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SLB N.V. (NYSE:SLB)

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.

SLB N.V., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Sep 30, 2026 Jun 30, 2026 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
Net income 780 815 761 800 774 1,048 829 1,118 1,218 1,145 1,098 1,148 1,137 1,046 944 1,082 920 970 520 611 562 443 312
Charges and credits — — — — — — — 262 112 142 25 146 — — (36) (62) — (285) — (18) (47) — —
Depreciation and amortization, includes depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets, exploration data costs, and Asset Performance Solutions (APS) investments 698 712 685 732 638 633 640 648 640 631 600 609 579 561 563 549 533 532 533 532 530 526 532
Non-cash pension settlement charge 187 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Gain on sale of APS project — — — — — (149) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Impairment of equity method investment — — — 210 52 69 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Amortization of inventory purchase accounting adjustment — — — 166 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Deferred taxes (22) (58) 53 (190) (29) (23) (37) (73) 61 1 (30) (66) (24) 6 112 (42) (8) 25 (14) 2 (15) 11 (29)
Stock-based compensation expense 72 78 101 75 89 77 91 72 71 73 100 75 58 79 81 77 76 71 89 95 73 72 84
Earnings of equity method investments, less dividends received (4) (24) 3 — (12) (37) (10) (9) (21) 28 (16) (12) (41) (47) (32) (44) (30) (28) 6 4 21 (2) (13)
(Increase) decrease in receivables (575) 31 (338) 453 (48) (8) (472) 160 359 (326) (429) 344 (389) (105) (509) (426) (415) (483) (404) 61 17 (98) (16)
(Increase) decrease in inventories (93) (138) (224) 177 39 (74) (214) 142 (94) 23 (172) 80 34 (80) (288) 112 (197) (188) (464) 21 (32) 37 49
(Increase) decrease in other current assets (85) 25 (55) (77) 1 6 80 (20) (84) 61 46 14 (50) 103 54 100 96 (63) (177) (119) (32) 555 (17)
(Increase) decrease in other assets 9 3 3 17 5 (33) (11) 16 2 (12) 7 (12) 20 (8) (10) (5) (14) (1) (25) 7 19 (39) 11
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities 598 (23) (383) 599 176 (282) (275) (26) 112 (195) (885) 734 260 203 (473) 229 532 (146) 89 820 40 (262) (438)
Increase (decrease) in estimated liability for taxes on income (47) (137) (102) 61 (40) (106) (56) 96 20 (121) (46) 51 78 (107) (84) 90 54 (56) 8 (30) (33) (58) (33)
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities (23) 26 (26) (2) (33) 46 27 (7) 20 19 — (11) (2) (65) 2 23 (4) 9 (5) (27) (12) 31 (18)
Other 15 49 9 (16) 70 (25) 68 11 33 (33) 29 (78) 17 22 6 (69) 24 51 (25) (27) (21) 4 5
Change in assets and liabilities, net of the effect of business acquisitions and divestitures (201) (164) (1,116) 1,212 170 (476) (853) 372 368 (584) (1,450) 1,122 (32) (37) (1,302) 54 76 (877) (1,003) 706 (54) 170 (457)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities 730 544 (274) 2,205 908 94 (169) 1,272 1,231 291 (771) 1,874 540 562 (614) 532 647 (562) (389) 1,321 508 777 117
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,510 1,359 487 3,005 1,682 1,142 660 2,390 2,449 1,436 327 3,022 1,677 1,608 330 1,614 1,567 408 131 1,932 1,070 1,220 429
Capital expenditures (485) (459) (343) (516) (409) (371) (398) (609) (460) (463) (399) (594) (464) (471) (410) (572) (382) (360) (304) (447) (273) (243) (178)
APS investments (114) (123) (103) (116) (87) (117) (108) (93) (134) (135) (121) (116) (138) (120) (133) (167) (109) (143) (168) (169) (117) (103) (85)
Exploration data costs capitalized (83) (61) (64) (84) (85) (32) (51) (57) (50) (62) (29) (32) (38) (31) (52) (20) (13) (24) (40) (18) (9) (5) (7)
Cash acquired in ChampionX Corporation acquisition — — — — 479 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Business acquisitions and investments, net of cash acquired (334) (179) (57) (43) (97) (10) (37) (1) (47) (478) (27) 38 (18) (18) (244) (13) (37) (8) — 31 (99) (22) (13)
(Purchases) sales of short-term investments, net 386 (758) 600 (605) (60) 455 177 236 (315) (343) 390 129 12 (260) 236 193 (512) 121 336 (3) (131) 401 520
Purchases of Blue Chip Swap securities — — — (57) (44) (48) (75) (71) (60) (24) (52) (16) (169) — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from sale of Blue Chip Swap securities — — — 50 42 39 63 60 41 17 34 6 91 — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from sale of APS investment — — — — 22 316 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from sale of ChampionX Drilling Technologies business — — — — 286 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from sale of Liberty shares — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 137 219 — 429 84 109 — — —
Proceeds from sale of ADC shares — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 223 — — — — — — —
Proceeds from sale of real estate — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 120 — — — — —
Other 12 25 — 101 (3) 14 (3) 58 1 (5) 53 65 (9) (83) (81) (135) (30) (53) (23) (29) 10 (13) (26)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (618) (1,555) 33 (1,270) 44 246 (432) (477) (1,024) (1,493) (151) (520) (733) (983) (547) (272) (1,083) 82 (115) (526) (619) 15 211
Stock repurchase program (656) (648) (451) — (114) — (2,300) (501) (501) (465) (270) (100) (151) (213) (230) — — — — — — — —
Dividends paid (439) (440) (426) (426) (403) (387) (386) (389) (393) (394) (357) (356) (356) (356) (249) (248) (248) (177) (175) (175) (175) (175) (174)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 15 1,203 782 (660) (421) (724) 1,805 — (374) 1,504 345 2 — 433 559 — — — — — — (100) 134
Repayment of long-term debt 14 3 (732) (485) (1,112) — — (539) 10 (426) — (1,578) — — — (1,650) — — — (1,000) (189) (789) (98)
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan 122 1 104 — 117 — 105 — 119 — 100 — 105 — 86 — 78 — 64 — 75 — 62
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 14 32 74 (1) — — 8 4 5 5 15 5 47 3 35 52 — 22 7 — — — —
Taxes paid on net settled stock-based compensation awards (8) (4) (59) — (6) (2) (53) (4) (8) — (78) (7) (18) (56) (88) (1) (7) (4) (81) (3) (3) — (18)
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings (4) 13 (3) (36) 45 (1) (27) 27 (123) (10) (9) 45 5 2 (50) 50 (2) (27) 16 (11) (11) 18 (101)
Other (66) (32) (23) (113) (38) 3 (30) (29) (30) 7 (13) (20) (14) 4 (1) (47) (1) (2) (1) (31) (19) (24) (17)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (1,008) 128 (734) (1,721) (1,932) (1,111) (878) (1,431) (1,295) 221 (267) (2,009) (382) (183) 62 (1,844) (180) (188) (170) (1,220) (322) (1,070) (212)
Translation effect on cash (6) (8) (3) 8 (16) 23 42 (24) 3 1 (21) (81) (4) (13) 1 (23) (17) (9) (3) 2 1 6 (4)
Net increase (decrease) in cash (122) (76) (217) 22 (222) 300 (608) 458 133 165 (112) 412 558 429 (154) (525) 287 293 (157) 188 130 171 424

