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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T)

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.

AT&T Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Income (loss) from continuing operations 2,582 3,826 4,762 4,453 (23,120) 6,346 4,751 5,149 5,390 6,273 1,874 7,942 (13,515) 3,168 1,563 4,963 2,704 3,949 3,974 4,348
Depreciation and amortization 4,766 4,705 4,675 4,631 4,595 4,514 4,450 4,462 5,673 5,619 5,761 5,809 6,979 7,030 7,285 7,222 6,961 6,949 7,101 7,206
Amortization of film and television costs 2,585 2,165 3,370 2,886 2,155 2,463 1,716 2,269 2,528 1,860 2,702 2,497
Distributed (undistributed) earnings (loss) from investments in equity affiliates 82 87 62 (47) (70) 44 25 39 214 5 (36) 112
Provision for uncollectible accounts 560 480 452 477 542 453 440 430 382 262 275 321 361 412 419 780 720 639 624 592
Deferred income tax expense (126) 1,327 1,307 529 28 623 1,174 1,150 2,059 1,415 (76) 1,848 (573) 1,595 394 259 767 (41) 11 1,069
Net (gain) loss on investments, net of impairments 106 495 (67) (93) (31) 79 246 87 38 (728) (118) (119) (53) 16 (59) (646) (204) (109) (730) (175)
Pension and postretirement benefit expense (credit) (586) (625) (671) (670) (708) (794) (795) (940) (978) (971) (925) (974) (747) (750) (747) (748) (705) (489) (439) (369)
Actuarial and settlement (gain) loss on pension and postretirement benefits, net 1,739 (71) (74) 1,839 (1,440) (1,345) (1,053) (1,119) (374) 197 (2,844) 4,106 63 1,123 1,917 1,699 432
Asset impairments and abandonments and restructuring 589 604 26,753 114 631 188 161 4,555 16,365 73 2,319 123 1,458
Receivables (1,091) (169) 722 620 (294) (271) 428 864 (691) (1,358) 664 751 (105) (201) 827 1,695 309 (1,037) 1,646 1,894
Other current assets (699) (1,049) 742 364 125 (810) (233) 244 (4,544) (4,943) (3,467) (3,518) (5,234) (2,244) (2,325) (3,267) (3,515) (3,915) (2,912) (2,510)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities 3,298 707 (2,360) (3,409) 2,152 644 (1,254) (2,651) 3,890 2,044 (1,238) (3,060) 3,495 (1,058) 37 (3,884) (588) 2,120 630 (3,686)
Equipment installment receivables and related sales (77) 246 (59) (243) (752) 564 (199) 541 (980) (96) (379) 1,190 (1,281) (374) (309) 535 (300) (296) 492 652
Deferred customer contract acquisition and fulfillment costs (46) 13 56 (22) (191) (250) (247) (259) (264) (94) 166 244 (77) 131 217 105 (114) (182) (239) (375)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities 1,385 (252) (899) (2,690) 1,040 (123) (1,505) (1,261) (2,589) (4,447) (4,254) (4,393) (3,202) (3,746) (1,553) (4,816) (4,208) (3,310) (383) (4,025)
Postretirement claims and contributions (20) (159) (467) (89) (380) (257) (89) (97) (397) (218) 136 (343) (576) (181) (117) (111) (373) (211) (231) (193)
Other, net 383 6 904 130 (210) 579 (218) (297) (60) 622 53 (159) (1,148) 1,936 814 (468) 958 230 (8) (442)
Adjustments to reconcile income (loss) from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities 8,796 6,510 5,160 2,225 33,468 3,748 2,989 2,481 5,864 3,593 9,036 1,985 23,597 8,955 10,496 3,903 9,239 7,440 10,310 6,704
Net cash provided by operating activities 11,378 10,336 9,922 6,678 10,348 10,094 7,740 7,630 11,254 9,866 10,910 9,927 10,082 12,123 12,059 8,866 11,943 11,389 14,284 11,052
Capital expenditures (4,601) (4,647) (4,270) (4,335) (4,229) (5,921) (4,908) (4,568) (3,831) (4,704) (3,959) (4,033) (2,392) (3,851) (4,466) (4,966) (3,792) (5,189) (5,472) (5,182)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (2,019) (408) (224) (291) (241) (389) (326) (9,244) (1,920) (364) (285) (22,884) (636) (41) (1,074) (100) (685) (804) (203) (117)
Dispositions 6 50 1 15 150 27 15 7 (346) 8,451 584 51 3,213 81 229 118 909 182 3,583 10
Distributions from DIRECTV in excess of cumulative equity in earnings 602 473 200 774 444 567 323 1,315 1,323
(Purchases), sales and settlements of securities and investments, net 141 13 (1,056) (11) 20 73
