Micro Focus International (STU:M7Q7) Cash And Cash Equivalents : €536 Mil (As of Apr. 2022)

Micro Focus International Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Micro Focus International Annual Data
	Trend	Apr11	Apr12	Apr13	Apr14	Apr15	Apr16	Apr17	Oct19	Oct20	Oct21
Cash And Cash Equivalents		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					587.78	140.87	321.55	626.62	481.34

Micro Focus International Semi-Annual Data
	Apr12	Oct12	Apr13	Oct13	Apr14	Oct14	Apr15	Oct15	Apr16	Oct16	Apr17	Oct17	Apr18	Apr19	Oct19	Apr20	Oct20	Apr21	Oct21	Apr22
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															743.45	626.62	583.61	481.34	535.88

Micro Focus International 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.

Micro Focus International  (STU:M7Q7) 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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