Educational Development (Educational Development) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $3.14 Mil (As of Nov. 2023)

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Educational Development's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from May. 2023 ($0.88 Mil) to Aug. 2023 ($1.48 Mil) and increased from Aug. 2023 ($1.48 Mil) to Nov. 2023 ($3.14 Mil).

Educational Development's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Feb. 2021 ($1.81 Mil) to Feb. 2022 ($0.36 Mil) but then increased from Feb. 2022 ($0.36 Mil) to Feb. 2023 ($0.69 Mil).

Educational Development Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Educational Development's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Educational Development Annual Data

Trend

Feb14

Feb15

Feb16

Feb17

Feb18

Feb19

Feb20

Feb21

Feb22

Feb23

Cash And Cash Equivalents

3.20

3.00

1.81

0.36

0.69

Educational Development Quarterly Data
	Feb19	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23
Cash And Cash Equivalents																0.66	0.69	0.88	1.48	3.14

Educational Development 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.

Educational Development (NAS:EDUC) 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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Educational Development (Educational Development) Business Description

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Address

5402 South 122nd East Avenue, Tulsa, OK, USA, 74146

Website

https://www.edcpub.com

Educational Development Corp is the United States trade publisher of the line of educational children's books produced in the United Kingdom. Its business activity functions with two reportable segments: Direct Sales Division segment and Publishing Division segment. The Publishing Division segment markets its products to retail accounts, which include the book, school supplies, toy and gift stores and museums, through commissioned sales representatives, trade and specialty wholesalers and an internal telesales group. The Direct Sales Division segment sells their books and products through independent brand partners direct to the customer. It derives a majority of revenue from the Direct sales division segment.

Executives

O Keefe Daniel E	officer: Chief Financial Officer	1221 E HOUSTON, BROKEN ARROW OK 74012
Heather N. Cobb	officer: Chief Sales & Marketing Offcr	5402 S. 122ND ST. EAST AVE., TULSA OK 74137
Craig M White	officer: VP, Operations	10302 E 55TH PL, TULSA OK 74146
Bradely Von Stoots	director	5402 S. 122ND EAST AVE, TULSA OK 74146
Randall W White	director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & CEO
Joshua J Peters	director	5402 S. 122ND EAST AVE, TULSA OK 74146
Ronald T Mcdaniel	officer: Vice President
Besty Richert	director	5402 S. 122ND EAST AVE, TULSA OK 74146
Kara Gae Neal	director	5402 S. 122ND EAST AVE, TULSA OK 74146
James F Lewis	director
G Dean Cosgrove	director
William C Fossett	officer: Controller & Corporate Secreta
John A Clerico	director	3132 S COLUMBIA CIRCLE, TULSA OK 74105
Robert D Berryhill	director	PO BOX 1120, BIXBY OK 74008
Kathy Slemp	officer: Vice President