What is Chime Communications Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?
Chime Communications's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities
declined
from Jun. 2014 (£30.91 Mil) to Dec. 2014 (£20.27 Mil) but then
increased
from Dec. 2014 (£20.27 Mil) to Jun. 2015 (£23.57 Mil).
Chime Communications's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities
increased
from Dec. 2012 (£17.89 Mil) to Dec. 2013 (£18.27 Mil) and
increased
from Dec. 2013 (£18.27 Mil) to Dec. 2014 (£20.27 Mil).
Chime Communications Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data
The historical data trend for Chime Communications'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.
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Chime Communications (LSE:CHW) Business Description
Chime Communications PLC was incorporated in the United Kingdom on January 29, 1986. The Company provides advertising, sports marketing, market research, direct marketing, design and event management consultancy. Its business segments are Sport & Entertainment, Advertising and Marketing Services (AMS), Healthcare, and Insight & Engagement. In sport & entertainment segment CSM Sport & Entertainment works with brands, rights holders, governing bodies, governments and athletes across the globe, CSM specialises in strategic consultancy, rights sales, sponsorship activation, hospitality, branding and wayfinding, athlete management and communications across sporting events. The advertising and marketing services division includes the VCCP Partnership and the Chime Specialist Group. VCCP operates in advertising and marketing services, direct marketing, digital communication, search relations, point of sale, sales promotion, data consultancy and technical design, multimedia content, youth marketing and experiential, marketing consulting, retail and shopper marketing and specialist media planning and buying. The Specialist Group includes agencies operating in niche markets; corporate responsibility and sustainability consultancy; for technology brands; providing customer reference and advocacy and; in professional and financial services. The insight and engagement division brings together researchers, technologists and insight specialists who deliver to clients, in real time, actionable solutions. The division has particular expertise in delivering clients in FMCG, financial services, utilities and retail with experience performance improvement plans, mystery shopping programmes and advertising and brand tracking. The Insight & Engagement division includes specialist brands such as Watermelon - a specialist digital agency, Cherry Picked - a specialist recruitment agency, Facts International - a specialist fieldwork agency and full service agencies Opinion Leader and CIE. In healthcare segment OPEN Health is a healthcare communications and market access group. It comprises ten different specialist businesses that bring a breadth of expertise focused principally on pharma, health device and diagnostic clients. OPEN Health's companies cover aspects of the communications mix including advertising, PR, medical communications, market access consulting, real world data collection, market research and patient engagement programmes.
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