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MSD Acquisition (MSD Acquisition) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $0.04 Mil (As of Dec. 2022)


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What is MSD Acquisition Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

MSD Acquisition's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jun. 2022 ($0.19 Mil) to Sep. 2022 ($0.12 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2022 ($0.12 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($0.04 Mil).

MSD Acquisition's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from . 20 ($0.00 Mil) to Dec. 2021 ($0.54 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2021 ($0.54 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($0.04 Mil).


MSD Acquisition Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for MSD Acquisition'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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MSD Acquisition Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

MSD Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
0.54 0.04

MSD Acquisition Quarterly Data
Jan21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.54 0.36 0.19 0.12 0.04

MSD Acquisition 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.


MSD Acquisition  (NAS:MSDA) 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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MSD Acquisition (MSD Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
One Vanderbilt Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017
MSD Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Allen Shim director C/O SLACK TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 500 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
James Breyer director ACCEL PARTNERS, 428 UNIVERSITY AVE, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Edith W Cooper director C/O ETSY, INC., 117 ADAMS STREET, BROOKLYN NY 11249
Barry Mccarthy director 100 WINCHESTER CIRCLE, LOS GATOS CA 95032
John Phelan director C/O MSD CAPITAL, 780 THIRD AVE 43RD FL, NEW YORK NY 10017
John Cardoso officer: Chief Financial Officer 645 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Msd Sponsor Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner 645 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Gregg Lemkau director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 645 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022

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