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Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since July 26, 2022.

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

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Twitter Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: 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 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Net income (loss) (270,007) 513,286 181,694 (536,757) 65,649 68,005 222,116 28,659 (1,378,005) (8,396) 118,773 36,522 1,119,560 190,804 255,303 789,179 100,117 60,997 91,079 (21,095) (116,488) (61,559)
Depreciation and amortization expense 173,288 160,283 145,536 133,448 134,812 131,052 128,708 121,983 123,837 120,649 116,473 119,986 115,616 113,474 110,723 111,947 105,982 96,846 92,520 97,492 103,063 102,792
Stock-based compensation expense 282,190 177,263 176,531 164,295 178,202 110,873 128,184 115,969 132,876 97,903 101,296 98,623 94,615 83,491 81,887 91,606 79,469 73,266 102,454 100,959 113,396 116,997
Amortization of discount on convertible notes — — — — — — 27,000 26,673 26,556 21,504 20,047 30,464 31,910 30,877 31,017 30,878 23,309 20,722 20,417 20,355 20,041 19,248
Bad debt expense 397 (709) (874) 2,043 1,796 (1,405) 1,914 (634) 3,428 14,067 422 1,298 736 627 389 336 626 259 560 (1,329) 37 1,318
Deferred income taxes (59,559) 190,707 (5,985) (199,772) 856 (23,873) (4,596) (6,345) (19,013) (7,024) 15,782 5,898 48,325 14,364 66,481 (22,475) 73 (670) (5,072) (575) (528) (240)
(Gain) impairment on investments in privately-held companies (22,600) — (24,651) (24,900) (51,894) — — 339 500 8,003 — — 1,550 — — — 3,000 — — 7,439 55,000 —
Gain on sale of asset group 11 (970,474) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance release — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (119,835) (683,606) (41,688) — — — — —
Deferred tax assets establishment related to intra-entity transfers of intangible assets — — — — — — — — — — — — (1,082,460) (124,420) — — — — — — — —
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance establishment — — — — — — — — 1,101,374 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other adjustments (5,047) 5,992 1,454 54 (3,272) 4,739 (3,008) (2,571) 3,240 (8,425) (3,487) 2,964 (22,912) 3,446 (8,690) (3,115) (4,037) 93 6,445 3,576 4,679 (9,533)
Accounts receivable 37,842 190,737 (209,776) (69,139) (100,328) 189,297 (285,851) (136,469) 65,349 168,932 (160,932) 26,695 (36,396) 103,633 (166,260) (11,579) (14,198) 61,166 (152,930) 22,572 (20,322) 153,348
Prepaid expenses and other assets 67,864 (48,836) (43,107) (33,874) 36,469 (80,989) 31,163 (27,722) 9,209 (6,252) (8,386) (18,669) 6,737 (9,284) 23,236 123,536 2,590 (22,892) (18,327) 6,009 22,344 (24,000)
Operating lease right-of-use assets 66,667 66,054 59,396 55,842 54,803 49,246 46,288 43,595 39,368 38,749 45,018 35,688 33,741 35,433 — — — — — — — —
Accounts payable (52,595) (35,610) 168 17,883 27,626 (24,808) 23,954 20,512 (11,754) (14,480) 15,545 (7,859) 8,139 (12,879) 21,057 (5,762) 10,120 (26,948) 22,829 (842) 23,334 (36,950)
Accrued and other liabilities (110,092) (67,953) (768,616) 929,848 92,861 6,382 46,848 71,922 143,743 (139,168) 52,303 39,097 49,278 (47,997) 36,691 22,954 55,777 (20,166) 38,132 5,386 (14,849) (57,973)
Operating lease liabilities (78,663) (54,649) (40,212) (49,991) (55,613) (38,335) (32,420) (41,124) (39,692) (39,295) (35,675) (35,188) (29,466) (29,876) — — — — — — — —
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from acquisitions (68,977) 49,743 (1,002,147) 850,569 55,818 100,793 (170,018) (69,286) 206,223 8,486 (92,127) 39,764 32,033 39,030 (85,276) 129,149 54,289 (8,840) (110,296) 33,125 10,507 34,425
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities 299,703 (387,195) (710,136) 925,737 316,318 322,179 108,184 186,128 1,579,021 255,163 158,406 298,997 (780,587) 160,889 76,696 (345,280) 221,023 181,676 107,028 261,042 306,195 265,007
Net cash provided by operating activities 29,696 126,091 (528,442) 388,980 381,967 390,184 330,300 214,787 201,016 246,767 277,179 335,519 338,973 351,693 331,999 443,899 321,140 242,673 198,107 239,947 189,707 203,448
