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Oracle (Oracle) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $9,481 Mil (As of Feb. 2024)
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Oracle's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Aug. 2023 ($11,613.00 Mil) to Nov. 2023 ($8,244.00 Mil) but then increased from Nov. 2023 ($8,244.00 Mil) to Feb. 2024 ($9,481.00 Mil).

Oracle's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from May. 2021 ($30,098.00 Mil) to May. 2022 ($21,383.00 Mil) and declined from May. 2022 ($21,383.00 Mil) to May. 2023 ($9,765.00 Mil).


Oracle Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Oracle'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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Oracle Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20,514.00 37,239.00 30,098.00 21,383.00 9,765.00

Oracle Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 8,219.00 9,765.00 11,613.00 8,244.00 9,481.00

Oracle 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.


Oracle  (NYSE:ORCL) 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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Oracle (Oracle) Business Description

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Oracle provides database technology and enterprise resource planning, or ERP, software to enterprises around the world. Founded in 1977, Oracle pioneered the first commercial SQL-based relational database management system. Today, Oracle has 430,000 customers in 175 countries, supported by its base of 136,000 employees.
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