Optiva (TSX:OPT) Cash And Cash Equivalents : C$9.40 Mil (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Optiva Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Optiva's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2024 (C$16.65 Mil) to Dec. 2024 (C$14.56 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2024 (C$14.56 Mil) to Mar. 2025 (C$9.40 Mil).

Optiva's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2022 (C$24.98 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (C$26.35 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2023 (C$26.35 Mil) to Dec. 2024 (C$14.56 Mil).

Optiva Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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

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Optiva Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Optiva Annual Data

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Cash And Cash Equivalents

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22.63

37.87

24.98

26.35

14.56

Optiva Quarterly Data
	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															15.22	22.39	16.65	14.56	9.40

Optiva 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.

Optiva (TSX:OPT) 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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2233 Argentia Road, Suite 302, East Tower, Mississauga, ON, CAN, L5N 2X7

Website

https://www.optiva.com

Optiva Inc is engaged in offering software products to the telecommunications software market. The company's portfolio of products enables real-time billing, charging, policy management and user experience that are critical to customers' growth and performance. The company earns revenue from sale of software licenses, including initial perpetual licenses, term licenses, subscription licenses, capacity upgrades, professional services and managed services; third-party hardware and software components and customer support contracts. Some of the company's products include Optiva BSS Platform, Optiva Charging Engine, Optiva Partner Monetization among others. Geographically, the majority of the revenue for the company is generated from Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

Executives

Olp Capital Management Limited	10% Security Holder
John Meyer	Director
Anuroop Duggal	Director
Barry Alan Symons	Director
Joseph Lee Grant Matheson	Director
Robert Stabile	Director, Senior Officer
John Giere	Senior Officer
Ashish Kumar Joshi	Senior Officer
Dinesh Sharma	Senior Officer