Walmart (LIM:WMT) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $9,867 Mil (As of Jan. 2024)

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What is Walmart Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Walmart's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jul. 2023 ($13,888.00 Mil) to Oct. 2023 ($12,154.00 Mil) but then stayed the same from Oct. 2023 ($12,154.00 Mil) to Jan. 2024 ($9,867.00 Mil).

Walmart's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jan. 2022 ($14,760.00 Mil) to Jan. 2023 ($8,625.00 Mil) but then increased from Jan. 2023 ($8,625.00 Mil) to Jan. 2024 ($9,867.00 Mil).

Walmart Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

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

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Walmart Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Walmart Annual Data

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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

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9,465.00

17,741.00

14,760.00

8,625.00

9,867.00

Walmart Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															8,625.00	10,575.00	13,888.00	12,154.00	9,867.00

Walmart 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.

Walmart (LIM:WMT) 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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702 S.W. 8th Street, Bentonville, AR, USA, 72716

Website

https://stock.walmart.com

Walmart serves as the preeminent retailer in the United States, with its strategy predicated on superior operating efficiency and offering the lowest priced goods to consumers to drive robust store traffic and product turnover. Walmart augmented its low-price business strategy by offering a convenient one-stop shopping destination with the opening of its first supercenter in 1988.Today, Walmart operates over 4,700 stores in the United States (5,300 including Sam's Club) and over 10,000 stores globally. Walmart generated over $420 billion in domestic namesake sales last year, with Sam's Club contributing another $84 billion to the firm's top line. Internationally, Walmart generated $100 billion in sales. The company serves around 240 million customers globally each week.