Great Plains Energy (Great Plains Energy) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $1,142.10 Mil (As of Mar. 2018)

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What is Great Plains Energy Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Great Plains Energy's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Sep. 2017 ($1,097.90 Mil) to Dec. 2017 ($1,125.40 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2017 ($1,125.40 Mil) to Mar. 2018 ($1,142.10 Mil).

Great Plains Energy's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2015 ($11.30 Mil) to Dec. 2016 ($1,293.10 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2016 ($1,293.10 Mil) to Dec. 2017 ($1,125.40 Mil).

Great Plains Energy Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Great Plains Energy's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Great Plains Energy Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Great Plains Energy Annual Data

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10.60

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11.30

1,293.10

1,125.40

Great Plains Energy Quarterly Data
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Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															6,552.30	6,546.30	1,097.90	1,125.40	1,142.10

Great Plains Energy 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.

Great Plains Energy (NYSE:GXPPRDCL.PFD) 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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Great Plains Energy is the holding company of Kansas City Power & Light and Greater Missouri Operations. The two regulated utilities provide electric service to roughly 900,000 customers in the Kansas City area and nearby western Missouri and eastern Kansas. The company has about 6.5 gigawatts of generating capacity. More than 80% of its electricity generation is from coal-fired plants, approximately 15% comes from its co-owned Wolf Creek nuclear plant, and the remainder is from gas, oil, and wind farms.

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