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China Mobile (China Mobile) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $27,746 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is China Mobile Cash And Cash Equivalents?

China Mobile's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2023 ($30,869.84 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($19,825.64 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2023 ($19,825.64 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($27,746.03 Mil).

China Mobile's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2021 ($38,299.81 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($23,969.19 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 ($23,969.19 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($19,825.64 Mil).


China Mobile Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Mobile's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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China Mobile Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

China Mobile Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25,084.19 32,530.85 38,299.81 23,969.19 19,825.64

China Mobile Quarterly Data
Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32,769.60 28,615.63 30,869.84 19,825.64 27,746.03

China Mobile Cash And Cash Equivalents 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.


China Mobile  (NYSE:CHL) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

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.


Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.


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China Mobile (China Mobile) Business Description

Address
99 Queen’s Road Central, 60th Floor, The Center, Hong Kong, HKG
China Mobile is not only the largest telecom operator in China by the number of mobile subscribers (990 million) but also the largest in the world. It has 60% of the total wireless market in China and 45% of the fixed-line broadband market. The firm is continuing to roll out its 5G network, having launched 5G service in late 2019. It is doing some 5G network sharing with China Broadnet at 700 MHz and also resells its 2G/4G/5G network through China Broadnet. Strong growth is being generated through internet data centers where it has the second-largest network in China and through Cloud Services. The company issued stock on the A-share market in 2022 and completed its first buyback of H-shares.

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