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Gilead Sciences (Gilead Sciences) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $6,085 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)
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Gilead Sciences's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2023 ($5,704.00 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($5,705.00 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2023 ($5,705.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($6,085.00 Mil).

Gilead Sciences's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($5,338.00 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($5,412.00 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($5,412.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($6,085.00 Mil).


Gilead Sciences Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gilead Sciences's Cash And Cash Equivalents 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.

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Gilead Sciences Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11,631.00 5,997.00 5,338.00 5,412.00 6,085.00

Gilead Sciences Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5,412.00 4,936.00 5,704.00 5,705.00 6,085.00

Gilead Sciences 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.


Gilead Sciences  (NAS:GILD) 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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Gilead Sciences (Gilead Sciences) Business Description

Address
333 Lakeside Drive, Foster, CA, USA, 94404
Gilead Sciences develops and markets therapies to treat life-threatening infectious diseases, with the core of its portfolio focused on HIV and hepatitis B and C. The acquisitions of Corus Pharma, Myogen, CV Therapeutics, Arresto Biosciences, and Calistoga have broadened this focus to include pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Gilead's acquisition of Pharmasset brought rights to hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, which is also part of combination drug Harvoni, and the Kite, Forty Seven, and Immunomedics acquisitions boost Gilead's exposure to cell therapy and noncell therapy in oncology.
Executives
Andrew D Dickinson officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Johanna Mercier officer: Chief Commercial Officer 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Merdad Parsey officer: Chief Medical Officer 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Sandra Patterson officer: SVP, Controllership 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Diane E. Wilfong officer: SVP, Controller & CAO 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Deborah H Telman officer: EVP, Corporate Affairs & GC 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Brett A Pletcher officer: EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY X1 94404
Jeffrey Bluestone director C/O PROVENTION BIO, INC., P.O. BOX 666, OLDWICK NJ 08858
Anthony Welters director
Javier Rodriguez director 601 HAWAII ST., EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
John Francis Cogan director 2010 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 310, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Gayle E Wilson director C/O GILEAD SCIENCES, INC., 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Olsen Per Wold director C/O GILEAD SCIENCES, 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Sandra Horning director 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Richard James Whitley director UAB, CHB 303, 1600 7TH AVENUE SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM AL 35233-1711