Outerwall (FRA:CS5) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : €177 Mil (As of Jun. 2016)

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What is Outerwall Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Outerwall's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2015 (€204.30 Mil) to Mar. 2016 (€178.57 Mil) but then stayed the same from Mar. 2016 (€178.57 Mil) to Jun. 2016 (€177.15 Mil).

Outerwall's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2013 (€271.15 Mil) to Dec. 2014 (€196.83 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2014 (€196.83 Mil) to Dec. 2015 (€204.30 Mil).

Outerwall Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Outerwall's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

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Outerwall Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

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259.81

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Outerwall Quarterly Data
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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															211.80	174.28	204.30	178.57	177.15

Outerwall Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities 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.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

Outerwall (FRA:CS5) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

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.

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Outerwall Inc was incorporated in Delaware on October 12, 1993. The Company is a provider of automated retail solutions offering convenient products and services that benefit consumers and drive incremental retail traffic and revenue for retailers. The Company's automated retail includes its redbox segment where consumers can rent or purchase movies from self-service kiosks and its Coin segment where consumers can convert their coin to cash or stored value products at coin-counting self-service kiosks. The redbox business faces competition from many other providers, including those using other distribution channels. The coinstar business faces competition from supermarkets, banks and other companies that purchase and operate coin-counting equipment from companies such as ScanCoin, Cummins-Allison Corporation and others. The ecoATM business faces competition from the companies whose primary business consists of the purchase of used electronics, online retailers and web sites such as Gazelle, as well as brick and mortar stores which buy back used electronics. The business of the Company is subject to federal, state, local and foreign laws and government regulation.

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