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COO (The Cooper) Cash Flow from Investing : $-542 Mil (TTM As of Apr. 2025)


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What is The Cooper 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 Apr. 2025, The Cooper spent $78 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment. It gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment. It spent $1 Mil on purchasing business. It gained $0 Mil from selling business. It spent $0 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $0 Mil from selling investments. It paid $0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it paid $0 Mil for other investing activities. In all, The Cooper spent $79 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Apr. 2025.


The Cooper Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Cooper'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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The Cooper Cash Flow from Investing Chart

The Cooper Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Cash Flow from Investing
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -364.50 -450.30 -1,831.20 -449.00 -764.60

The Cooper Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
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 -74.80 -124.10 -241.60 -96.80 -79.20

The Cooper 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.

The Cooper's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as:

The Cooper's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-542 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.


The Cooper  (NAS:COO) 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.

The Cooper's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $-78 Mil. It means The Cooper spent $78 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.

The Cooper's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $0 Mil. It means The Cooper gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

The Cooper's purchase of business for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $-1 Mil. It means The Cooper spent $1 Mil on purchasing business.

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

The Cooper's sale of business for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $0 Mil. It means The Cooper gained $0 Mil from selling business.

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

The Cooper's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $0 Mil. It means The Cooper spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}0 Mil on purchasing investments.

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

The Cooper's sale of investment for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $0 Mil. It means The Cooper gained $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.

The Cooper's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $0 Mil. It means The Cooper 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.

The Cooper's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was 0 Mil. It means The Cooper 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.

The Cooper's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $-0 Mil. It means The Cooper paid $0 Mil for other investing activities.


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The Cooper Business Description

Address
6101 Bollinger Canyon Road, Suite 500, San Ramon, CA, USA, 94583
CooperCompanies is one of the largest eyecare companies in the us. It operates in two segments: CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision is a pure-play contact lens business with a suite of spherical, multifocal, and toric contact lenses. The company also has one of the most comprehensive specialty lens portfolios in the world. With brands including Proclear, Biofinity, MyDay, and Clariti, Cooper controls roughly one fourth of the us contact lens market. CooperSurgical, founded in 1990, is made up of equipment related to reproductive care, fertility, and women's care. Cooper has the broadest medical device coverage of the entire IVF cycle. It also has Paragard, the only hormone-free IUD in the us, and controls 17% of the us IUD market.
Executives
White Albert G Iii officer: VP & Treasurer 6790, SPRINGDALE COURT, VICTOR NY 14564
Agostino Ricupati officer: Sr. VP, Finance & Tax C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., 6140 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Brian G Andrews officer: Treasurer 4300A 17TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114
Daniel G Mcbride officer: VP and Senior Counsel 5 EL CORTE, ORINDA CA 94563
Robert S Weiss director, officer: EVP and CFO 6140 STANERIDGE MALL RES #590, PLEASSANTON CA 94503
Gary S Petersmeyer director 3400 CENTRAL AVENUE, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Warner Gerard H Iii officer: President, CooperVision, Inc. C/O COOPER COMPANIES INC., 6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SUITE 500, SAN RAMON CA 94583
Jody S Lindell director 2536 FILLMORE ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94115
Cynthia L Lucchese director 7966 N. ILLINOIS STREET, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46260
Nicholas Khadder officer: VP, General Counsel & Corp Sec 2836 JOHNSON AVENUE, ALAMEDA CA 94501
Maria Rivas director C/O MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS, INC., 350 HUDSON STREET, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
Teresa S Madden director 414 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401
Robert D Auerbach officer: President, CSI C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Holly R Sheffield officer: EVP, CSO C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., 6140 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Mark J Drury officer: VP, General Counsel & Sec. C/O COOPERCOMPANIES, 6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SUITE 500, SAN RAMON CA 94583