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points by motionlessveloc 1 day ago | 0 comments
One fun line from the results: Google assets are up in one year from $595,281M to $1,003,312M, in other words one trillion dollars. Not market cap, mind you, but assets that could in theory be sold today to raise a trillion dollars in cash.

Liabilities also increased from $180,016M to 325,763M, but in comparison that seems almost puny.

[–] aix1 1 day ago
> could in theory be sold today to raise a trillion dollars in cash

Nothing worth a trillion bucks can be sold today. :)

Also, this does include things like property and equipment ($375bn), which I'm guessing are essential for running the business.

That aside, GOOG does hold $265bn in cash and near cash, which is clearly a lot of money.

[–] uejfiweun 1 day ago
I don't get why they do these things like debt issuance and stock dilution if they could just spend some of that cash. Like, what else is it for?