Union Gas (TSX:UNG.PR.D.PFD) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : C$0.00 Mil (As of . 20)

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Union Gas Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Union Gas's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

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Union Gas 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.

Union Gas (TSX:UNG.PR.D.PFD) 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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50 Keil Drive North, Chatham, ON, CAN, N7M 5M1

Website

http://www.uniongas.com

Union Gas Ltd provides natural gas storage, distribution, and transmission services in Canada. It owns and operates natural gas distribution, storage and transmission facilities in Ontario. The company distributes natural gas to customers in northern, southwestern and eastern Ontario, and provides natural gas storage and transportation services to other utilities and energy market participants. The distribution business serves approximately 1.4 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in over 400 communities across northern, southwestern and eastern Ontario. Union Gas' storage and transmission business offer a range of storage and transportation services to customers at the Dawn Hub (Dawn).

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