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Castle Biosciences (Castle Biosciences) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $239.2 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Castle Biosciences Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Castle Biosciences's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Sep. 2023 ($229.75 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($243.10 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2023 ($243.10 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($239.21 Mil).

Castle Biosciences's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2021 ($329.63 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($258.63 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 ($258.63 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($243.10 Mil).


Castle Biosciences Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Castle Biosciences'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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Castle Biosciences Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Castle Biosciences Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 98.85 409.85 329.63 258.63 243.10

Castle Biosciences Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 232.06 225.51 229.75 243.10 239.21

Castle Biosciences 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.


Castle Biosciences  (NAS:CSTL) 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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Castle Biosciences (Castle Biosciences) Business Description

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505 S. Friendswood Drive, Suite 401, Friendswood, TX, USA, 77546
Castle Biosciences Inc is a commercial-stage dermatological cancer company. It is focused on providing physicians and their patients with personalized, clinically actionable genomic information to make more accurate treatment decisions. The product portfolio of the company includes Cutaneous Melanoma, DecisionDx-Melanoma, DecisionDx-CMSeq, and DecisionDx-PRAME among others.
Executives
Daniel Bradbury director BIOBRIT, LLC, 2223 AVENIDA DE LA PLAYA, SUITE 108, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Derek J Maetzold director, 10 percent owner, officer: Pres. & Chief Exec. Officer 820 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 201, FRIENDSWOOD TX 77546
Ellen Goldberg director C/O CASTLE BIOSCIENCES, INC., 505 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 401, FRIENDSWOOD TX 77546
Tiffany Olson director C/O CASTLE BIOSCIENCES, INC., 505 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 401, FRIENDSWOOD TX 77546
Kristen M Oelschlager officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O CASTLE BIOSCIENCES, 505 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 401, FRIENDSWOOD TX 77546
Bernhard E. Spiess officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O CASTLE BIOSCIENCES, INC., 820 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 201, FRIENDSWOOD TX 77546
Kim Caple director C/O BIOSCIENCES, INC., 505 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 401, FRIENDSWOOD TX 77546
Frank Stokes officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CASTLE BIOSCIENCES, 820 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 201, FRIENDSWOOD TX 77546
Tobin W Juvenal officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O CASTLE BIOSCIENCES, 505 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 401, FRIENDSWOOD TX 77546
David S Kabakoff director, 10 percent owner C/O SPIROS DEVELOPMENT CORP II INC, 7475 LUSK BLVD, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Cook Joseph C. Iii director, 10 percent owner C/O CASTLE BIOSCIENCES, INC., 820 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, STE. 201, FRIENDSWOOD TX 77546
Mara G. Aspinall director 7381 NORTH MOON SPIRIT LANE, TUCSON AZ 85718
Bonnie H Anderson director 6000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 300, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Mgc Venture Partners 2013 Gp, Llc 10 percent owner C/O MOUNTAIN GROUP CAPITAL, LLC, 3835 CLEGHORN AVE., SUITE 300, NASHVILLE TN 37203
Mgc Venture Partners 2013, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O MOUNTAIN GROUP CAPITAL, LLC, 3835 CLEGHORN AVE., SUITE 300, NASHVILLE TN 37203

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