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CLEGF (Coles Group) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $396 Mil (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Coles Group Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Coles Group's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2023 ($730.92 Mil) to Jun. 2024 ($448.21 Mil) but then stayed the same from Jun. 2024 ($448.21 Mil) to Dec. 2024 ($395.82 Mil).

Coles Group's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2022 ($413.91 Mil) to Jun. 2023 ($400.67 Mil) but then increased from Jun. 2023 ($400.67 Mil) to Jun. 2024 ($448.21 Mil).


Coles Group Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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

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Coles Group Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Coles Group Annual Data
Trend Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 684.61 601.68 413.91 400.67 448.21

Coles Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 470.99 400.67 730.92 448.21 395.82

Coles Group 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.


Coles Group  (OTCPK:CLEGF) 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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Coles Group Business Description

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Address
800-838 Toorak Road, Hawthorn East, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3123
Coles is one of Australia's largest retailers, operating the second-largest supermarket chain behind market leader Woolworths, and is the country's third-largest liquor retailer. The group has an extensive store network of over 1,800 stores and roughly 80% of Australian live within a 10-minute drive from a Coles store. The retailer employs some 120,000 people, who process 17 million individual customer transactions a week. This compares with Woolworths processing about 30 million customer transactions per week from Australia's population of 25 million.

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