What is Whole Foods Market 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
three
months ended in Jun. 2017,
Whole Foods Market received$33 Mil more from issuing new shares than it paid to buy back shares.
It spent$1 Mil paying down its debt.
It paid$0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.
It spent$44 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.
It received$5 Mil on other financial activities.
In all, Whole Foods Marketspent$7 Mil on financial activities for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2017.
Whole Foods Market Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data
The historical data trend for Whole Foods Market'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.
Whole Foods Market 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.
Whole Foods Market's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-144 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.
Whole Foods Market (NAS:WFM) 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.
Whole Foods Market's issuance of stock for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2017 was $33 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.
Whole Foods Market's repurchase of stock for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2017 was $0 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.
Whole Foods Market's net issuance of debt for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2017 was $-1 Mil.
Whole Foods Market spent$1 Mil paying down its 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.
Whole Foods Market's net issuance of preferred for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2017 was $0 Mil.
Whole Foods Market 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.
Whole Foods Market's cash flow for dividends for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2017 was $-44 Mil.
Whole Foods Market spent$44 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.
6. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.
Whole Foods Market's other financing for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2017 was $5 Mil.
Whole Foods Market received$5 Mil on other financial activities.
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Whole Foods Market (Whole Foods Market) Business Description
Whole Foods Market is the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods by units and is the first certified organic grocer in the United States. Whole Foods' only operating segment consists of natural and organic foods supermarkets. As of fiscal 2016, the company had 456 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The average store size is about 39,000 square feet. About 15% of the company's sales were derived from the sale of private-label products. The company announced a pending acquisition by Amazon in June 2017.
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