Petrobras Argentina (Petrobras Argentina) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $808.4 Mil (As of Dec. 2017)

Petrobras Argentina Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Petrobras Argentina Annual Data
	Trend	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					191.86	270.26	355.25	355.28	808.43

Petrobras Argentina Quarterly Data
	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Dec17
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															355.25	94.64	249.65	355.28	808.43

Petrobras Argentina Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Calculation

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.

Petrobras Argentina  (NYSE:PZE) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

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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