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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: Mar 31, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 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
Income (loss) from continuing operations 4,219 4,156 9,677 4,861 4,692 4,408 145 3,949 3,751 2,582 3,826 4,762 4,453 (23,120) 6,346 4,751 5,149 5,390 6,273 1,874 7,942
Depreciation and amortization 4,966 5,128 5,317 5,251 5,190 5,374 5,087 5,072 5,047 4,766 4,705 4,675 4,631 4,595 4,514 4,450 4,462 5,673 5,619 5,761 5,809
Amortization of film and television costs 2,585 2,165 3,370 2,886
Distributed (undistributed) earnings (loss) from investments in equity affiliates 82 87 62 (47)
Provision for uncollectible accounts 560 679 555 521 516 538 489 470 472 560 480 452 477 542 453 440 430 382 262 275 321
Asset impairments and abandonments and restructuring 334 504 14 4,422 480 159 589 604 26,753 114 631 188 161 4,555
Pension and postretirement benefit expense (credit) (396) (397) (397) (397) (397) (471) (471) (470) (471) (586) (625) (671) (670) (708) (794) (795) (940) (978) (971) (925) (974)
Net (gain) loss on investments 28 (167) (5,691) (112) 81 (8) (97) (16) 201 106 495 (67) (93) (31) 79 246 87 38 (728) (118) (119)
Actuarial and settlement (gain) loss on pension and postretirement benefits, net 519 56 1,739 (71) (74) 1,839 (1,440) (1,345) (1,053) (1,119) (374) 197 (2,844)
Receivables (119) (913) (366) (262) 15 (451) 444 (382) 512 (1,091) (169) 722 620 (294) (271) 428 864 (691) (1,358) 664 751
Equipment installment receivables and related sales 255 (482) (309) (97) 1,212 (947) (579) (344) 24 (77) 246 (59) (243) (752) 564 (199) 541 (980) (96) (379) 1,190
Contract asset and cost deferral (327) (726) (183) (152) (147)
Inventories, prepaid and other current assets (173) 1,492 (1,635) 344 (661) (530) (1,002) 520 629 (699) (1,049) 742 364 125 (810) (233) 244 (4,544) (4,943) (3,467) (3,518)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities (2,770) 2,913 2,411 (1,143) (3,297) 3,693 328 (1,334) (3,497) 3,298 707 (2,360) (3,409) 2,152 644 (1,254) (2,651) 3,890 2,044 (1,238) (3,060)
Deferred customer contract acquisition and fulfillment costs 7 196 191 103 (46) 13 56 (22) (191) (250) (247) (259) (264) (94) 166 244
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (3,134) 2,284 (82) (1,310) (2,878) 1,772 (613) (1,349) (2,229) 1,385 (252) (899) (2,690) 1,040 (123) (1,505) (1,261) (2,589) (4,447) (4,254) (4,393)
Changes in income taxes 1,147 (383) 946 378 1,285 (241) 608 724 479 (126) 1,327 1,307 529 28 623 1,174 1,150 2,059 1,415 (76) 1,848
Postretirement claims and contributions (72) (843) (490) (35) (68) (37) (36) (39) (54) (20) (159) (467) (89) (380) (257) (89) (97) (397) (218) 136 (343)
Other, net 277 10 317 606 124 491 701 272 192 383 6 904 130 (210) 579 (218) (297) (60) 622 53 (159)
Adjustments to reconcile income (loss) from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities 3,376 7,164 475 4,902 4,357 7,488 10,090 5,144 3,796 8,796 6,510 5,160 2,225 33,468 3,748 2,989 2,481 5,864 3,593 9,036 1,985
Net cash provided by operating activities 7,595 11,320 10,152 9,763 9,049 11,896 10,235 9,093 7,547 11,378 10,336 9,922 6,678 10,348 10,094 7,740 7,630 11,254 9,866 10,910 9,927
Capital expenditures (4,877) (6,781) (4,887) (4,897) (4,277) (6,843) (5,302) (4,360) (3,758) (4,601) (4,647) (4,270) (4,335) (4,229) (5,921) (4,908) (4,568) (3,831) (4,704) (3,959) (4,033)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (2,674) (332) 1 (28) (20) (58) (52) (59) (211) (2,019) (408) (224) (291) (241) (389) (326) (9,244) (1,920) (364) (285) (22,884)
Dispositions 628 2,779 399 29 11 9 52 6 8 6 50 1 15 150 27 15 7 (346) 8,451 584 51
Distributions from DIRECTV in excess of cumulative equity in earnings 342 392 194 602 473 200 774 444 567 323 1,315 1,323
(Purchases), sales and settlements of securities, net (14) 156 1,109 (1,129) 45 1,422 6 68 1,079 141 13 (1,075) 19 (11) 20 73
Other, net (547) (166) (11) (61) (717) 107 (196) (63) (273) (3) (26) (55) (1) (4) (30) 32 18 (85) (119) 14
Net cash used in investing activities (7,484) (4,344) (3,389) (6,086) (4,958) (5,363) (5,150) (4,016) (2,961) (5,874) (4,545) (5,423) (3,818) (3,888) (5,700) (4,853) (12,458) (4,756) 3,298 (3,779) (26,852)
Net change in short-term borrowings with original maturities of three months or less (2,686) 753 1,933 (378) (536) (603) (88) (2,113) 2,285 686 554 (611) 687
Issuance of other short-term borrowings 491 1,779 3,627 1,362 2,593 4,380 1,036 955 15,485
Repayment of other short-term borrowings (491) (1,996) (2,436) (112) (867) (1,484) (1,248) (12,206) (3,407) (5,062) (1,591) (857)
Issuance of long-term debt 8,098 7,598 3,473 2,956 15 2 2 371 6,267 3,366 2,500 479 834 9,097
Repayment of long-term debt (5,247) (3,679) (229) (94) (1,526) (3,184) (203) (2,225) (4,685) (155) (4,280) (1,664) (5,945) (706) (199) (23,423) (790) (1,489) (498) (253) (902)
Note payable to DIRECTV, net of payments (130) (141) (348) (428) (294) (98) 1,439
Payment of vendor financing (212) (358) (400) (220) (203) (221) (180) (550) (841) (1,006) (980) (1,643) (2,113) (460) (900) (1,771) (1,566) (583) (1,019) (1,304) (1,690)
Redemption of preferred stock (2,075)
Purchase of treasury stock (2,475) (1,831) (1,490) (961) (218) (13) (43) (2) (157) (4) (1) (1) (188) (15) (3) (675) (197) (11) (6) (9) (176)
Issuance of treasury stock 1 2 2 17 13 2 3 2 26 7 4 22 63
Issuance of preferred interests in subsidiary 2,221 7,151
Redemption of preferred interests in subsidiary (65) (5,333) (2,665)
Dividends paid (1,997) (2,012) (2,033) (2,044) (2,091) (2,037) (2,038) (2,099) (2,034) (2,020) (2,019) (2,083) (2,014) (2,014) (2,010) (2,086) (3,749) (3,749) (3,748) (3,830) (3,741)
Other, net (265) (834) (459) (199) 366 (426) (416) (866) (526) (1,080) (362) (1,047) 219 427 (1,505) (1,214) (930) (668) (740) (696) (340)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (2,097) (8,777) 2,989 (45) (553) (5,853) (5,562) (5,478) (7,815) (6,330) (7,754) 2,181 (3,711) (5,161) (4,939) (43,914) (5,550) (6,587) (3,735) (6,583) 18,483
Cash used in operating activities (38) (35) (23) (1,833) (1,898)
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities (4,171) 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 (4,209) (1,078) 6,496 27,710
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash (6,195) (1,801) 9,752 3,632 3,538 680 (477) (401) (3,229) (826) (1,963) 6,680 (851) 1,299 (1,623) (34,531) 17,332 (89) 9,429 548 1,558

