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Shanda Games (Shanda Games) Cash Flow from Financing : $-358.5 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Shanda Games 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 six months ended in Dec. 2014, Shanda Games received $0.6 Mil more from issuing new shares than it paid to buy back shares. It spent $216.8 Mil paying down its debt. It paid $0.0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares. It spent $0.3 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders. It spent $142.0 Mil on other financial activities. In all, Shanda Games spent $358.5 Mil on financial activities for the six months ended in Dec. 2014.


Shanda Games Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shanda Games'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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Shanda Games Cash Flow from Financing Chart

Shanda Games Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Cash Flow from Financing
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -3.09 -13.66 -179.31 -455.24 -358.46

Shanda Games Semi-Annual Data
Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Cash Flow from Financing Get a 7-Day Free Trial -3.09 -13.66 -179.31 -455.24 -358.46

Shanda Games 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.

Shanda Games's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:

Shanda Games's Cash from Financing for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is:


For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2014 was $-358.5 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.


Shanda Games  (NAS:GAME) 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.

Shanda Games's issuance of stock for the six months ended in Dec. 2014 was $0.6 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.

Shanda Games's repurchase of stock for the six months ended in Dec. 2014 was $0.0 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.

Shanda Games's net issuance of debt for the six months ended in Dec. 2014 was $-216.8 Mil. Shanda Games spent $216.8 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.

Shanda Games's net issuance of preferred for the six months ended in Dec. 2014 was $0.0 Mil. Shanda Games paid $0.0 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.

Shanda Games's cash flow for dividends for the six months ended in Dec. 2014 was $-0.3 Mil. Shanda Games spent $0.3 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.

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

Shanda Games's other financing for the six months ended in Dec. 2014 was $-142.0 Mil. Shanda Games spent $142.0 Mil on other financial activities.


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Shanda Games (Shanda Games) Business Description

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Shanda Games Ltd was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on June 12, 2008. The Company is an online game company in China in terms of the size, diversity of its game portfolio, game revenues and game player base. It completed its initial public offering on September 30, 2009. It develop and source a broad array of game content through multiple channels, including in-house development, licensing, investment, acquisition, joint development and joint operation. As of March 31, 2015, it operated 35 MMO games and 29 mobile games in China and certain overseas markets. The games operated by the Company are: Mir II, BNB, Woool, Legend of Immortals, Age of Wushu, among others. It competes with other online game developers and operators in China, including Tencent Holdings Limited, NetEase, Inc., Changyou.com Limited, Perfect World Co., Ltd., Giant Interactive, Kingsoft, KongZhong Corporation, NetDragon Websoft, Inc. and The9 Limited.