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Habib Sugar Mills (KAR:HABSM) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : ₨0.00 Mil (As of . 20)


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Habib Sugar Mills Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

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Habib Sugar Mills 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.


Habib Sugar Mills  (KAR:HABSM) 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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Habib Sugar Mills (KAR:HABSM) Business Description

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Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, 3rd Floor, Imperial Court, Karachi, SD, PAK, 75530
Habib Sugar Mills Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of refined sugar, ethanol, liquid carbon dioxide, household textiles, and providing bulk storage facilities and trading of commodities. It operates through following divisions: the Sugar division manufactures refined sugar; the Distillery division produces ethanol and liquefied CO2 and provides bulk storage facilities; the Textile division manufactures household textiles, and the Trading division handles trading of molasses and sugar. The company generates the majority of its revenues from the Sugar division.

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