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 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).


The financial data reveals a period of significant structural transition characterized by volatile net income but relatively stable cash generation from core operations. While net income from continuing operations shows extreme fluctuations, most notably a substantial loss in the fourth quarter of 2022, net cash provided by operating activities remains consistently positive, generally fluctuating between 6.6 billion and 11.9 billion USD per quarter.

Operating Cash Flow and Net Income Divergence
A significant divergence is observed between accounting profit and cash flow. In December 31, 2022, a net loss of 23.1 billion USD was recorded, primarily driven by asset impairments and restructuring charges totaling 26.7 billion USD. Despite this accounting loss, the company generated 10.3 billion USD in operating cash during the same period, illustrating that the loss was largely composed of non-cash charges. Depreciation and amortization remained a steady additive to cash flow, consistently contributing between 4.4 billion and 5.8 billion USD quarterly.
Capital Expenditure and Investment Strategy
Capital expenditures demonstrate a sustained and heavy investment profile, typically ranging from 3.7 billion to 6.8 billion USD per quarter. A peak in spending occurred in late 2024 and late 2025, with expenditures reaching 6.8 billion and 6.7 billion USD respectively. Investing activities were further impacted by large-scale acquisitions in early 2021 and early 2022, contrasted by a significant disposition of assets in September 2021 totaling 8.4 billion USD.
Financing Activities and Debt Management
Financing activities indicate an aggressive deleveraging phase and a restructuring of shareholder returns. A massive repayment of long-term debt occurred in June 2022, totaling 23.4 billion USD. Concurrently, a distinct shift in dividend policy is observable; quarterly dividend payments decreased from approximately 3.7 billion USD in 2021 to a stabilized level of roughly 2.0 billion USD starting in mid-2022. Treasury stock purchases also increased toward the end of the observed period, reaching 2.4 billion USD by March 2026.
Liquidity and Cash Volatility
The net change in cash and cash equivalents exhibits high volatility, reflecting the timing of large debt repayments and asset divestitures. The most significant fluctuations occurred in 2022, with a net increase of 17.3 billion USD in March followed by a decrease of 34.5 billion USD in June. By the end of the period in early 2026, a downward trend in net cash is observed, culminating in a decrease of 6.2 billion USD in March 2026.

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