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The a2 Milk Co (The a2 Milk Co) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $493 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is The a2 Milk Co Cash And Cash Equivalents?

The a2 Milk Co's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2022 ($493.77 Mil) to Jun. 2023 ($492.17 Mil) but then increased from Jun. 2023 ($492.17 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($492.90 Mil).

The a2 Milk Co's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2021 ($622.00 Mil) to Jun. 2022 ($563.73 Mil) and declined from Jun. 2022 ($563.73 Mil) to Jun. 2023 ($492.17 Mil).


The a2 Milk Co Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for The a2 Milk Co's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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The a2 Milk Co Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

The a2 Milk Co Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
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The a2 Milk Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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The a2 Milk Co 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.


The a2 Milk Co  (OTCPK:ACOPF) 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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The a2 Milk Co (The a2 Milk Co) Business Description

Address
51 Shortland Street, P.O. Box 163, Level 10, Auckland, NTL, NZL, 1010
A2 Milk is a New Zealand licensor and marketer of fresh milk, infant formula, and other dairy products that lack the A1 beta-casein protein. The firm was founded in 2000 by Corran McLachlan, who developed a genetic test to determine which proteins a cow produces in its milk, and business partner Howard Paterson. The company has been through a tumultuous history of receivership, legal battles, and strategic shifts, but emerged in its current structure in 2006 and listed publicly in March 2013.

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