Costain Group (LSE:COST) Cash And Cash Equivalents : £164 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Costain Group Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Costain Group's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2022 (£123.80 Mil) to Jun. 2023 (£132.10 Mil) and increased from Jun. 2023 (£132.10 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (£164.40 Mil).

Costain Group's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2021 (£159.40 Mil) to Dec. 2022 (£123.80 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2022 (£123.80 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (£164.40 Mil).

Costain Group Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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

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Costain Group Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Costain Group Annual Data

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180.90

150.90

159.40

123.80

164.40

Costain Group Semi-Annual Data
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Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															159.40	131.90	123.80	132.10	164.40

Costain 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.

Costain Group (LSE:COST) 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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Address

Costain House, Vanwall Business Park, Maidenhead, Berkshire, GBR, SL6 4UB

Website

https://www.costain.com

Costain Group PLC offers solutions and services. It provides engineering and technology solutions and advisory and development, design, management, project delivery, technology integration and asset optimization and support services to highways, nuclear, oil and gas, power, water sectors, rail. The company has two segments Transportation and Natural resources. Transportation segment covers highways, rail and nuclear markets and Natural resources segment comprises of water, power and oil and gas markets.