Southern California Gas Co (Southern California Gas Co) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $54.00 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)

Southern California Gas Co Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Southern California Gas Co Annual Data
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Cash And Cash Equivalents		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					10.00	4.00	37.00	21.00	2.00

Southern California Gas Co Quarterly Data
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Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															7.00	1.00	26.00	2.00	54.00

Southern California Gas Co 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.

Southern California Gas Co  (OTCPK:SOCGP.PFD) 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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