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Total System Services (Total System Services) Cash Flow from Investing : $-270 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Total System Services 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. 2019, Total System Services spent $11 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 $0 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $0 Mil from selling investments. It paid $25Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it paid $0 Mil for other investing activities. In all, Total System Services spent $37 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Jun. 2019.


Total System Services Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Total System Services'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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Total System Services Cash Flow from Investing Chart

Total System Services Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Cash Flow from Investing
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Total System Services Quarterly Data
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Total System Services 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.

Total System Services's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as:

Total System Services's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-270 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.


Total System Services  (NYSE:TSS) 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.

Total System Services's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $-11 Mil. It means Total System Services spent $11 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.

Total System Services's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $0 Mil. It means Total System Services gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

Total System Services's purchase of business for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $0 Mil. It means Total System Services spent $0 Mil on purchasing business.

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

Total System Services's sale of business for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $0 Mil. It means Total System Services gained $0 Mil from selling business.

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

Total System Services's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $0 Mil. It means Total System Services 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.

Total System Services's sale of investment for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $0 Mil. It means Total System Services 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.

Total System Services's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $-25 Mil. It means Total System Services paid $25 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.

Total System Services's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was 0 Mil. It means Total System Services 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.

Total System Services's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $-0 Mil. It means Total System Services paid $0 Mil for other investing activities.


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Total System Services (Total System Services) Business Description

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One TSYS Way, Columbus, GA, USA, 31901-4222
Total System Services Inc based in Columbus, Georgia, provides payment-processing services in the U.S. and abroad. In 2013 TSYS provided processing services for 28% of domestic consumer credit card accounts and 59% of domestic commercial credit card accounts. The company has operating segments in North America Services, International Services, and Merchant Services, plus the newer NetSpend segment, which deals in prepaid debit and payroll cards and arrived via a 2013 acquisition.
Executives
Kriss Iii Cloninger director 1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Driver Walter W Jr director ONE TSYS WAY, COLUMBUS GA 31901
Joia M Johnson director C/O HANESBRANDS INC., 1000 EAST HANES MILL ROAD, WINSTON SALEM NC 27105
F. Thaddeus Arroyo director 208 S. AKARD, DALLAS TX 75202
Sidney E Harris director C/O VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC., ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA, 26TH FL., HARTFORD CT 06103
Mcdaniel Connie D director C/O VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC., ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA, 26TH FL., HARTFORD CT 06103
John Thompson Turner director ONE TSYS WAY, COLUMBUS GA 31901
M Troy Woods director, officer: Chairman and CEO ONE TSYS WAY, COLUMBUS GA 31901
Paul M Todd officer: Sr. EVP and CFO ONE TSYS WAY, B-4, COLUMBUS GA 31901
Patricia A Watson officer: Senior EVP and CIO TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC., ONE TSYS WAY, COLUMBUS GA 31901
Richard A Smith director 175 PARK AVENUE, MADISON NJ 07940
Griffith G Sanders Iii officer: Sr. EVP, Gen. Counsel, Sec. ONE TSYS WAY, COLUMBUS GA 31901
Mason H Lampton director ONE TSYS WAY, C-1, COLUMBUS GA 31901
Philip W Tomlinson director ONE TSYS WAY, COLUMBUS GA 31901
William M Isaac director C/O ASSOCIATES FIRST CAPITAL CORP, 250 E CARPENTER FREEWAY, IRVING TX 75062

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