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Vitreous Glass (Vitreous Glass) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $1.31 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Vitreous Glass Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Vitreous Glass's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Jun. 2023 ($1.46 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($1.67 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($1.67 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($1.31 Mil).

Vitreous Glass's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Sep. 2021 ($1.94 Mil) to Sep. 2022 ($1.31 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2022 ($1.31 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($1.67 Mil).


Vitreous Glass Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Vitreous Glass Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Vitreous Glass Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.66 1.15 1.94 1.31 1.67

Vitreous Glass Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.58 1.56 1.46 1.67 1.31

Vitreous Glass 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.


Vitreous Glass  (OTCPK:VCIGF) 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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Vitreous Glass (Vitreous Glass) Business Description

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212 East Lake Boulevard, Airdrie, AB, CAN, T4A 0H5
Vitreous Glass Inc cleans, crushes, and sells waste glass to the fiberglass manufacturing industry. The company also removes the contaminates and crushes the glass to sand and then this sand is sold to fiberglass insulation manufacturers as furnace ready cullet for use in their production facilities. Its sole source of revenue is generated by providing crushed glass to its customers.

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