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Autohome (Autohome) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $700 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Autohome Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Autohome's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2023 ($410.52 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($246.82 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2023 ($246.82 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($699.75 Mil).

Autohome's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2021 ($665.14 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($401.81 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2022 ($401.81 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($699.75 Mil).


Autohome Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Autohome's Cash And Cash Equivalents 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.
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Autohome Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Autohome Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 283.49 267.80 665.14 401.81 699.75

Autohome Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 401.81 272.51 410.52 246.82 699.75

Autohome Cash And Cash Equivalents 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.


Autohome  (NYSE:ATHM) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

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.


Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.


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Autohome (Autohome) Business Description

Address
3 Dan Ling Street, 18th Floor, Tower B, CEC Plaza, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100080
Founded in 2008 as a media content platform, Autohome is the leading online automobile platform in China, ranking first among automotive service platforms in terms of mobile daily active users, according to QuestMobile. Through its two websites, autohome.com.cn and che168.com, Autohome delivers comprehensive, independent and interactive content and tools to automobile consumers as well as a full suite of services to automakers and dealers. According to iResearch, the company was the largest online automotive advertising and lead generation service provider with 30% market share, in terms of media services and lead generation revenue, in China's online auto platform media advertising market in 2019.