Alphabet(Google) (GOOGL) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $24,048 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Alphabet(Google)'s quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2023 ($25,929.00 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($30,702.00 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($30,702.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($24,048.00 Mil).

Alphabet(Google)'s annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($20,945.00 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($21,879.00 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($21,879.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($24,048.00 Mil).

Alphabet(Google) Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alphabet(Google)'s Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Array ( [0] => - [1] => - [2] => - [3] => - [4] => - [5] => 18,498.00 [6] => 26,465.00 [7] => 20,945.00 [8] => 21,879.00 [9] => 24,048.00 )

Alphabet(Google) Annual Data

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Cash And Cash Equivalents

18,498.00

26,465.00

20,945.00

21,879.00

24,048.00

Alphabet(Google) 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																21,879.00	25,924.00	25,929.00	30,702.00	24,048.00

Alphabet(Google) 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.

Alphabet(Google) (NAS:GOOGL) 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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Alphabet(Google) (GOOGL) Business Description

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Address

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, USA, 94043

Website

https://www.abc.xyz

Alphabet is a holding company. Internet media giant Google is a wholly owned subsidiary. Google generates 99% of Alphabet revenue, of which more than 85% is from online ads. Google's other revenue is from sales of apps and content on Google Play and YouTube, as well as cloud service fees and other licensing revenue. Sales of hardware such as Chromebooks, the Pixel smartphone, and smart home products, which include Nest and Google Home, also contribute to other revenue. Alphabet's moonshot investments are in its other bets segment, where it bets on technology to enhance health (Verily), provide faster internet access (Google Fiber), enable self-driving cars (Waymo), and more.

Executives

R. Martin Chavez	director	C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Prabhakar Raghavan	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O ALPHABET INC.,, 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Philipp Schindler	officer: SVP, Chief Business Officer	C/O ALPHABET INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94568
John Kent Walker	officer: SVP, Global Affairs and CLO	1600 AMPHITHEATRE PRKW, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Frances Arnold	director	5200 ILLUMINA WAY, SAN DIEGO CA 92122
Robin L Washington	director	333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Amie Thuener O'toole	officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer	C/O ALPHABET INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Antonio Lee	10 percent owner, other: Investor/Large Shareholder	4009 216TH STREET, MATTESON IL 60443
Ferguson Roger W. Jr.	director	CORNING INCORPORATED, ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
James Grier Campbell	officer: VP, Alphabet Corp. Controller	1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
John L Hennessy	director
Kavitark Ram Shriram	director	1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Alan R Mulally	director	P.O. BOX 995, MERCER ISLAND WA 98040
Ann Mather	director
Shirley M Tilghman	director	GOOGLE INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043