Golar LNG (Golar LNG) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

: $679.2 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

View and export this data going back to 2002. Start your Free Trial

Golar LNG's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jun. 2023 ($770.57 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($727.13 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($727.13 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($679.23 Mil).

Golar LNG's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2021 ($716.10 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($1,103.63 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2022 ($1,103.63 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($679.23 Mil).

Golar LNG Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Golar LNG'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.

* Premium members only.

Golar LNG Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

222.12

127.69

716.10

1,103.63

679.23

Golar LNG Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities																1,103.63	889.41	770.57	727.13	679.23

Golar LNG 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.

Golar LNG (NAS:GLNG) 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.

Golar LNG Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Golar LNG's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.

Golar LNG (Golar LNG) Business Description

Industry

GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Energy » Oil & Gas » Golar LNG Ltd (NAS:GLNG) » Definitions » Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

Comparable Companies

INSW KNTK HESM NS TNK DHT VNOM LPG GLP PAGP TSX:ENB EPD ET WMB OKE MPLX TSX:TRP KMI LNG TRGP

Traded in Other Exchanges

GLNG:Mexico G2O:Germany G20:Germany G2O:Germany

Address

9 Par-la-Ville Road, 2nd Floor, S.E. Pearman Building, Hamilton, BMU, HM 11

Website

https://www.golarlng.com

Golar LNG Ltd is a midstream LNG company operates in the transportation, regasification, liquefaction, and trading of LNG. The segment in which the group operates includes Shipping, FLNG (Floating Liquefaction Natural Gas vessels), Power, and Corporate and other. It generates maximum revenue from the FLNG segment.