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-30), 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 operational cash flow demonstrates a general upward trajectory over the analyzed period, characterized by significant volatility and apparent seasonality. Net income rose from a low of 312 million US dollars in early 2021 to peak values exceeding 1.2 billion US dollars by late 2024, before stabilizing between 761 million and 815 million US dollars in 2026. Net cash provided by operating activities shows a stronger growth pattern, with periodic surges, particularly in the fourth quarters of 2023 and 2025, where values reached approximately 3 billion US dollars.

Operational Efficiency and Working Capital
Depreciation and amortization expenses exhibit a steady increase, rising from approximately 530 million US dollars in 2021 to nearly 700 million US dollars by late 2026, reflecting an expanding asset base. Working capital management is characterized by high variability, particularly in receivables and inventories, which frequently create significant quarterly swings in cash flow. Large outflows in receivables were observed in early 2022 and early 2023, offset by substantial inflows in the fourth quarters of 2023 and 2024.

Investing activities are dominated by consistent capital expenditures and strategic investments, resulting in a predominantly negative net cash flow from investing. Capital expenditures increased from 178 million US dollars in March 2021 to peaks of over 600 million US dollars in December 2022 and December 2024.

Strategic Investments and Asset Divestitures
Asset Performance Solutions (APS) investments remained a consistent quarterly outflow, typically ranging between 87 million and 169 million US dollars. These outflows were occasionally offset by strategic divestitures, including the sale of Liberty shares, ADC shares, and proceeds related to the ChampionX transaction, which provided temporary liquidity injections in 2021, 2022, and 2025.

Financing activities reflect an aggressive strategy of shareholder returns and active debt management. There is a clear transition toward increased capital distribution to shareholders through both dividends and stock repurchases.

Shareholder Returns and Capital Structure
Dividend payments showed a consistent upward trend, increasing from 174 million US dollars per quarter in early 2021 to approximately 439 million US dollars by late 2026. Stock repurchase activity intensified significantly starting in 2023, culminating in a substantial 2.3 billion US dollar outflow in March 2025. Debt management is characterized by a cyclical pattern of large-scale repayments, notably in December 2021, 2022, and 2023, which were periodically financed by new long-term debt issuances, such as the 1.8 billion US dollar issuance in March 2025.

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