Twenty-First Century Fox (Twenty-First Century Fox) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

: $21,281 Mil (As of Dec. 2018)

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Twenty-First Century Fox's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jun. 2018 ($7,622.00 Mil) to Sep. 2018 ($7,083.00 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2018 ($7,083.00 Mil) to Dec. 2018 ($21,281.00 Mil).

Twenty-First Century Fox's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Jun. 2016 ($4,424.00 Mil) to Jun. 2017 ($6,163.00 Mil) and increased from Jun. 2017 ($6,163.00 Mil) to Jun. 2018 ($7,622.00 Mil).

Twenty-First Century Fox Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Twenty-First Century Fox's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

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Twenty-First Century Fox Annual Data

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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

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5,415.00

8,428.00

4,424.00

6,163.00

7,622.00

Twenty-First Century Fox Quarterly Data
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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															5,809.00	7,372.00	7,622.00	7,083.00	21,281.00

Twenty-First Century Fox 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.

Twenty-First Century Fox (NAS:FOXAV) 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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1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036

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21st Century Fox is a media conglomerate with a wide range of assets: a film studio, which creates television programs and movies; broadcast television, including the Fox broadcast network and local TV stations in the U.S.; cable networks, which comprise over 300 channels around the world; and direct-broadcast satellite TV in the form of Sky, a satellite pay-tv provider in Europe.