Cash Flow

What is Investing Cash Flow?

Cash spent on or received from investments: capital expenditure, acquisitions, and buying or selling securities.

How it is calculated

Net cash used in investing activities from the cash flow statement.

How to read it

Usually negative for a growing company. Large swings often mean acquisitions or moves in and out of securities.

Where the numbers come from

Scrutar computes Investing Cash Flow from the figures each company reports to the SEC in its annual and quarterly filings, using the XBRL data attached to those filings.

More Cash Flow metrics

Operating Cash FlowCash actually generated by day-to-day operations, before investment in the business.How to read it →Financing Cash FlowCash exchanged with lenders and shareholders: debt raised or repaid, shares issued or bought back, dividends paid.How to read it →Free Cash FlowCash left after paying to maintain and expand the business. The money available for dividends, buybacks, debt repayment or acquisitions.How to read it →Capital ExpendituresCash spent on property, plant, equipment and other long-lived assets.How to read it →

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Ten years of Investing Cash Flow and every other metric on this page, for every company Scrutar covers, computed from SEC filings.

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