What is Costco Wholesale Cash Flow from Investing?
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 Feb. 2024, Costco Wholesalespent$1,031 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment.
It gained$0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
It spent$0 Mil on purchasing business.
It gained$0 Mil from selling business.
It spent$519 Mil on purchasing investments.
It gained$151 Mil from selling investments.
It paid$0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale.
And it received$13 Mil from other investing activities.
In all, Costco Wholesalespent$1,386 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024.
Costco Wholesale Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data
The historical data trend for Costco Wholesale'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.
Costco Wholesale Cash Flow from Investing Calculation
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.
Costco Wholesale's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4,859 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.
Costco Wholesale (NAS:COST) Cash Flow from Investing Explanation
Costco Wholesale's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-1,031 Mil. It means Costco Wholesale spent $1,031 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)."
Costco Wholesale's sale of property, plant, equipment for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0 Mil. It means Costco Wholesale gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
3.Purchase Of Business:
Purchase of business indicates the amount used to purchase business.
Costco Wholesale's purchase of business for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0 Mil. It means Costco Wholesale spent $0 Mil on purchasing business.
4. Sale Of Business:
Sale of business indicates the amount gained from selling business.
Costco Wholesale's sale of business for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0 Mil. It means Costco Wholesale gained $0 Mil from selling business.
5. Purchase Of Investment:
Purchase of Investments represents cash outflow on the purchase of investments in securities.
Costco Wholesale's purchase of investment for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-519 Mil. It means Costco Wholesale spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}519 Mil on purchasing investments.
6. Sale Of Investment:
Sale of Investments represents cash inflow on the sale of investments in securities.
Costco Wholesale's sale of investment for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024 was $151 Mil. It means Costco Wholesale gained $151 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.
Costco Wholesale's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0 Mil.
It means Costco Wholesale 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.
Costco Wholesale's cash from discontinued investing activities for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0 Mil.
It means Costco Wholesale 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.
Costco Wholesale's cash from other investing activities for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024 was $13 Mil.
It means Costco Wholesale received $13 Mil from other investing activities.
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Costco operates a membership-based, no-frills retail model, predicated on offering a select product assortment in bulk quantities at bargain prices. The firm avoids maintaining costly product displays by keeping inventory on pallets and limits distribution expenses by storing its inventory at point of sale in the warehouse. Given Costco's frugal cost structure, the firm is able to price its merchandise below competing retailers, driving high sales volume per warehouse and allowing the retailer to generate strong profits on thin margins. Costco operates nearly 600 warehouses in the United States and boasts over 60% market share in the domestic warehouse club industry. Internationally, Costco operates another 270 warehouses, primarily in markets such as Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the U.K.
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