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Backblaze (Backblaze) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $12.5 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Backblaze Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Backblaze's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2023 ($5.89 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($9.02 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2023 ($9.02 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($12.50 Mil).

Backblaze's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2021 ($104.84 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($6.69 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2022 ($6.69 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($12.50 Mil).


Backblaze Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Backblaze'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.
* 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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Backblaze Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Backblaze Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
6.98 6.08 104.84 6.69 12.50

Backblaze Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 6.69 4.05 5.89 9.02 12.50

Backblaze 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.


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

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

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