What is Invensys Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?
Invensys's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities
increased
from Sep. 2012 (€222.79 Mil) to Mar. 2013 (€288.77 Mil) and
increased
from Mar. 2013 (€288.77 Mil) to Sep. 2013 (€586.53 Mil).
Invensys's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities
declined
from Mar. 2011 (€404.30 Mil) to Mar. 2012 (€318.61 Mil) and
declined
from Mar. 2012 (€318.61 Mil) to Mar. 2013 (€288.77 Mil).
Invensys Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data
The historical data trend for Invensys's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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.
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.
Invensys Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Related Terms
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Invensys PLC is a technology company that works in partnership with industrial and commercial customers to design and supply advanced technologies that optimise operational performance and proï¬tability. The Company is grouped into four new business segments - Software, Industrial Automation, Energy Controls and Appliance. The Company's divisions include; Invensys Operations Management which is a technology, software and consulting business that creates and applies technologies to enable the safe and efï¬cient operation of industrial and commercial operations such as oil reï¬neries, fossil fuel and nuclear power plants, petrochemical works and other manufacturing sites. Invensys Controls designs, engineers and manufactures products, components, systems and services used in appliances, heating, air conditioning/cooling and refrigeration products across a range of industries in residential and commercial markets. The Software segment consists of the software businesses previously within Invensys Operations Management and includes Wonderware, SimSciTM and Avantis brands. Industrial Automation segment consists of the systems businesses of our Foxboro distributed control systems (DCS) and Triconex safety systems with the addition of the Foxboro measurement and instrumentation products previously within the equipment business of Invensys Operations Management. Energy Controls segment consists of the Eurotherm and IMServ businesses previously included within the equipment business of Invensys Operations Management, together with the residential heating and commercial businesses that were formerly part of Invensys Controls. Appliance segment consists of the Appliance controls line of business previously within Invensys Controls, together with the appliance replacement parts business formerly within Wholesale, also part of the former Invensys Controls.
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