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Chilanga Cement (LUS:CHIL) Cash And Cash Equivalents : ZMW0.00 Mil (As of . 20)


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What is Chilanga Cement Cash And Cash Equivalents?


Chilanga Cement Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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Chilanga Cement 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.


Chilanga Cement  (LUS:CHIL) 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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Chilanga Cement Business Description

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Farm No.1880, Kafue Road, PO Box 32639, Chilanga, Lusaka, ZMB
Chilanga Cement PLC, formerly Lafarge Cement Zambia PLC is mainly engaged in the manufacturing and supplying of cement and other building materials. Products offered by the company include Mphamvu, Powerplus for heavy industrial construction, Supaset for block makers, RoadCem for soil stabilization during road construction, Powercrete designed for applications in the mining industry, including backfilling, rock bolting, stopping and shotcreting, and WallCrete, masonry ideal for bricklaying, plasterwork, floor screed and pointing. It serves the building industry, construction companies, architects, and local artisans. The Company supplies products by road and rail to the regional market, to Tanzania, Burundi Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.

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