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.
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2026-09-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-12-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-12-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-09-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-23), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-09-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-09-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-27).
The company demonstrates a consistent ability to generate significant cash from its core operations, maintaining positive net cash provided by operating activities across all reported periods. While net income exhibits substantial quarterly volatility—characterized by a sharp decline in September 2025 followed by a peak in March 2026—the operational cash flow remains more resilient, generally fluctuating between 1.5 billion and 5 billion US dollars.
- Operational Cash Flow and Non-Cash Adjustments
- A steady increase in share-based compensation expense is observable, rising from approximately 392 million US dollars in December 2020 to 873 million US dollars by September 2026. Depreciation and amortization expenses have remained remarkably stable, consistently hovering around the 400 million US dollar mark per quarter. Tax provision adjustments show extreme variance, including a significant positive adjustment of 5.5 billion US dollars in September 2025 and a negative adjustment of 6.1 billion US dollars in March 2026, indicating complex tax timing or one-time regulatory impacts.
- Investing Activities and Asset Management
- Investing activities are marked by periodic large-scale capital deployments. A major outflow occurred in June 2022, where net cash used by investing activities reached 4.88 billion US dollars, primarily driven by acquisitions. Capital expenditures have historically ranged between 200 million and 600 million US dollars, though a peak of 916 million US dollars was recorded in September 2026. Marketable securities are managed actively, with frequent purchases and sales used to balance the company's liquidity position.
- Financing Activities and Shareholder Returns
- There is a clear and accelerating trend toward returning capital to shareholders. Dividend payments have scaled incrementally from 739 million US dollars per quarter in late 2020 to 986 million US dollars by September 2026. Share repurchases have intensified significantly; while early periods showed outflows between 400 million and 1.5 billion US dollars, the period from June 2025 to March 2026 saw consistent quarterly buybacks exceeding 2.4 billion US dollars. These activities ensure that financing cash flows remain consistently negative.
- Debt and Liquidity Dynamics
- Short-term debt is employed as a revolving instrument, with proceeds and repayments often offsetting each other almost exactly within the same quarter. Long-term debt activity is sporadic, with notable repayments in March 2023 and June 2024. The net change in total cash is highly erratic, reflecting the timing of large acquisition payments and the aggressive scale of the share repurchase program relative to operational inflows.
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