NetEase (NTES) Beginning Cash Balance (2009 - 2020)

NetEase (NTES) has reported Beginning Cash Balance for 12 consecutive years, with $916.7 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2020.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2020, Beginning Cash Balance fell 39.35% year-over-year to $916.7 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2020 stood at $916.7 million (down 39.35% YoY), and the FY2018 full-year result was $1.5 billion, up 76.08% from the prior year.
• Beginning Cash Balance fell to $916.7 million in Q1 2020 per NTES's latest filing, from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Beginning Cash Balance topped out at $1.7 billion in Q4 2017 and bottomed at $789.1 million in Q3 2016.
• Historically, Beginning Cash Balance has averaged $1.3 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.4 billion in 2018.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2016 and 2020: Beginning Cash Balance soared 186.32% in 2016, then slumped 39.35% in 2020.
• Over 5 years, Beginning Cash Balance stood at $889.9 million in 2016, then surged by 86.37% to $1.7 billion in 2017, then decreased by 15.22% to $1.4 billion in 2018, then retreated by 7.22% to $1.3 billion in 2019, then retreated by 29.73% to $916.7 million in 2020.
• According to Business Quant data, Beginning Cash Balance over the past three periods registered $916.7 million, $1.3 billion, and $1.4 billion for Q1 2020, Q3 2019, and Q2 2019 respectively.