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Crown Castle (BSP:C1CI34) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : R$622 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Crown Castle Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Crown Castle's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Sep. 2023 (R$577.83 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (R$514.48 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2023 (R$514.48 Mil) to Mar. 2024 (R$622.48 Mil).

Crown Castle's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2021 (R$1,651.23 Mil) to Dec. 2022 (R$818.28 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 (R$818.28 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (R$514.48 Mil).


Crown Castle Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Crown Castle'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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Crown Castle Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Crown Castle Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 804.48 1,193.57 1,651.23 818.28 514.48

Crown Castle Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 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 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 974.01 1,339.62 577.83 514.48 622.48

Crown Castle 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.


Crown Castle  (BSP:C1CI34) 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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Crown Castle (BSP:C1CI34) Business Description

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8020 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX, USA, 77024-1908
Crown Castle International owns and leases roughly 40,000 cell towers in the United States. It also owns more than 85,000 route miles of fiber. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, which install equipment on the towers to support their wireless networks. The company's fiber is primarily leased by wireless service providers to set up small-cell network infrastructure and by enterprises for their internal connection needs. Crown Castle's towers and fiber are predominantly located in the largest U.S. cities. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with more than 70% of its revenue coming from the big three U.S. mobile carriers. Crown Castle operates as a real estate investment trust.

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