Backblaze (Backblaze) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $29.3 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Backblaze Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Backblaze's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jun. 2023 ($36.82 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($29.75 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($29.75 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($29.30 Mil).

Backblaze's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2021 ($104.84 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($65.42 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 ($65.42 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($29.30 Mil).

Backblaze Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

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

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Backblaze Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Backblaze Annual Data

Trend

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

6.98

6.08

104.84

65.42

29.30

Backblaze Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial											65.42	49.56	36.82	29.75	29.30

Backblaze 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.

Backblaze (NAS:BLZE) 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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Backblaze (Backblaze) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

500 Ben Franklin Ct, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94401

Website

https://www.backblaze.com

Backblaze Inc provides cloud storage services. The company offers services such as Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage which enables customers to store data, developers to build applications, and partners to expand their use cases. It is offered as a consumption-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and serves use cases including backups, multi-cloud, application development, and ransomware protection and Backblaze Computer Backup automatically backs up data from laptops and desktops for businesses and individuals. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.

Executives

Tina Cessna	officer: Senior VP, Engineering	500 BEN FRANKLIN CT., SAN MATEO CA 94401
Francis P Patchel	officer: Chief Financial Officer	500 BEN FRANKLIN CT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Investments Plc Tmt	10 percent owner	13 CASTLE STREET, ST. HELIER Y9 JE1 1ES
Gleb Budman	director, 10 percent owner, officer: See Remarks	500 BEN FRANKLIN CT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Timothy M Nufire	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Cloud Officer	500 BEN FRANKLIN CT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Brian K Wilson	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer	500 BEN FRANKLIN CT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Charles J. Jones	10 percent owner	500 BEN FRANKLIN COURT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Kwok Hang Ng	10 percent owner	500 BEN FRANKLIN COURT, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd	10 percent owner	36 RAUL WALENBERG ST, TEL-AVIV L3 6136902
Whetstone Capital Advisors, Llc	10 percent owner	2001 SHAWNEE MISSION PARKWAY, SHAWNEE MISSION KS 66205
Jocelyn Carter-miller	director	3698 NW 15TH STREET, LAUDERHILL FL 33311
An Evelyn D	director	1301 NE 103RD STREET, MIAMI SHORES FL 33138
Earl E Fry	director	C/O INFORMATICA CORPORATION, 2100 SEAPORT BLVD., REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Barbara H Nelson	director	C/O QUANTUM CORP, 501 SYCAORE DR, MILPITAS CA 95035