Equites Property Fund (JSE:EQU) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : R626 Mil (As of Feb. 2024)

Equites Property Fund Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Equites Property Fund Annual Data
	Trend	Feb15	Feb16	Feb17	Feb18	Feb19	Feb20	Feb21	Feb22	Feb23	Feb24
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					70.52	630.49	674.79	382.91	625.97

Equites Property Fund Semi-Annual Data
	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															674.79	280.82	382.91	244.00	625.97

Equites Property Fund 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.

Equites Property Fund  (JSE:EQU) 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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