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Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Cash Flow Statement
Difficulty: Beginner
The cash flow statement provides information about a company’s cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flaws link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company’s 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.
Abbott Laboratories, consolidated cash flow statement
US$ in millions
Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-02-22), 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-16), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-17), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-19), 10-K (filing date: 2015-02-27).
| Cash flow statement item | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Net cash from 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. | Abbott Laboratories’s net cash from operating activities increased from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018. |
| Net cash (used in) from 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. | Abbott Laboratories’s net cash (used in) from investing activities declined from 2016 to 2017 but then increased from 2017 to 2018 not reaching 2016 level. |
| Net cash from (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. | Abbott Laboratories’s net cash from (used in) financing activities declined from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018. |