What is Cablevision Systems Cash And Cash Equivalents?
Cablevision Systems's quarterly cash and cash equivalents
increased
from Sep. 2015 ($872.64 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($1,003.28 Mil) but then
stayed the same
from Dec. 2015 ($1,003.28 Mil) to Mar. 2016 ($933.46 Mil).
Cablevision Systems's annual cash and cash equivalents
increased
from Dec. 2013 ($702.22 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($850.41 Mil) and
increased
from Dec. 2014 ($850.41 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($1,003.28 Mil).
Cablevision Systems Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data
The historical data trend for Cablevision Systems's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:
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Cablevision Systems Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart
Cablevision Systems 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.
Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) 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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Cablevision Systems (Cablevision Systems) Business Description
Cablevision Systems Corp is a Delaware corporation which was organized in 1997. It operates through its subsidiary, CSC Holdings. CSC Holdings is a cable operator in the United States. It also provides high-speed data and Voice over Internet Protocol services using its television broadband network; and Ethernet-based data, Internet, voice and video transport and managed services, to the business market in the New York metropolitan area. One of its subsidiaries also operates a newspaper publishing business. It also owns a cable television advertising sales business and regional news and other local programming services businesses. The Company classifies its operations into three reportable segments: Cable, consisting principally of video, high-speed data, and VoIP services; Lightpath; and Other, consisting principally of Newsday, which includes the Newsday daily newspaper, amNew York, Star Community Publishing Group, and online websites including newsday.com and exploreLI.com, the News 12 Networks, which provides regional news programming services, Cablevision Media Sales Corporation, a cable television advertising company, and MSG Varsity, a program service dedicated to showcasing high school sports and activities and other local programming. The Company's cable television systems are operated in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut under non-exclusive franchise agreements, where required by the franchising authority, with state and/or municipal or county franchising authorities. The Company's competitors include Verizon Communications, Inc., AT&T Inc., RCN Corporation, among others. Its cable television systems are subject to federal, state and local regulations.
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