Houston American Energy (Houston American Energy) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $4.06 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Houston American Energy's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2023 ($5.53 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($4.46 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($4.46 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($4.06 Mil).

Houston American Energy's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2021 ($4.90 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($4.55 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 ($4.55 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($4.06 Mil).

Houston American Energy Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Houston American Energy's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Houston American Energy Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Cash And Cash Equivalents

0.10

1.24

4.90

4.55

4.06

Houston American Energy 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																4.55	5.25	5.53	4.46	4.06

Houston American Energy 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.

Houston American Energy (AMEX:HUSA) 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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Houston American Energy (Houston American Energy) Business Description

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Address

801 Travis Street, Suite 1425, Houston, TX, USA, 77002

Website

https://www.houstonamerican.com

Houston American Energy Corp is an independent oil and gas company focused on the development, exploration, exploitation, acquisition, and production of natural gas and crude oil properties. Its properties, and operations, are in the U.S. Permian Basin, the U.S. Gulf Coast region, particularly Texas and Louisiana, and in the South American country of Colombia. The company's an exploration and development projects are focused on existing property interests, and future acquisition of additional property interests, in the Texas Permian Basin, the onshore Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast region, and in the South American country of Colombia. The Company majorly has operations in two geographical areas, the United States and Colombia.

Executives

James A Schoonover	director	1770 COUNTY ROAD H2, WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP MN 55110
John F Terwilliger	director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO
Bitnile Holdings, Inc.	10 percent owner	11411 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PARKWAY, SUITE 240, LAS VEGAS NV 89141
Dyke Torbjorn Van	officer: VP - Business Development	801 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 1425, HOUSTON TX 77002
R. Keith Grimes	director	13307 GOLDEN VALLEY DR., CYPRESS TX 77429
John P Boylan	director	450 WESTHEIMER DR., HOUSTON TX 77024
Stephen Hartzell	director	1001 MCKINNEY, SUITE 805, HOUSTON TX 77002
Roy W Jageman	director	777 MAIN STREET, C/O ENCORE ACQUISITION CO, FORT WORTH TX 76102
James J Jacobs	officer: Chief Financial Officer	801 TRAVIS, SUITE 2020, HOUSTON TX 77002
Kenneth Jeffers	officer: Senior VP of Exploration	801 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 1425, HOUSTON TX 77002
Nokomis Capital, L.l.c.	10 percent owner	1717 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 850, DALLAS TX 75202
Brett Hendrickson	10 percent owner	300 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 1740, DALLAS TX 75201
Orrie Lee Tawes	director, 10 percent owner	CIBC OPPENHEIMER WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, NEW YORK NY 110281
Richard J Howe	director	73 SADDLEBROOK LN, HOUSTON TX 77024
J Alex Loftus	director	801 TRAVIS, SUITE 1425, HOUSTON TX 77002