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Cascades (TSX:CAS) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : C$31 Mil (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Cascades Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Cascades's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Sep. 2024 (C$36.00 Mil) to Dec. 2024 (C$28.00 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2024 (C$28.00 Mil) to Mar. 2025 (C$31.00 Mil).

Cascades's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2022 (C$111.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (C$55.00 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2023 (C$55.00 Mil) to Dec. 2024 (C$28.00 Mil).


Cascades Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cascades'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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Cascades Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Cascades Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
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Cascades Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Cascades 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.


Cascades  (TSX:CAS) 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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Cascades Business Description

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Address
404 Marie-Victorin Boulevard, C.P. 30, Kingsey Falls, QC, CAN, J0A 1B0
Cascades Inc is a paper and packaging company that produces, converts, and sells packaging and tissue products composed predominantly of recycled fibres. Its customer base includes food processing companies, the maintenance industry, accommodations and housing industry, micro-businesses, and boutiques. The products are marketed through brands such as Cascades Fresh, Cascades Protect, Cascades IMGN, Cascades PRO, and Cascades Fluff & Tuff, among others. The company is organized into three main business segments; Containerboard, Specialty Products (which constitutes packaging products), and Tissue Papers. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Containerboard segment. Geographically, the company derives maximum revenue from the United States and the rest from Canada.
Executives
Nelson Gentiletti Director
Allan Hogg Senior Officer
Hugues Simon Director, Senior Officer
Robert F. Hall Senior Officer
Luc Langevin Senior Officer
Alain Lemaire Director, Senior Officer
Maryse Fernet Senior Officer
Mélanie Dunn Director
Mario Plourde Director, Senior Officer
Hubert T. Lacroix Director
Elif Lévesque Director
Élise Pelletier Director
Laurent Lemaire 10% Security Holder
Léon Marineau Senior Officer
Hugo D'amours Senior Officer

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