Other, net (3) (26) (74) 19 (1) (4) (30) 32 18 (85) (119) 14 (7) 363 55 (74) (120) 108 194 (112)
Net cash used in investing activities (5,874) (4,545) (5,423) (3,818) (3,888) (5,700) (4,853) (12,458) (4,756) 3,298 (3,779) (26,852) 178 (3,448) (5,256) (5,022) (3,688) (5,703) (1,898) (5,401)
Net change in short-term borrowings with original maturities of three months or less (378) (536) (603) (88) (2,113) 2,285 686 554 (611) 687 (515) (1,244) 1,742 (254) (141) 375 (256)
Issuance of other short-term borrowings 1,779 3,627 1,362 2,593 4,380 1,036 955 15,485 1,000 7,050 1,390 945 2,771 296
Repayment of other short-term borrowings (2,436) (112) (867) (1,484) (1,248) (12,206) (3,407) (5,062) (1,591) (857) (1,757) (1,735) (5,975) (2,202) (1,554) (2,972) (176)
Issuance of long-term debt 371 6,267 3,366 2,500 479 834 9,097 1 10,927 16,703 4,357 2,005 5,004 848 9,182
Repayment of long-term debt (155) (4,280) (1,664) (5,945) (706) (199) (23,423) (790) (1,489) (498) (253) (902) (2,381) (20,299) (12,862) (4,422) (3,224) (8,244) (6,284) (9,840)
Note payable to DIRECTV, net of payments (130) (141) (348) (428) (294) (98) 1,439
Payment of vendor financing (1,006) (980) (1,643) (2,113) (460) (900) (1,771) (1,566) (583) (1,019) (1,304) (1,690) (1,001) (611) (563) (791) (449) (765) (1,017) (819)
Issuance of preferred stock 3,869 1,164
Purchase of treasury stock (4) (1) (1) (188) (15) (3) (675) (197) (11) (6) (9) (176) (15) (3) (17) (5,463) (2,008) (169) (51) (189)
Issuance of treasury stock 3 2 26 7 4 22 63 17 4 26 58 55 121 288 167
Issuance of preferred interests in subsidiary 7,151 1,979 6,388 1,488
Redemption of preferred interest in subsidiary (5,333) (2,665) (1,950)
Dividends paid (2,020) (2,019) (2,083) (2,014) (2,014) (2,010) (2,086) (3,749) (3,749) (3,748) (3,830) (3,741) (3,741) (3,741) (3,737) (3,737) (3,726) (3,726) (3,722) (3,714)
Other, net (1,080) (362) (1,047) 219 427 (1,505) (1,214) (930) (668) (740) (696) (340) 588 (2,863) 807 (3,102) (491) (517) (598) 928
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (6,330) (7,754) 2,181 (3,711) (5,161) (4,939) (43,914) (5,550) (6,587) (3,735) (6,583) 18,483 (10,239) (15,857) 188 (6,099) (2,742) (7,558) (10,362) (4,421)
Cash used in operating activities (35) (23) (1,833) (1,898)
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities 65 157 1,065 (193)
Cash provided by financing activities (30) (1,212) 7,264 29,801
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash from discontinued operations (1,078) 6,496 27,710
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash (826) (1,963) 6,680 (851) 1,299 (1,623) (34,531) 17,332 (89) 9,429 548 1,558 21 (7,182) 6,991 (2,255) 5,513 (1,872) 2,024 1,230

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

Cash flow statement item Description The company
Net cash provided by operating activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, excluding discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities. AT&T Inc. net cash provided by operating activities increased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Net cash used in investing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets. AT&T Inc. net cash used in investing activities increased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then decreased significantly from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of financing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Financing activity cash flows include obtaining resources from owners and providing them with a return on, and a return of, their investment; borrowing money and repaying amounts borrowed, or settling the obligation; and obtaining and paying for other resources obtained from creditors on long-term credit. AT&T Inc. net cash provided by (used in) financing activities decreased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then slightly increased from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.