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National Grid (National Grid) Cash Flow from Financing : $-6,958 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)


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What is National Grid Cash Flow from Financing?

Cash from financing is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders.

For the six months ended in Sep. 2023, National Grid received $24 Mil more from issuing new shares than it paid to buy back shares. It received $2,166 Mil from issuing more debt. It paid $0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares. It spent $1,640 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders. It spent $954 Mil on other financial activities. In all, National Grid spent $405 Mil on financial activities for the six months ended in Sep. 2023.


National Grid Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data

The historical data trend for National Grid's Cash Flow from Financing 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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National Grid Cash Flow from Financing Chart

National Grid Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cash Flow from Financing
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1,254.28 -1,987.62 1,040.22 10,235.84 -8,705.10

National Grid Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Cash Flow from Financing Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11,545.33 -837.95 -2,078.14 -6,478.16 -480.20

National Grid Cash Flow from Financing Calculation

This is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders. In the calculation of free cash flow, cash from financing is not calculated because it is not related to operating activities.

National Grid's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as:

National Grid's Cash from Financing for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is:

Cash Flow from Financing(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=Issuance of Stock+Repurchase of Stock+Net Issuance of Debt+Net Issuance of Preferred Stock+Cash Flow for Dividends+Other Financing
=24.752+-1.238+2165.842+0+-1639.851+-954.208
=-405

Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-6,958 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.


National Grid  (NYSE:NGG) Cash Flow from Financing Explanation

Cash from financing contains six items:

1. Issuance of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. Issuance of stock represents the cash inflow from offering common stock, which is the additional capital contribution to the entity during the period.

National Grid's issuance of stock for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $25 Mil.

2. Repurchase of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. It can also use cash to buy back shares. Repurchase of stock represents the cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

National Grid's repurchase of stock for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-1 Mil.

3. Net Issuance of Debt:
Net issuance of debt is the cash a company received or spent through debt related activities such as debt issuance or debt repayment. If a company pays down its debt during the period, this number will be negative. If a company issued more debt, it receives cash and this number is positive.

National Grid's net issuance of debt for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $2,166 Mil. National Grid received $2,166 Mil from issuing more debt.

4. Net Issuance of Preferred Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new preferred shares. It can also use cash to buy back preferred shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing preferred shares than it has paid to buy back preferred shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back preferred shares than it has received for issuing preferred shares.

National Grid's net issuance of preferred for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0 Mil. National Grid paid $0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.

5. Cash Flow for Dividends:
Cash flow for dividends refers to the payment of cash to shareholders as dividends when the company generates income.

National Grid's cash flow for dividends for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-1,640 Mil. National Grid spent $1,640 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.

6. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.

National Grid's other financing for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-954 Mil. National Grid spent $954 Mil on other financial activities.


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National Grid (National Grid) Business Description

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1-3 Strand, London, GBR, WC2N 5EH
National Grid owns and operates the electric transmission system in England and Wales. It sold the bulk of its U.K. gas transmission business in fiscal 2023 to fund the acquisition of PPL's U.K. power distribution assets. In the Northeastern United States, it serves electricity and gas customers combined in three states. It also owns regulated transmission and electricity generation in the United States, metering services, merchant transmission lines in the U.K., and the Grain (U.K.) liquefied natural gas facility.