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Google (GOOGL) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $23,264 Mil (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Alphabet(Google) Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Alphabet(Google)'s quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Sep. 2024 ($19,959.00 Mil) to Dec. 2024 ($23,466.00 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2024 ($23,466.00 Mil) to Mar. 2025 ($23,264.00 Mil).

Alphabet(Google)'s annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2022 ($21,879.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($24,048.00 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2023 ($24,048.00 Mil) to Dec. 2024 ($23,466.00 Mil).


Alphabet(Google) Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alphabet(Google)'s Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Alphabet(Google) Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Alphabet(Google) Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26,465.00 20,945.00 21,879.00 24,048.00 23,466.00

Alphabet(Google) Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24,493.00 27,225.00 19,959.00 23,466.00 23,264.00

Alphabet(Google) 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.


Alphabet(Google)  (NAS:GOOGL) 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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Alphabet(Google) Business Description

Address
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, USA, 94043
Alphabet is a holding company that wholly owns internet giant Google. The California-based company derives slightly less than 90% of its revenue from Google services, the vast majority of which is advertising sales. Alongside online ads, Google services houses sales stemming from Google's subscription services (YouTube TV, YouTube Music among others), platforms (sales and in-app purchases on Play Store), and devices (Chromebooks, Pixel smartphones, and smart home products such as Chromecast). Google's cloud computing platform, or GCP, accounts for roughly 10% of Alphabet's revenue with the firm's investments in up-and-coming technologies such as self-driving cars (Waymo), health (Verily), and internet access (Google Fiber) making up the rest.
Executives
Sundar Pichai officer: CEO, Google Inc. GOOGLE INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
John L Hennessy director
Amie Thuener O'toole officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer C/O ALPHABET INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Frances Arnold director 5200 ILLUMINA WAY, SAN DIEGO CA 92122
John Kent Walker officer: SVP, Global Affairs and CLO 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PRKW, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Ruth Porat officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer C/O GOOGLE INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PRKW, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Kavitark Ram Shriram director 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Prabhakar Raghavan officer: Senior Vice President C/O ALPHABET INC.,, 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
R. Martin Chavez director C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Philipp Schindler officer: SVP, Chief Business Officer C/O ALPHABET INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94568
Robin L Washington director 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Antonio Lee 10 percent owner, other: Investor/Large Shareholder 4009 216TH STREET, MATTESON IL 60443
Ferguson Roger W. Jr. director CORNING INCORPORATED, ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
James Grier Campbell officer: VP, Alphabet Corp. Controller 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Alan R Mulally director P.O. BOX 995, MERCER ISLAND WA 98040