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BetterLife Holding (HKSE:06909) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : HK$947 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is BetterLife Holding Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

BetterLife Holding's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2022 (HK$796.30 Mil) to Jun. 2023 (HK$1,641.14 Mil) but then stayed the same from Jun. 2023 (HK$1,641.14 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (HK$946.93 Mil).

BetterLife Holding's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2021 (HK$1,718.11 Mil) to Dec. 2022 (HK$796.30 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2022 (HK$796.30 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (HK$946.93 Mil).


BetterLife Holding Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

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

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BetterLife Holding Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

BetterLife Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 660.16 801.15 1,718.11 796.30 946.93

BetterLife Holding Semi-Annual Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,718.11 1,200.05 796.30 1,641.14 946.93

BetterLife Holding 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.


BetterLife Holding  (HKSE:06909) 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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BetterLife Holding (HKSE:06909) Business Description

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No. 1 Donghuan North Road, Beijing Economic and Technological Development Area, Beijing, CHN
BetterLife Holding Ltd is an automobile dealership service provider in China focusing on luxury and ultra-luxury brands. The company operates dealership stores for the brands Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Bentley, Jaguar-Land Rover, and Volvo. It offers a comprehensive range of automobile-related products and services, including the sale of automobiles consisting of mainly imported and domestically manufactured petroleum models, after-sales services which consist of repair and maintenance services, the sale of accessories and other automobile-related products, insurance agency services and automobile license plate registration services, and it also provides other automobile-related value-added services like automobile financing and pre-owned automobile brokerage services.
Executives
Red Dynasty Investments Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Butterfield Trust (asia) Limited 2301 Trustee
Chou Patrick Hsiao-po 2101 Beneficial owner
Chou Patrick Hsiao-po 2101 Beneficial owner
Chou Dynasty Holding Co., Ltd 2101 Beneficial owner
Credit Suisse Trust Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Xingtai Capital Management Limited 2102 Investment manager

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