VWR (VWR) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $120 Mil (As of Sep. 2017)

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What is VWR Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

VWR's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Mar. 2017 ($141.50 Mil) to Jun. 2017 ($112.20 Mil) but then increased from Jun. 2017 ($112.20 Mil) to Sep. 2017 ($120.30 Mil).

VWR's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2014 ($118.00 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($136.30 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2015 ($136.30 Mil) to Dec. 2016 ($168.70 Mil).

VWR Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

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

VWR Annual Data

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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

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386.70

161.50

118.00

136.30

168.70

VWR Quarterly Data
	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															141.70	168.70	141.50	112.20	120.30

VWR 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.

VWR (NAS:VWR) 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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VWR (VWR) Business Description

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VWR Corp operates in the healthcare sector based in the United States. It primarily offers laboratory products mainly in the American market, while distributing a minor share abroad. It provides a suite of products such as chemicals, reagents, consumables, durable products and scientific equipment and instruments to customers in the life science, general research and applied markets, including the biopharma, agricultural, chemical, environmental, food and beverage, healthcare, microelectronic, and petrochemical industries.

Executives

Madison Dearborn Partners Llc	10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, 70 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 4600, CHICAGO IL 60602
Gregory L Cowan	officer: See remarks	1717 ARCH STREET, 35TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Edward A Blechschmidt	director	ONE HEALTHSOUTH PARKWAY, BIRMINGHAM AL 35243
Douglas J. Pitts	officer: See remarks	100 MATSONFORD ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Pamela Forbes Lieberman	director	3400 N.WOLF ROAD, FRANKLIN PARK IL 60131
Robert Zollars	director	3061 ZANKER RD, SAN JOSEC CA 95134
Timothy P Sullivan	director, 10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLZ, SUITE 3800, CHICAGO IL 60602
Nicholas W Alexos	director, 10 percent owner	C/O DENTSPLY SIRONA INC, 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Kraemer Harry M Jansen Jr	director	DENTSPLY SIRONA INC., 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Madison Dearborn Partners V-a&c, L.p.	10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, SUITE 3800, CHICAGO IL 60602
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V Executive-a L P	10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, SUITE 3800, CHICAGO IL 60602
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V - C L P	10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, SUITE 3800, CHICAGO IL 60602
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V - A L P	10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, SUITE 4600, CHICAGO IL 60602
Samuel M Mencoff	10 percent owner	BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INC, 1001 TILLMAN STREET, MEMPHIS TN 38112
Paul J Finnegan	10 percent owner	PO BOX 2000, 3905 DAKOTA STREET SW, ALEXANDRIA MN 56308

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