Vodafone Group (LSE:VOD) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

: £11,266 Mil (As of Sep. 2023)

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Vodafone Group's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Sep. 2022 (£13,022.94 Mil) to Mar. 2023 (£16,306.20 Mil) but then stayed the same from Mar. 2023 (£16,306.20 Mil) to Sep. 2023 (£11,266.30 Mil).

Vodafone Group's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Mar. 2021 (£10,190.99 Mil) to Mar. 2022 (£12,312.02 Mil) and increased from Mar. 2022 (£12,312.02 Mil) to Mar. 2023 (£16,306.20 Mil).

Vodafone Group Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

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

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Vodafone Group Annual Data

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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

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21,669.66

16,134.11

10,190.99

12,312.02

16,306.20

Vodafone Group Semi-Annual Data
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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															11,649.71	12,312.02	13,022.94	16,306.20	11,266.30

Vodafone Group 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.

Vodafone Group (LSE:VOD) 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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Address

Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire, GBR, RG14 2FN

Website

https://www.vodafone.com

Vodafone operates mobile and fixed-line networks and businesses in more than 20 countries. Its largest market is Germany, where it is the second mobile operator after Deutsche Telekom and owns a cable network after acquiring Kabel Deutschland in 2013 and Liberty Global Germany in 2019. In the U.K. and Italy, it acts as a mobile operator, while in Spain it offers converged services after the acquisition of cable operator Ono in 2014. Vodafone also has operations in several Central European and African countries, which combined represent around one third of revenue.