Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV (FRA:BDZ) Cash And Cash Equivalents : €248 Mil (As of Mar. 2018)

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV Annual Data
	Trend	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17
Cash And Cash Equivalents		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					306.97	284.92	505.10	465.16	299.67

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV Quarterly Data
	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															376.15	315.88	286.83	299.67	247.54

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV 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.

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV  (FRA:BDZ) 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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