Purchases of property and equipment (154,496) (163,174) (139,943) (411,227) (279,195) (181,181) (295,525) (290,746) (164,416) (122,667) (151,615) (170,252) (135,795) (83,026) (74,021) (120,372) (196,450) (93,091) (40,159) (36,076) (44,626) (39,881)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment 850 2,482 1,549 2,076 3,002 1,835 3,355 1,910 2,282 1,623 1,868 1,233 1,101 1,956 4,943 3,671 2,693 1,763 — 1,493 1,290 —
Purchases of marketable securities (543,093) (1,100,837) (951,645) (619,318) (794,866) (1,370,830) (1,168,412) (1,981,219) (1,889,234) (1,233,530) (1,857,429) (948,761) (1,356,779) (1,635,142) (1,280,084) (2,063,444) (1,158,986) (831,882) (667,099) (442,070) (876,081) (701,964)
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities 1,068,945 697,351 623,514 1,103,717 863,076 1,221,461 987,343 1,085,761 1,355,500 1,125,634 776,235 1,382,924 1,057,638 1,711,300 982,546 1,134,690 955,681 660,056 555,969 562,091 802,237 659,450
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities (1) 590,593 31,012 48,820 25,191 1,067,603 167,367 66,718 136,416 722,253 193,791 110,026 28,941 34,358 16,590 19,759 16,860 5,512 16,008 1 34,019 74,798
Changes in restricted cash — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 385 (12) 1,598 1,623
Purchases of investments in privately-held companies (1,522) (5,014) (6,572) (1,692) (630) (30,867) (8,073) (2,500) — (1,339) — (51,163) — — (1,200) — (825) (1,350) — (300) (525) —
Proceeds from sale of asset group — 1,050,000 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Investments in Finance Justice Fund (24,000) (6,500) (17,500) (29,300) (12,500) (10,200) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Business combinations, net of cash acquired (9,379) — (9,765) — (14,559) (8,378) (13,731) — (19,505) (14,780) (9,362) — (20,302) — — (1,068) (32,504) — — — — —
Other investing activities — — (41,680) — 700 (9,085) — — — (11,050) — (9,087) 11,368 — (5,000) — — — 1 (96) — 24,994
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities 337,304 1,064,901 (511,030) 93,076 (209,781) 680,358 (327,676) (1,120,076) (578,957) 466,144 (1,046,512) 314,920 (413,828) 29,446 (356,226) (1,026,764) (413,531) (258,992) (134,895) 85,031 (82,088) 19,020
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes — — — — — 1,437,500 — — — 1,000,000 — — — — — — 1,150,000 — — — — —
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes — 1,000,000 — — — — — — — — 700,000 — — — — — — — — — — —
Purchases of convertible note hedges — — — — — (213,469) — — — — — — — — — — (267,950) — — — — —
Proceeds from issuance of warrants concurrent with note hedges — — — — — 161,144 — — — — — — — — — — 186,760 — — — — —
Debt issuance costs — (11,270) — — — (16,769) — — — (14,662) (8,070) — — — (300) (1,753) (11,730) — — — — —
Repayment of convertible notes — — — (954,000) — — — — — — — (935,000) — — — — — — — — — —
Repurchases of common stock — (2,077,759) (265,709) (169,457) (333,812) (161,552) (245,292) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards (8,951) (4,190) (5,270) (6,215) (4,928) (10,569) (4,243) (3,726) (2,925) (11,693) (2,899) (3,757) (3,461) (9,477) (3,083) (6,820) (1,803) (7,557) (1,913) (2,026) (1,933) (3,090)
Payments of finance lease obligations — — — — — (565) (2,489) (4,117) (6,490) (9,966) (13,050) (15,694) (18,214) (19,719) (20,847) (22,222) (23,035) (24,247) (22,090) (25,535) (28,066) (27,084)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 254 66 19 51 28 1,958 4,988 31 118 305 35 244 414 95 164 154 329 2,768 1,572 541 809 6,522
Proceeds from issuances of common stock under employee stock purchase plan 49,404 — 29,261 — 39,531 — 21,076 — 34,395 — 17,169 — 25,209 — 12,951 — 16,337 — 9,901 — 14,019 —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 40,707 (1,093,153) (241,699) (1,129,621) (299,181) 1,197,678 (225,960) (7,812) 25,098 963,984 693,185 (954,207) 3,948 (29,101) (11,115) (30,641) 1,048,908 (29,036) (12,530) (27,020) (15,171) (23,652)
Foreign exchange effect on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (10,838) (814) (4,689) (4,392) 4,019 (8,018) 10,849 924 (3,830) (11,948) 6,366 (8,792) 7,148 (146) 915 (2,697) (14,464) 1,950 1,173 277 4,309 4,152
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 396,869 97,025 (1,285,860) (651,957) (122,976) 2,260,202 (212,487) (912,177) (356,673) 1,664,947 (69,782) (312,560) (63,759) 351,892 (34,427) (616,203) 942,053 (43,405) 51,855 298,235 96,757 202,968

