Tesla (LIM:TSLA) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

: $22,402 Mil (As of Mar. 2023)

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Tesla's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Sep. 2022 ($21,107.00 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($22,185.00 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($22,185.00 Mil) to Mar. 2023 ($22,402.00 Mil).

Tesla's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2020 ($19,384.00 Mil) to Dec. 2021 ($17,707.00 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2021 ($17,707.00 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($22,185.00 Mil).

Tesla Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tesla'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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Tesla Annual Data

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Dec22

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

3,686.00

6,268.00

19,384.00

17,707.00

22,185.00

Tesla Quarterly Data
	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities																18,013.00	18,915.00	21,107.00	22,185.00	22,402.00

Tesla 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.

Tesla (LIM:TSLA) 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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13101 Tesla Road, Austin, TX, USA, 78725

Website

https://www.tesla.com

Founded in 2003 and based in Palo Alto, California, Tesla is a vertically integrated sustainable energy company that also aims to transition the world to electric mobility by making electric vehicles. The company sells solar panels and solar roofs for energy generation plus batteries for stationary storage for residential and commercial properties including utilities. Tesla has multiple vehicles in its fleet, which include luxury and midsize sedans and crossover SUVs. The company also plans to begin selling more affordable sedans and small SUVs, a light truck, a semi truck, and a sports car. Global deliveries in 2022 were a little over 1.3 million vehicles.