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ORBCOMM (ORBCOMM) Cash Flow from Investing : $-21.4 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2021)


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What is ORBCOMM 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 Jun. 2021, ORBCOMM spent $7.0 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment. It gained $0.0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment. It spent $0.0 Mil on purchasing business. It gained $0.0 Mil from selling business. It spent $0.0 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $0.0 Mil from selling investments. It paid $0.0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it paid $0.0 Mil for other investing activities. In all, ORBCOMM spent $7.0 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Jun. 2021.


ORBCOMM Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for ORBCOMM'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.

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ORBCOMM Cash Flow from Investing Chart

ORBCOMM Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Cash Flow from Investing
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ORBCOMM Quarterly Data
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ORBCOMM 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.

ORBCOMM's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as:

ORBCOMM's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-21.4 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.


ORBCOMM  (NAS:ORBC) Cash Flow from Investing Explanation

Cash flow from investing contains nine items:

1. Purchase Of Property, Plant, Equipment:
Purchase of PPE indicates the amount used to purchase property, plant, and equipment.

ORBCOMM's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $-7.0 Mil. It means ORBCOMM spent $7.0 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)."

2. Sale Of Property, Plant, Equipment:
Sale of PPE indicates the amount gained from selling property, plant, and equipment.

ORBCOMM's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $0.0 Mil. It means ORBCOMM gained $0.0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

3.Purchase Of Business:
Purchase of business indicates the amount used to purchase business.

ORBCOMM's purchase of business for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $0.0 Mil. It means ORBCOMM spent $0.0 Mil on purchasing business.

4. Sale Of Business:
Sale of business indicates the amount gained from selling business.

ORBCOMM's sale of business for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $0.0 Mil. It means ORBCOMM gained $0.0 Mil from selling business.

5. Purchase Of Investment:
Purchase of Investments represents cash outflow on the purchase of investments in securities.

ORBCOMM's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $0.0 Mil. It means ORBCOMM spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}0.0 Mil on purchasing investments.

6. Sale Of Investment:
Sale of Investments represents cash inflow on the sale of investments in securities.

ORBCOMM's sale of investment for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $0.0 Mil. It means ORBCOMM gained $0.0 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.

ORBCOMM's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $0.0 Mil. It means ORBCOMM paid $0.0 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.

ORBCOMM's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was 0.0 Mil. It means ORBCOMM paid $0.0 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.

ORBCOMM's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $0.0 Mil. It means ORBCOMM paid $0.0 Mil for other investing activities.


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ORBCOMM (ORBCOMM) Business Description

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Address
395 W. Passaic Street, Suite 325, Rochelle Park, NJ, USA, 07662
ORBCOMM Inc is a satellite communications company that primarily provides machine-to-machine communication, which is designed to track, monitor, and control fixed and mobile assets. The company operates in such markets as transportation and distribution, heavy equipment, industrial fixed assets, oil and gas, maritime, mining, and government. The company earns revenue across the United States, South America, Japan, and Europe, with the majority from the U.S. The company owns telecommunications infrastructure, specifically low Earth orbit satellites and accompanying ground infrastructure.
Executives
Karen O. Gould director C/O ORBCOMM INC. 395 W. PASSAIC STREET ROCHELLE PARK NJ 07662
Denise W. Gibson director 140 SCHOOL STREET, LIBERTYVILLE IL 60048
Milcos Constantine officer: EVP and CFO C/O ORBCOMM, INC., 395 W. PASSAIC STREET SUITE 325 ROCHELLE PARK NJ 07662
Craig Malone officer: EVP of Product Development C/O ORBCOMM INC. 395 W PASSAIC STREET, SUITE 325 ROCHELLE PARK NJ 07662
Marc Eisenberg officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O ORBCOMM INC., 395 W PASSAIC STREET, SUITE 325, ROCHELLE PARK NJ 07662
Brun Christian Le officer: EVP, General Counsel & Sec. C/O ORBCOMM INC. 395 W PASSAIC STREET, SUITE 325 ROCHELLE PARK NJ 07662
Stolte John J Jr officer: EVP-Technology & Operations C/O ORBCOMM INC. 395 W PASSAIC STREET, SUITE 325 ROCHELLE PARK NJ 07662
Jerome B Eisenberg director, officer: Chairman, CEO and President C/O ORBCOMM INC. 395 W PASSAIC STREET, SUITE 325 ROCHELLE PARK NJ 07662
Adage Capital Partners Gp, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
John E Major director C/O LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC., 2140 LAKE PARK BOULEVARD, RICHARDSON TX 75080-2254
Timothy Kelleher director C/O ORBCOMM INC. 395 W PASSAIC STREET, SUITE 325 ROCHELLE PARK NJ 07662
Phillip Gross 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Robert Atchinson 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Adage Capital Advisors, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Adage Capital Partners, L.p. 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116