What is Alphabet(Google) 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 Mar. 2025, Alphabet(Google)spent$17,197 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment.
It gained$0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
It spent$340 Mil on purchasing business.
It gained$0 Mil from selling business.
It spent$19,411 Mil on purchasing investments.
It gained$20,604 Mil from selling investments.
It paid$0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale.
And it received$150 Mil from other investing activities.
In all, Alphabet(Google)spent$16,194 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025.
Alphabet(Google) Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data
The historical data trend for Alphabet(Google)'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.
Alphabet(Google) 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.
Alphabet(Google)'s Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-53,166 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.
Alphabet(Google) (NAS:GOOGL) Cash Flow from Investing Explanation
Alphabet(Google)'s purchase of property, plant, equipment for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-17,197 Mil. It means Alphabet(Google) spent $17,197 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)."
Alphabet(Google)'s sale of property, plant, equipment for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 Mil. It means Alphabet(Google) gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
3.Purchase Of Business:
Purchase of business indicates the amount used to purchase business.
Alphabet(Google)'s purchase of business for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-340 Mil. It means Alphabet(Google) spent $340 Mil on purchasing business.
4. Sale Of Business:
Sale of business indicates the amount gained from selling business.
Alphabet(Google)'s sale of business for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 Mil. It means Alphabet(Google) gained $0 Mil from selling business.
5. Purchase Of Investment:
Purchase of Investments represents cash outflow on the purchase of investments in securities.
Alphabet(Google)'s purchase of investment for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-19,411 Mil. It means Alphabet(Google) spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}19,411 Mil on purchasing investments.
6. Sale Of Investment:
Sale of Investments represents cash inflow on the sale of investments in securities.
Alphabet(Google)'s sale of investment for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was $20,604 Mil. It means Alphabet(Google) gained $20,604 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.
Alphabet(Google)'s net Intangibles purchase and sale for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 Mil.
It means Alphabet(Google) 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.
Alphabet(Google)'s cash from discontinued investing activities for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0 Mil.
It means Alphabet(Google) 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.
Alphabet(Google)'s cash from other investing activities for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was $150 Mil.
It means Alphabet(Google) received $150 Mil from other investing activities.
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Alphabet is a holding company that wholly owns internet giant Google. The California-based company derives slightly less than 90% of its revenue from Google services, the vast majority of which is advertising sales. Alongside online ads, Google services houses sales stemming from Google's subscription services (YouTube TV, YouTube Music among others), platforms (sales and in-app purchases on Play Store), and devices (Chromebooks, Pixel smartphones, and smart home products such as Chromecast). Google's cloud computing platform, or GCP, accounts for roughly 10% of Alphabet's revenue with the firm's investments in up-and-coming technologies such as self-driving cars (Waymo), health (Verily), and internet access (Google Fiber) making up the rest.
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