Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba Group Holding) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $35,686 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Alibaba Group Holding's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2023 ($31,614.63 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($33,395.36 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2023 ($33,395.36 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($35,685.84 Mil).

Alibaba Group Holding's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Mar. 2021 ($49,342.18 Mil) to Mar. 2022 ($29,930.65 Mil) and declined from Mar. 2022 ($29,930.65 Mil) to Mar. 2023 ($28,020.43 Mil).

Alibaba Group Holding Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alibaba Group Holding's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Alibaba Group Holding Annual Data

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Mar23

Cash And Cash Equivalents

28,304.36

47,076.85

49,342.18

29,930.65

28,020.43

Alibaba Group Holding 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																28,005.94	28,020.43	31,614.63	33,395.36	35,685.84

Alibaba Group Holding 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.

Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) 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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Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba Group Holding) Business Description

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Address

1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, 26th Floor, Tower One, Times Square, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

https://www.alibabagroup.com

Alibaba is the world's largest online and mobile commerce company as measured by gross merchandise volume (CNY 8.3 trillion for the fiscal year ended March 2022). It operates China's online marketplaces, including Taobao (consumer-to-consumer) and Tmall (business-to-consumer). Alibaba's China commerce retail division accounted for 67% of revenue in the year ended March 2022. Additional revenue sources include China commerce wholesale (2%), international commerce retail/wholesale (5%/2%), local consumer services (5%), cloud computing (9%), digital media and entertainment platforms (4%), Cainiao logistics services (5%), and innovation initiatives/other (1%).