Stock Analysis on Net

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO)

Cash Flow Statement 
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Broadcom Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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3 months ended: Aug 3, 2025 May 4, 2025 Feb 2, 2025 Nov 3, 2024 Aug 4, 2024 May 5, 2024 Feb 4, 2024 Oct 29, 2023 Jul 30, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 29, 2023 Oct 30, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 May 1, 2022 Jan 30, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Aug 1, 2021 May 2, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Nov 1, 2020 Aug 2, 2020 May 3, 2020 Feb 2, 2020 Nov 3, 2019 Aug 4, 2019 May 5, 2019 Feb 3, 2019
Net income (loss) 4,140 4,965 5,503 4,324 (1,875) 2,121 1,325 3,524 3,303 3,481 3,774 3,359 3,074 2,590 2,472 1,989 1,876 1,493 1,378 1,324 688 563 385 847 715 691 471
Amortization of intangible and right-of-use assets 2,060 2,024 2,032 2,455 2,375 2,381 2,206 808 810 810 905 1,087 1,088 1,129 1,151 1,367 1,369 1,371 1,395 1,589 1,581 1,583 1,582 1,309 1,309 1,305 1,316
Depreciation 142 142 142 156 149 149 139 124 122 129 127 129 129 135 136 134 134 133 138 139 138 147 146 143 141 142 143
Share-based compensation 2,322 1,771 1,280 1,314 1,388 1,457 1,582 638 629 513 391 387 373 386 387 414 421 425 444 449 465 517 545 544 632 544 465
Deferred taxes and other non-cash taxes 284 (571) (696) (868) 3,638 (511) (294) 639 (251) (316) (573) (89) (15) 70 (47) (436) (177) (149) (459) (436) (175) (72) (226) (235) (94) (379)
Loss on debt extinguishment 53 65 52 105 100 26 172 16 55 93 5 26 2
Non-cash interest expense 82 94 97 91 115 119 102 34 33 33 32 32 32 33 32 29 24 21 22 25 22 31 30 19 23 14 13
Other (23) 40 41 138 136 92 38 27 21 (39) 31 27 110 15 (12) 12 34 (109) 3 (39) (2) 30 (29) (8) (33) 71
Trade accounts receivable, net (937) (590) (539) 249 835 (513) 1,756 (231) 135 185 (276) (241) 375 (536) (468) 160 191 106 (247) 391 542 440 (392) 285 (60) 193 68
Inventory (163) (109) (148) 134 (52) 82 (14) (56) 44 13 26 (87) (170) (147) (223) (137) (156) (52) 51 67 (128) (10) 40 217 (57) 40 50
Accounts payable 136 (613) 241 (85) 373 (93) (74) 215 188 (114) (80) 304 (352) (31) 101 156 (58) 44 (230) (123) 233 117 (147) 244 30 (169)
Employee compensation and benefits 511 287 (908) 196 291 251 (660) 103 184 91 (657) 128 321 215 (528) 172 254 135 (375) 142 231 61 (217) 66 104 (6) (458)
Other current assets and current liabilities (999) (55) 26 (1,410) (1,345) (386) (2,182) (694) (339) (165) 570 (388) (198) 287 521 (540) (227) 182 408 (131) (2) 118 346 (398) (354) (37) 506
Other long-term assets and long-term liabilities (442) (830) (1,023) (1,142) (1,170) (569) 891 (303) (139) (179) (164) (69) (260) (28) (79) (89) (77) (70) (59) 23 184 (386) (223) (177) (37) (122) 35
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and disposals (1,894) (1,910) (2,351) (2,058) (1,068) (1,228) (283) (966) 73 (169) (581) (353) (284) (240) (777) (333) 141 243 (178) 262 704 456 (329) (154) (160) 98 32
