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Abacus Storage King (ASX:ASK) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : A$70.50 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Abacus Storage King Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Abacus Storage King's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Jun. 2022 (A$38.03 Mil) to Dec. 2022 (A$147.10 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2022 (A$147.10 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (A$70.50 Mil).

Abacus Storage King's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from . 20 (A$0.00 Mil) to Jun. 2021 (A$16.02 Mil) and increased from Jun. 2021 (A$16.02 Mil) to Jun. 2022 (A$38.03 Mil).


Abacus Storage King Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Abacus Storage King's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities 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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Abacus Storage King Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Abacus Storage King Annual Data
Trend Jun21 Jun22
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
16.02 38.03

Abacus Storage King Semi-Annual Data
Jun21 Jun22 Dec22 Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities 16.02 38.03 147.10 70.50

Abacus Storage King Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities 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.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.


Abacus Storage King  (ASX:ASK) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

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.


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Abacus Storage King (ASX:ASK) Business Description

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Abacus Storage King REIT is a self-storage REIT. It owns, operates, and manages a self-storage operating platform and an investment portfolio comprising self-storage properties and other investments across Australia and New Zealand.

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