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Imperial Oil (Imperial Oil) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $644 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Imperial Oil Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Imperial Oil's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2023 ($1,788.35 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($2,007.24 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($2,007.24 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($644.01 Mil).

Imperial Oil's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($1,682.03 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($2,759.66 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2022 ($2,759.66 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($644.01 Mil).


Imperial Oil Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Imperial Oil's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Imperial Oil Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Imperial Oil 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 1,304.58 601.92 1,682.03 2,759.66 644.01

Imperial Oil 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 2,759.66 1,639.26 1,788.35 2,007.24 644.01

Imperial Oil 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.


Imperial Oil  (AMEX:IMO) 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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Imperial Oil (Imperial Oil) Business Description

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505 Quarry Park Boulevard S.E, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2C 5N1
Imperial Oil is one of Canada's largest integrated oil companies, focusing on upstream operations, petroleum refining operations, and the marketing of petroleum products. Production averaged 398 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2020. The company estimates that it holds 5.2 billion boe of proved and probable crude oil and natural gas reserves. Imperial remains the largest refiner of petroleum products in Canada, operating three refineries with a combined processing capacity of 421 mboe/d. The Upstream segment operates to produce crude oil and its equivalent, and natural gas. The Downstream segment operates to refine crude oil into petroleum products. The Chemical segment manufactures hydrocarbon-based chemicals and chemical products.

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