Cash Flow from Investing covers the cash a company gains or spends from investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries. It also includes the cash the company used for property, plant and equipment (PPE).
For the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024, Crown Castlespent$320 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment.
It gained$0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
It spent$1 Mil on purchasing business.
It gained$0 Mil from selling business.
It spent$0 Mil on purchasing investments.
It gained$0 Mil from selling investments.
It paid$0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale.
And it received$1 Mil from other investing activities.
In all, Crown Castlespent$320 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024.
Crown Castle Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data
The historical data trend for Crown Castle's Cash Flow from Investing can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Cash Flow from Investing covers the cash a company gains or spends from investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries. It also includes the cash the company used for property, plant and equipment (PPE).
If a company spends cash on property, plant and equipment (PPE), this will reduce their cash position. This is called Capital Expenditures (CPEX).
Likewise, if a company buys another company for cash, this will reduce their cash position.
Crown Castle's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1,432 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) Cash Flow from Investing Explanation
Crown Castle's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-320 Mil. It means Crown Castle spent $320 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment.
In the capital spending for property, plant and equipment (PPE), some part of spending may be from the expansion of business. The business needs more property, plant and equipment (PPE) as it grows. Another part may be from replacement of the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of existing business. For some companies, the cash spent on replacing of the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of the existing business will be close to the depreciation of property, plant and equipment (PPE) reported in the income statement.
In Warren Buffett's definition of Owner's Earnings, he deducts the estimate of the cost of replacing the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of the existing business from cash flow from operations. The cash spent on the new property, plant, and equipment is not deducted. The reason is because these are not costs of the existing business. In his 1986 letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett wrote this about owner earnings:
"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume....Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."
Crown Castle's sale of property, plant, equipment for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0 Mil. It means Crown Castle gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
3.Purchase Of Business:
Purchase of business indicates the amount used to purchase business.
Crown Castle's purchase of business for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1 Mil. It means Crown Castle spent $1 Mil on purchasing business.
4. Sale Of Business:
Sale of business indicates the amount gained from selling business.
Crown Castle's sale of business for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0 Mil. It means Crown Castle gained $0 Mil from selling business.
5. Purchase Of Investment:
Purchase of Investments represents cash outflow on the purchase of investments in securities.
Crown Castle's purchase of investment for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0 Mil. It means Crown Castle spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}0 Mil on purchasing investments.
6. Sale Of Investment:
Sale of Investments represents cash inflow on the sale of investments in securities.
Crown Castle's sale of investment for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0 Mil. It means Crown Castle gained $0 Mil from selling investments.
7. Net Intangibles Purchase And Sale:
Net Intangibles purchase and sale means the net cash inflow received by a company that comes from the purchase and sale of intangibles. It equals the cash received from sale of intangibles minus the cash spent on purchasing intangibles.
Crown Castle's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0 Mil.
It means Crown Castle paid $0 Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale.
8. Cash From Discontinued Investing Activities:
Cash from discontinued investing activities means the cash received by a company that comes from the discontinued investing activities.
Crown Castle's cash from discontinued investing activities for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0 Mil.
It means Crown Castle paid $0 Mil for discontinued investing activities.
9. Cash From Other Investing Activities:
Cash from other investing activities means the cash received by a company that comes from other investing activities.
Crown Castle's cash from other investing activities for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1 Mil.
It means Crown Castle received $1 Mil from other investing activities.
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Crown Castle International owns and leases roughly 40,000 cell towers in the United States. It also owns more than 85,000 route miles of fiber. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, which install equipment on the towers to support their wireless networks. The company's fiber is primarily leased by wireless service providers to set up small-cell network infrastructure and by enterprises for their internal connection needs. Crown Castle's towers and fiber are predominantly located in the largest U.S. cities. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with more than 70% of its revenue coming from the big three U.S. mobile carriers. Crown Castle operates as a real estate investment trust.
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