Cepton (Cepton) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $49.22 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Cepton Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Cepton's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Sep. 2023 ($61.21 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($56.38 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2023 ($56.38 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($49.22 Mil).

Cepton's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2021 ($6.49 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($35.66 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($35.66 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($56.38 Mil).

Cepton Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cepton's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

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Cepton Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Cepton Annual Data

Trend

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

11.34

43.37

6.49

35.66

56.38

Cepton Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial											80.04	69.64	61.21	56.38	49.22

Cepton Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities 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.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

Cepton (NAS:CPTN) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

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.

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Cepton (Cepton) Business Description

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Address

399 West Trimble Road, San Jose, CA, USA, 95131

Website

https://www.cepton.com

Cepton Inc provides lidar-based solutions for a range of markets such as automotive, smart cities, smart spaces and smart industrial applications. The company's patented MMT-based lidar technology enables reliable, scalable and cost-effective solutions that deliver long range, high resolution 3D perception for smart applications.

Executives

Ming Qiu	officer: Controller	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Liqun Han	officer: SVP of Operations	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jun Pei	director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and President	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Mark Mccord	officer: Chief Technology Officer	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Hideharu Konagaya	director	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 WEST TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Paul Anawalt	officer: General Counsel and Secretary	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Hull Xu	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jinying Chen	officer: Corporate Controller	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Ldv Partners Fund I, L.p.	10 percent owner	24201 SUMMERHILL AVENUE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Xiaogang Zhang	director	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	10 percent owner	4-8-3, TAKANAWA, MINATO-KU, TOKYO M0 1088711
May Wang	director	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Winston S Fu	director, 10 percent owner, officer: CFO and Secretary	24201 SUMMERHILL AVENUE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Takayuki Katsuda	director	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Dongyi Liao	officer: SVP of Applications	C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131