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities 3,026 1,590 610 1,280 6,838 2,459 3,490 1,304 1,416 1,021 262 1,224 1,350 1,653 1,014 1,552 1,665 2,076 1,735 2,024 2,490 2,650 1,937 1,632 1,704 1,976 1,661
Net cash provided by operating activities 7,166 6,555 6,113 5,604 4,963 4,580 4,815 4,828 4,719 4,502 4,036 4,583 4,424 4,243 3,486 3,541 3,541 3,569 3,113 3,348 3,178 3,213 2,322 2,479 2,419 2,667 2,132
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired (2) (560) (25,416) (36) (17) (7) (5) (234) (8) (2) (10,870) (6) (16,027)
Proceeds from sales of businesses 300 3,485 45 50 168 957
Purchases of property, plant and equipment (142) (144) (100) (122) (172) (132) (122) (105) (122) (122) (103) (122) (116) (85) (101) (88) (115) (126) (114) (102) (105) (148) (108) (96) (112) (125) (99)
Purchases of investments (99) (57) (105) (30) (73) (59) (13) (58) (91) (197) (200) (5)
Sales of investments 51 78 18 20 5 42 89 154 74 200 102 67 2 3
Other (16) (10) 13 2 3 (15) (79) 12 1 1 1 9 (8) (9) 1 2 11 4 (9) 8 81 21 (24)
Net cash used in investing activities 94 (133) (174) (132) 3,245 (706) (25,477) (124) (144) (318) (103) (128) 80 (310) (309) 50 (47) (126) (122) (100) (46) 24 (10,987) (88) (35) (106) (15,193)
Proceeds from long-term borrowings 6,960 749 2,986 4,969 4,975 30,010 1,935 9,904 7,953 4,468 15,381 10,897 17,896
Payments on debt obligations (6,750) (8,090) (7,472) (9,202) (2,000) (934) (143) (260) (9) (2,097) (255) (762) (1,533) (9,200) (3,000) (6,825) (4,452) (4,537) (4,800) (12,000)
Proceeds from commercial paper, net (3,373) (119) 3,980
Other borrowings, net (3,028) 1,025 718 (104) (230) 1,044 531
Payments of dividends (2,786) (2,785) (2,774) (2,484) (2,452) (2,443) (2,435) (1,904) (1,901) (1,914) (1,926) (1,782) (1,736) (1,750) (1,764) (1,561) (1,556) (1,552) (1,543) (1,395) (1,386) (1,381) (1,372) (1,054) (1,057) (1,057) (1,067)
Repurchases of common stock, repurchase program (2,450) (7,176) (123) (1,707) (2,806) (1,188) (1,500) (2,776) (2,724) (433) (736) (830) (3,436)
Shares repurchased for tax withholdings on vesting of equity awards (58) (1,766) (2,036) (1,204) (1,350) (1,548) (1,114) (454) (460) (614) (333) (274) (292) (514) (375) (266) (347) (461) (225) (185) (192) (219) (169) (154) (241) (500) (77)
Issuance of preferred stock, net 3,679
Issuance of common stock 118 126 64 59 63 54 59 1 57 7 71 35 102 46 91 37 59 11 121 62
Other (7) (4) (46) (11) (36) (2) (14) (5) (5) (7) 5 (5) (4) (4) (4) (1) (11) (2) (28) (9) (50) (6) (4) 9 3 (1) (47)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (6,014) (6,257) (5,980) (6,076) (8,065) (5,929) 18,337 (2,570) (4,073) (5,278) (3,702) (2,016) (3,532) (5,147) (5,121) (2,533) (1,907) (3,477) (1,057) (4,487) (3,482) (474) 10,054 (2,798) (2,250) (2,326) 13,862
Net change in cash and cash equivalents 1,246 165 (41) (604) 143 (2,055) (2,325) 2,134 502 (1,094) 231 2,439 972 (1,214) (1,944) 1,058 1,587 (34) 1,934 (1,239) (350) 2,763 1,389 (407) 134 235 801

