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Trina Solar Co (Trina Solar Co) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $3,302 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Trina Solar Co Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Trina Solar Co's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2023 ($3,703.20 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($3,410.21 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2023 ($3,410.21 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($3,301.53 Mil).

Trina Solar Co's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($1,678.38 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($2,745.81 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($2,745.81 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($3,410.21 Mil).


Trina Solar Co Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Trina Solar Co's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Trina Solar Co Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Trina Solar Co Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 830.87 1,441.95 1,678.38 2,745.81 3,410.21

Trina Solar Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3,294.92 3,507.40 3,703.20 3,410.21 3,301.53

Trina Solar Co 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.


Trina Solar Co  (NYSE:TSL) 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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Trina Solar Co (Trina Solar Co) Business Description

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Address
No.2 Tianhe Road, Trina PV Industrial Park, Xinbei District, Jiangsu, CHN, 213031
Trina Solar Co Ltd is engaged in manufacturing photovoltaic products, photovoltaic systems and smart energy. The photovoltaic products business includes research and development, manufacture and sales of monocrystalline silicon-based photovoltaic modules; the photovoltaic systems business includes power station business and construction and management of photovoltaic power station projects, among others; smart energy business includes photovoltaic power generation, operation, and management of the photovoltaic power station, research and sales of the smart microgrid and multi-energy systems, and operation of the energy cloud platform, among others.
Executives
Platinum Investment Management Ltd 10 percent owner C/O PLATINUM ASSET MANAGEMENT, LEVEL 8, 7 MACQUARIE PLACE, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 2000 C3 00000