Amazon.com (AMZN) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $73,387 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Amazon.com Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Amazon.com's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2023 ($49,529.00 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($49,605.00 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2023 ($49,605.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($73,387.00 Mil).

Amazon.com's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($36,220.00 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($53,888.00 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($53,888.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($73,387.00 Mil).

Amazon.com Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amazon.com's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Amazon.com Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Amazon.com Annual Data

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Cash And Cash Equivalents

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36,092.00

42,122.00

36,220.00

53,888.00

73,387.00

Amazon.com Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															53,888.00	49,343.00	49,529.00	49,605.00	73,387.00

Amazon.com Cash And Cash Equivalents 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.

Amazon.com (NAS:AMZN) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

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.

Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.

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Amazon.com (AMZN) Business Description

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Address

410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA, USA, 98109-5210

Website

https://www.amazon.com

Amazon is a leading online retailer and one of the highest-grossing e-commerce aggregators, with $386 billion in net sales and approximately $578 billion in estimated physical/digital online gross merchandise volume in 2021. Retail-related revenue represents approximately 80% of the total, followed by Amazon Web Services' cloud computing, storage, database, and other offerings (10%-15%), advertising services (5%), and other. International segments constitute 25%-30% of Amazon's non-AWS sales, led by Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

Executives

Adam Selipsky	officer: CEO Amazon Web Services	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Douglas J Herrington	officer: CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
David Zapolsky	officer: Senior Vice President	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Andrew R Jassy	director, officer: President and CEO	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226
Shelley Reynolds	officer: Vice President	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Brian T Olsavsky	officer: Senior Vice President and CFO	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Daniel P Huttenlocher	director	ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Brad D Smith	director	1040 13TH AVE, HUNTINGTON WV 25701
Jeffrey P Bezos	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, CEO and President	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226
David H Clark	officer: Senior Vice President	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Jonathan Rubinstein	director	APPLE COMPUTER INC, 1 INFINITE LOOP, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Edith W Cooper	director	C/O ETSY, INC., 117 ADAMS STREET, BROOKLYN NY 11249
Judith A Mcgrath	director	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Jeffrey A Wilke	officer: CEO Worldwide Consumer	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226
Patricia Q Stonesifer	director	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226