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-02-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-05), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-11-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-05), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-03).


The financial data reveals several notable trends and fluctuations over the periods analyzed.

Net Income (Loss)
Net income shows overall growth from early 2019 through early 2023, peaking at 3,774 million USD and maintaining elevated levels before a significant decline starting in February 2024, where a large loss of -1,875 million USD occurs, followed by recovery and subsequent growth up to 5,503 million USD by mid-2025.
Amortization of Intangible and Right-of-Use Assets
This expense remained relatively stable around 1,300-1,600 million USD from 2019 to 2021, and then declined gradually, reaching approximately 800 million USD by early 2023, before jumping sharply above 2,000 million USD in early 2024 and stabilizing at that higher level later on.
Depreciation
Depreciation stayed consistent between 120 and 150 million USD with a slight decreasing trend over the period, indicating steady capital asset usage and replacement.
Share-based Compensation
Share-based compensation experienced growth over time, rising from approximately 450 million USD in 2019 to above 600 million USD by 2021. A significant spike post-2023 occurs, with values exceeding 1,500 million USD and reaching over 2,300 million USD by mid-2025, suggesting increased equity-based incentives or awards.
Deferred Taxes and Other Non-Cash Taxes
These amounts fluctuate significantly with both negative and positive values over the period, reflecting variable tax adjustments. Noteworthy are large positive adjustments in late 2023 and negative swings in 2024.
Loss on Debt Extinguishment
Small sporadic losses occur intermittently, with peaks in Nov 2019 and recent quarters in 2024 and 2025, indicating occasional debt restructuring costs.
Non-Cash Interest Expense
Non-cash interest expense incrementally increased over time, rising from low double-digit millions in 2019 to over 100 million USD by 2024, possibly linked to lease liabilities or deferred interest expenses.
Working Capital Components (Trade Receivables, Inventory, Accounts Payable)
Trade receivables and inventory reveal volatile movements, alternating between positive and negative. Accounts payable similarly fluctuates, showing no clear directional trend. These suggest dynamic operational cycles and inventory management activities.
Employee Compensation and Benefits
This item shows highly variable negative and positive amounts, reflecting payments and accrual reversals over quarters. Large negative outflows in several quarters, especially 2024 and 2025, indicate significant cash expenses for personnel.
Changes in Assets and Liabilities (Net)
Net changes in assets and liabilities show predominantly negative values post-2021, reflecting cash outflows related to working capital, peaking notably in 2024 and 2025, indicating tightening in operational cash flow management.
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Operating cash flows show consistent strength, generally trending upward from ~2,100 million USD in early 2019 to around 7,100 million USD by late 2025, demonstrating robust operational cash generation capability despite other fluctuations.
Investing Activities
Significant cash outflows occur intermittently due to acquisitions, notably large outflows in early 2019 and early 2024. Property, plant, and equipment purchases remain moderate and steady. Sales and purchases of investments are relatively minor but variable. Net investing cash flows are mostly negative with some small positive exceptions.
Financing Activities
Financing cash flows are volatile, reflecting varied borrowings and repayments of debt. Large debt issuances happened in early 2019 and 2024. Debt repayments also occurred extensively throughout the periods, with some quarters showing high repayment activity. Dividends paid increased steadily from about 1,000 million USD to nearly 2,800 million USD, reflecting ongoing shareholder returns. Share repurchases display irregular but notable activity, with spikes in 2021 and significant volumes in the early 2020 period and around 2024. Issuance of common stock is relatively small and consistent, while preferred stock issuance appears only once in 2019.
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents
Overall, the company experiences positive cash flow changes in many quarters, albeit with notable decreases in some periods such as late 2024. The net cash increased particularly after mid-2020, indicating solid liquidity management despite investment and financing fluctuations.

In summary, operational performance demonstrates strong growth in net income and cash flow, albeit punctuated by significant variability in non-cash adjustments and financing activities. Notable are the large impairment or one-time loss in early 2024 and spikes in amortization and share-based compensation expenses, which may reflect restructuring, acquisitions, or strategic shifts. Financing activities indicate active debt management with periods of heavy issuance and repayments, coupled with consistent dividend payments and variable share repurchase programs. Investing activities are marked by periodic large acquisitions, contributing to the fluctuations seen in cash flows.