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China Tower (HKSE:00788) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : HK$4,326 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Tower Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

China Tower's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jun. 2023 (HK$3,434.47 Mil) to Sep. 2023 (HK$0.00 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2023 (HK$0.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (HK$4,325.90 Mil).

China Tower's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2021 (HK$7,923.53 Mil) to Dec. 2022 (HK$5,714.23 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 (HK$5,714.23 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (HK$4,325.90 Mil).


China Tower Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Tower'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.

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China Tower Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

China Tower Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 6,924.65 5,976.95 7,923.53 5,714.23 4,325.90

China Tower Quarterly Data
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China Tower 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.


China Tower  (HKSE:00788) 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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China Tower (HKSE:00788) Business Description

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Address
Yard No. 9, Dongran North Street, China Tower Industrial Park, Haidian District, Room 101, LG1 to 3rd Floor, Building 14, North District, Beijing, CHN
China Tower Corp Ltd is a telecommunications tower infrastructure service provider. The business of the company includes tower business; DAS business; Smart Tower business and Energy business. It generates maximum revenue from the tower business. The Tower business includes macro cell and small cell business. Its DAS business provides a DAS system to the Three TSPs for connecting their telecommunication equipment, helping them receive and send indoor mobile telecommunication network signals to enable mobile telecommunication network signals covering buildings, large venues and tunnels.
Executives
Blackrock, Inc. 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Citigroup Inc. 2502 Approved lending agent
Gic Private Limited 2102 Investment manager

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