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Valens Semiconductor (Valens Semiconductor) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $35.10 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Valens Semiconductor Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Valens Semiconductor's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Sep. 2023 ($11.19 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($17.26 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2023 ($17.26 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($35.10 Mil).

Valens Semiconductor's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2021 ($56.79 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($20.02 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 ($20.02 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($17.26 Mil).


Valens Semiconductor Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Valens Semiconductor's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Valens Semiconductor Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Valens Semiconductor Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
- 26.32 56.79 20.02 17.26

Valens Semiconductor Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Valens Semiconductor 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.


Valens Semiconductor  (NYSE:VLN) 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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Valens Semiconductor (Valens Semiconductor) Business Description

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Valens Semiconductor Ltd is a provider of semiconductor products, pushing the boundaries of connectivity by enabling long-reach, high-speed video, and data transmission for the audio-video and automotive industries. It operates in two segments: Audio-Video, which includes the company's HDBaseT solutions for the Audio-Video market deliver superior, plug-and-play convergence and distribution of different interfaces, through a single long-distance category cable; and Automotive segment products enable safe and resilient high-speed in-vehicle connectivity for car architectures, realizing the vision of connected and autonomous cars. The company's geographical segments include Israel, China, Hong Kong, the United States, Mexico, Japan, and Others.