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VNET Group (VNET Group) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $248 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is VNET Group Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

VNET Group's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Sep. 2023 ($370.32 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($364.19 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2023 ($364.19 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($247.55 Mil).

VNET Group's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2021 ($215.48 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($381.73 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2022 ($381.73 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($364.19 Mil).


VNET Group Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

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

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VNET Group Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

VNET Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities
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VNET Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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VNET Group 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.


VNET Group  (NAS:VNET) 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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VNET Group (VNET Group) Business Description

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VNET started as AsiaCloud in 1999 and moved to the data center business with its first self-developed data center opening in 2010. The firm listed (as 21Vianet) on the Nasdaq in April 2011, subsequently changing its name to VNET Group in 2021. It originally focused on providing data center services such as colocation and cloud services to retail clients in China, but added hyperscale customers in 2019 and now counts large Chinese hyperscalers such as Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and Huawei Cloud as customers. At end-September 2023 it had 84,608 self-built cabinets with the majority in Beijing, Shanghai, and the Greater Bay area. It also operated partnered data centers with around 4,314 cabinets and had 476 MW of wholesale capacity contracted or under a memorandum of understanding.

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