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Google (GOOGL) Cash Flow from Financing : $-80,220 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Alphabet(Google) 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 Mar. 2025, Alphabet(Google) paid $15,068 Mil more to buy back shares than it received from issuing new shares. It received $11 Mil from issuing more debt. It paid $0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares. It spent $2,434 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders. It spent $2,710 Mil on other financial activities. In all, Alphabet(Google) spent $20,201 Mil on financial activities for the three months ended in Mar. 2025.


Alphabet(Google) Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alphabet(Google)'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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Alphabet(Google) Cash Flow from Financing Chart

Alphabet(Google) Annual Data
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Cash Flow from Financing
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Alphabet(Google) 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.

Alphabet(Google)'s Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

Alphabet(Google)'s Cash from Financing for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is:


Cash Flow from Financing 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 $-80,220 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 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.

Alphabet(Google)'s issuance of stock for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 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.

Alphabet(Google)'s repurchase of stock for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-15,068 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.

Alphabet(Google)'s net issuance of debt for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $11 Mil. Alphabet(Google) received $11 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.

Alphabet(Google)'s net issuance of preferred for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 Mil. Alphabet(Google) 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.

Alphabet(Google)'s cash flow for dividends for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-2,434 Mil. Alphabet(Google) spent $2,434 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.

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

Alphabet(Google)'s other financing for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-2,710 Mil. Alphabet(Google) spent $2,710 Mil on other financial activities.


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Alphabet(Google) Business Description

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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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