Electronic Arts (Electronic Arts) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $2,742 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Electronic Arts's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2023 ($2,259.00 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($1,946.00 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2023 ($1,946.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($2,742.00 Mil).

Electronic Arts's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Mar. 2021 ($5,260.00 Mil) to Mar. 2022 ($2,732.00 Mil) and declined from Mar. 2022 ($2,732.00 Mil) to Mar. 2023 ($2,424.00 Mil).

Electronic Arts Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electronic Arts's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Electronic Arts Annual Data

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Mar23

Cash And Cash Equivalents

4,708.00

3,768.00

5,260.00

2,732.00

2,424.00

Electronic Arts 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																2,202.00	2,424.00	2,259.00	1,946.00	2,742.00

Electronic Arts 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.

Electronic Arts (NAS:EA) 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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Electronic Arts (Electronic Arts) Business Description

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Address

209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, CA, USA, 94065

Website

https://www.ea.com

EA is one of the world's largest third-party video game publishers and has transitioned from a console-based video game publisher to the one of the largest publishers on consoles, PC, and mobile. The firm owns number of large franchises, including Madden, EA Sports FC, Battlefield, Apex Legends, Mass Effect, Dragon's Age, and Need for Speed.

Executives

Jacob J. Schatz	officer: General Counsel & Corp Sect'y	C/O ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., 209 REDWOOD SHORES PKWY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94061
Laura Miele	officer: Chief Studios Officer	209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Vijayanthimala Singh	officer: Chief People Officer	C/O ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., 209, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Andrew Wilson	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	209 REDWOOD SHORES PKWY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Stuart Canfield	officer: Chief Financial Officer	209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Richard A Simonson	director	C/O SILVER SPRING NETWORKS, INC., 230 W. TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Luis A Ubinas	director	209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065-1175
Eric Charles Kelly	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Chris Bruzzo	officer: Chief Marketing Officer	411 FIRST AVE., SOUTH, SUITE 700, SEATTLE WA 98104
Kenneth A Moss	officer: Chief Technology Officer	209 REDWOOD SHORES PKWY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94061
Chris Suh	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O CARDLYTICS, INC., 675 PONCE DE LEON AVE. NE, STE 6000, ATLANTA GA 30308
Blake J Jorgensen	officer: COO & CFO	209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Rachel A Gonzalez	director	3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Kofi A Bruce	director	GENERAL MILLS, INC., ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD., MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Jay C Hoag	director	250 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025