Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LSE:AFM) Cash And Cash Equivalents : £26.2 Mil (As of Sep. 2023)

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Annual Data
	Trend	Mar15	Mar16	Mar17	Mar18	Mar19	Mar20	Mar21	Mar22	Mar23
Cash And Cash Equivalents		Get a 7-Day Free Trial				18.58	26.00	34.01	63.52	59.22

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Semi-Annual Data
	Mar15	Mar16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial											40.03	63.52	47.76	59.22	26.24

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting 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.

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting  (LSE:AFM) 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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