Shanda Games (Shanda Games) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $128.9 Mil (As of Dec. 2014)

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What is Shanda Games Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Shanda Games's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2012 ($342.12 Mil) to Dec. 2013 ($144.49 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2013 ($144.49 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($128.86 Mil).

Shanda Games's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2012 ($342.12 Mil) to Dec. 2013 ($144.49 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2013 ($144.49 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($128.86 Mil).

Shanda Games Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shanda Games's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Shanda Games Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Shanda Games Annual Data

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Cash And Cash Equivalents

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236.37

289.13

342.12

144.49

128.86

Shanda Games Semi-Annual Data
	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			236.37	289.13	342.12	144.49	128.86

Shanda Games 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.

Shanda Games (NAS:GAME) 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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Shanda Games Ltd was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on June 12, 2008. The Company is an online game company in China in terms of the size, diversity of its game portfolio, game revenues and game player base. It completed its initial public offering on September 30, 2009. It develop and source a broad array of game content through multiple channels, including in-house development, licensing, investment, acquisition, joint development and joint operation. As of March 31, 2015, it operated 35 MMO games and 29 mobile games in China and certain overseas markets. The games operated by the Company are: Mir II, BNB, Woool, Legend of Immortals, Age of Wushu, among others. It competes with other online game developers and operators in China, including Tencent Holdings Limited, NetEase, Inc., Changyou.com Limited, Perfect World Co., Ltd., Giant Interactive, Kingsoft, KongZhong Corporation, NetDragon Websoft, Inc. and The9 Limited.