What is American Capital 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 Sep. 2016, American Capitalspent$0.0 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment.
It gained$0.0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
It spent$0.0 Mil on purchasing business.
It gained$0.0 Mil from selling business.
It spent$33.0 Mil on purchasing investments.
It gained$851.0 Mil from selling investments.
It paid$0.0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale.
And it received$59.0 Mil from other investing activities.
In all, American Capitalgained$877.0 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016.
American Capital Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data
The historical data trend for American Capital'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.
American Capital 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.
American Capital's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3,816.0 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.
American Capital (NAS:ACAS) Cash Flow from Investing Explanation
American Capital's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.0 Mil. It means American Capital spent $0.0 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)."
American Capital's sale of property, plant, equipment for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.0 Mil. It means American Capital gained $0.0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
3.Purchase Of Business:
Purchase of business indicates the amount used to purchase business.
American Capital's purchase of business for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.0 Mil. It means American Capital spent $0.0 Mil on purchasing business.
4. Sale Of Business:
Sale of business indicates the amount gained from selling business.
American Capital's sale of business for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.0 Mil. It means American Capital gained $0.0 Mil from selling business.
5. Purchase Of Investment:
Purchase of Investments represents cash outflow on the purchase of investments in securities.
American Capital's purchase of investment for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $-33.0 Mil. It means American Capital spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}33.0 Mil on purchasing investments.
6. Sale Of Investment:
Sale of Investments represents cash inflow on the sale of investments in securities.
American Capital's sale of investment for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $851.0 Mil. It means American Capital gained $851.0 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.
American Capital's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.0 Mil.
It means American Capital paid $0.0 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.
American Capital's cash from discontinued investing activities for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was 0.0 Mil.
It means American Capital paid $0.0 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.
American Capital's cash from other investing activities for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $59.0 Mil.
It means American Capital received $59.0 Mil from other investing activities.
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American Capital (American Capital) Business Description
American Capital Ltd was founded in 1986 and incorporated in Delaware. On August 29, 1997, it completed an initial public offering and became a non-diversified closed end investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. It is an asset management and private equity firm. The Company originates, underwrites and manages investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance, real estate, energy and structured products. It invests in senior and mezzanine debt and equity in buyouts of private companies sponsored by it or sponsored by other private equity funds and provide capital directly to early stage and mature private and small public companies. Its business objectives are to increase its net earnings and net asset value by making investments with attractive current yields and/or potential for equity appreciation and realized gains. Its investments can be divided into the following six business lines: American Capital One Stop Buyouts, Sponsor Finance Investments, Direct and Other Investments, European Capital, Asset Management and Structured Products. The Company competes with strategic buyers, private equity funds, mezzanine debt funds and other buyers and financing sources, including traditional financial services companies such as finance companies, commercial banks, investment banks and other equity and non-equity based investment funds. The Company and its portfolio companies are subject to regulation by laws at the local, state, federal and foreign level, including with respect to securities laws, tax and accounting standards.
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