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Fuel Tech (Fuel Tech) Cash Flow from Investing : $-6.44 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Fuel Tech 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 Dec. 2023, Fuel Tech spent $0.22 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment. It gained $0.00 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment. It spent $0.00 Mil on purchasing business. It gained $0.00 Mil from selling business. It spent $0.00 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $4.00 Mil from selling investments. It paid $0.00Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it paid $0.00 Mil for other investing activities. In all, Fuel Tech gained $3.78 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Dec. 2023.


Fuel Tech Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fuel Tech'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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Fuel Tech Cash Flow from Investing Chart

Fuel Tech Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Flow from Investing
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.05 -0.25 -0.08 -9.48 -6.44

Fuel Tech Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash Flow from Investing Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.48 -8.72 0.43 -1.94 3.78

Fuel Tech 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.

Fuel Tech's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Fuel Tech's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-6.44 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.


Fuel Tech  (NAS:FTEK) 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.

Fuel Tech's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.22 Mil. It means Fuel Tech spent $0.22 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.

Fuel Tech's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. It means Fuel Tech gained $0.00 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

Fuel Tech's purchase of business for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. It means Fuel Tech spent $0.00 Mil on purchasing business.

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

Fuel Tech's sale of business for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. It means Fuel Tech gained $0.00 Mil from selling business.

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

Fuel Tech's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. It means Fuel Tech spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}0.00 Mil on purchasing investments.

6. Sale Of Investment:
Sale of Investments represents cash inflow on the sale of investments in securities.

Fuel Tech's sale of investment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.00 Mil. It means Fuel Tech gained $4.00 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.

Fuel Tech's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. It means Fuel Tech paid $0.00 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.

Fuel Tech's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00 Mil. It means Fuel Tech paid $0.00 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.

Fuel Tech's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. It means Fuel Tech paid $0.00 Mil for other investing activities.


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Fuel Tech (Fuel Tech) Business Description

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Address
27601 Bella Vista Parkway, Warrenville, IL, USA, 60555-1617
Fuel Tech Inc is an technology provider of boiler optimization, efficiency improvement, and air pollution reduction to utility and industrial customers. The company operates in two segments, Air Pollution Control and Fuel Chem. The Air Pollution Control technology segment includes technologies to reduce NOx emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces and other stationary combustion sources. TheFuel Chem technology segment uses chemical processes in combination with advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics and Chemical Kinetics Modeling boiler modeling for the control of slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and other sulfur trioxide-related issues in furnaces and boilers through the addition of chemicals into the furnace using TIFI Targeted In-Furnace Injection technology.
Executives
Vincent J Arnone officer: Executive Vice President
Bettye J Bailey 10 percent owner C/O WHITMAN BREED ABBOTT & MORGAN LLC, 9 GREENWICH OFFICE PARK, GREENWICH CT 06831
Ellen T Albrecht officer: Acting PFO and Treasurer C/O FUEL TECH, 695 E MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Dennis L Zeitler director P.O. BOX 426, PITTSBURGH PA 15230
James J Markowsky director 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
Douglas G Bailey director, officer: President, CEO & Chairman
Cummings William E Jr officer: Senior Vice President, Sales C/O FUEL TECH, 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
James M Pach officer: Acting PFO & Treasurer 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
Sharon L Jones director 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
David S Collins officer: Sr. Vice President C/O FUEL TECH, 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
W Grant Gregory director C/O AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC, 1 STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Delbert L Williamson director C/O FUEL TECH, 695 E MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Miguel Espinosa director
George F Maccormack director PEPCO HOLDINGS, INC., 701 NINTH STREET, NW, SUITE 1300, WASHINGTON DC 20068
Thomas S Shaw director C/O CONECTIV, 800 KING ST PO BOX 231, WILMINGTON DE 19899