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Afya (AFYA) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $122.7 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Afya Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Afya's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2023 ($166.44 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($112.87 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2023 ($112.87 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($122.71 Mil).

Afya's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($132.37 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($208.39 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2022 ($208.39 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($112.87 Mil).


Afya Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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

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Afya Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Afya Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 229.80 203.13 132.37 208.39 112.87

Afya 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 138.75 152.71 166.44 112.87 122.71

Afya 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.


Afya  (NAS:AFYA) 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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Afya (AFYA) Business Description

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Alameda Oscar Niemeyer, No. 119, Room 504, Vila da Serra, Nova Lima, MG, BRA
Afya Ltd is a medical education group based in Brazil. Its education portfolio has several courses in addition to Medicine, such as Management, Dentistry, Law, Engineering, Nursing, Psychology, and Accounting Sciences, among others. It has three segments; Undergrad provides educational services through undergraduate courses related to medicine, other health sciences, and other undergraduate programs, Continuing Education provides specialization programs and graduate courses in medicine; and Digital Services provides content and technology for medical education, clinical decisions software, practice management tools (that encompass electronic medical records, telemedicine, and digital prescription, and provides access, demand and efficiency for the healthcare players.

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