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).


The financial data reveals a period of significant volatility in net income contrasted by relatively stable cash generation from operations, followed by a strategic shift toward aggressive share repurchases and debt management.

Operating Cash Flow Trends
Net cash provided by operating activities remained consistently positive for the majority of the observed period, typically ranging between 200 million and 400 million US dollars per quarter. This stability persisted despite extreme fluctuations in net income, which shifted from substantial losses in 2017 and mid-2020 to significant peaks in late 2018 and mid-2019. A notable exception occurred in December 2021, where operating cash flow turned sharply negative to 528 million US dollars.
Non-cash adjustments played a critical role in sustaining operating cash flow. Depreciation and amortization expenses showed a steady upward trend, rising from approximately 100 million US dollars per quarter in 2017 to over 170 million US dollars by mid-2022. Stock-based compensation also increased substantially, growing from roughly 110 million US dollars in early 2017 to 282 million US dollars by June 2022, indicating an increasing reliance on equity-based remuneration.
Investing Activity Patterns
Investing activities were characterized by the active management of a marketable securities portfolio, with consistent quarterly cycles of purchases and proceeds from maturities. Capital expenditures for property and equipment trended upward over the long term, increasing from an average of 40 million US dollars per quarter in 2017 to peaks exceeding 400 million US dollars in late 2021.
A significant liquidity event is observed in March 2022, where the sale of an asset group provided a substantial cash infusion of 1.05 billion US dollars, which offset other investing outflows and contributed to a positive net cash flow from investing activities for that quarter.
Financing Activity and Capital Structure
The company utilized periodic debt issuances to bolster liquidity, notably through convertible notes in June 2018, March 2020, and March 2021, with the largest single issuance totaling 1.43 billion US dollars in early 2021. These infusions were periodically balanced by the repayment of convertible notes, such as the 954 million US dollar outflow in September 2021.
A definitive shift in capital allocation is evident starting in late 2020, marked by the initiation and acceleration of common stock repurchases. This activity peaked dramatically in March 2022 with a repurchase of 2.07 billion US dollars, representing a massive reallocation of capital toward shareholders.
Liquidity and Overall Cash Position
The net increase or decrease in cash equivalents exhibited extreme variance, driven primarily by the timing of large-scale financing events and asset sales rather than organic operating growth. The periods of highest cash volatility coincide with the issuance of convertible notes and the aggressive execution of the share buyback program in 2021 and 2022.

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