Silicon Motion Technology (Silicon Motion Technology) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $314.3 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Silicon Motion Technology Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Silicon Motion Technology's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2023 ($249.83 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($295.39 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2023 ($295.39 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($314.30 Mil).

Silicon Motion Technology's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2021 ($360.08 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($232.18 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2022 ($232.18 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($314.30 Mil).

Silicon Motion Technology Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Silicon Motion Technology's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Silicon Motion Technology Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Silicon Motion Technology Annual Data

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Cash And Cash Equivalents

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323.17

342.96

360.08

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314.30

Silicon Motion Technology Quarterly Data
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Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															232.18	225.38	249.83	295.39	314.30

Silicon Motion Technology 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.

Silicon Motion Technology (NAS:SIMO) 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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Silicon Motion Technology (Silicon Motion Technology) Business Description

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Nos 19-25 Jervois Street, Flat C, 19th Floor, Wing Cheong Commercial Building, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, HKG

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https://www.siliconmotion.com

Silicon Motion Technology Corp is active in the semiconductor industry and focuses on designing, developing, and marketing of controllers for managing NAND flash used in embedded storage applications, such as eMMC embedded memory. Its only operating segment is to develop NAND flash controllers and SSDs solutions. The company derives revenue from product categories such as Mobile Storage, Mobile Communications, and others. Silicon's geographical segments are Taiwan, the United States, Korea, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and others. The company products are used in Personal Computing, Smartphone/Tablet/CE, Flash Card/USB Flash Drive, Industrial and Embedded, Automotive, and Enterprise and Data centers.