Shale plays. The NGL and crude services operations provide gathering, storage and transportation services to producers, refiners, marketers, and others that effectively provide flow assurances to customers, as well as the production and sale of salt products. Operations in NGL and Crude segment include crude oil rail terminals, the Arrow gathering system, an NGL storage facility, and U.S Salt, LLC. The Storage and Transportation operations provide natural gas storage and transportations services to third parties. The corporate operations include all general and administrative expenses that are not allocated to the reportable segments. The Company owns and operates four natural gas storage facilities located in New York and Pennsylvania that have an aggregate working gas storage capacity of approximately 41.0 Bcf namely Stagecoach, Thomas Corners, Steuben, and Seneca Lake. Further, the Company owns natural gas transportation facilities located in New York and Pennsylvania namely North-South Facilities, MARC I Pipeline, and East Pipeline. Sales of crude oil, NGLs and salt are recognized at the time product is shipped or delivered to the customer depending on the sales terms. The Company is expanding its gathering and compression facilities in the Marcellus Shale.
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