What is Demandware Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?
Demandware's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities
increased
from Sep. 2015 ($183.35 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($197.01 Mil) but then
stayed the same
from Dec. 2015 ($197.01 Mil) to Mar. 2016 ($195.76 Mil).
Demandware's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities
declined
from Dec. 2013 ($279.56 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($243.71 Mil) and
declined
from Dec. 2014 ($243.71 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($197.01 Mil).
Demandware Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data
The historical data trend for Demandware'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.
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.
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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Demandware Inc was incorporated in Delaware in February 2004 as SSE Holding, Inc. and changed its name to Demandware, Inc. in August 2004. The Company provides enterprise-class cloud-based digital commerce solutions for retailers and branded manufacturers. Its platform, Demandware Commerce, enables customers to establish and execute complex digital commerce strategies that include expansion, multi-brand rollouts and omni-channel operations. It enable companies to easily design, implement and manage their own customized digital commerce sites, including websites, mobile applications, in-store solutions and other digital storefronts. Through its scalable, secure, and open Demandware Commerce platform, its customers create seamless brand experiences to reach their consumers across all digital touch points globally. The Company's cloud infrastructure increases processing capacity of its customers' digital commerce sites to meet surges in demand, minimize page load times and maximize uptime. Its cloud platform also offers the high reliability and security required by customers to implement their digital commerce strategies, and the Company has achieved 99.99% average platform availability since 2005. The Company has built an ecosystem of trusted partners called Demandware LINK that complements and optimizes Demandware Commerce. Demandware LINK is comprised of technology, solution and end-to end partners. Its geographical areas of operations include, United States, Germany and United Kingdom. The Company's customers include adidas, Barneys New York, Bestseller, Brooks Brothers, Carter's, Deckers, Guthy-Renker, House of Fraser, Jewelry Television, Kate Spade, Lands' End, L'Oreal, mothercare, s.Oliver, and Tory Burch. The Company competes with IBM, Oracle/ATG, eBay/Magento, Digital River, eBay/GSI Commerce, MarketLive and Venda. Its solutions are subject to export controls, including the Commerce Department's Export Administration Regulations and various economic and trade sanctions regulations established by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Controls, and exports of its solutions must be made in compliance with these laws.
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