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AEye (LIDRW) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $28.91 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is AEye Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

AEye's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Sep. 2023 ($45.89 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($36.52 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2023 ($36.52 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($28.91 Mil).

AEye's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2021 ($164.01 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($94.20 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 ($94.20 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($36.52 Mil).


AEye Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

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

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AEye Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

AEye Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
15.28 164.01 94.20 36.52

AEye Quarterly Data
Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 74.09 58.65 45.89 36.52 28.91

AEye 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.


AEye  (NAS:LIDRW) 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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AEye (LIDRW) Business Description

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AEye Inc is a provider of high-performance, active lidar systems for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), and robotic vision applications. The company's software-definable 4Sight Intelligent Sensing Platform combines solid-state active lidar, an optionally fused low-light HD camera, and integrated deterministic artificial intelligence to capture more intelligent information with less data, enabling faster, more accurate, and more reliable perception of the surroundings. All of the Company's sales were made to customers located in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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