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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, Quest Diagnostics spent $72 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment. It gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment. It spent $0 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 $42 Mil for other investing activities. In all, Quest Diagnostics spent $114 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Dec. 2023.
The historical data trend for Quest Diagnostics'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.
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.
Quest Diagnostics's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
Quest Diagnostics'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 $-1,061 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.
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) 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.
Quest Diagnostics's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-72 Mil. It means Quest Diagnostics spent $72 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.
Quest Diagnostics's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Quest Diagnostics gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
3.Purchase Of Business:
Purchase of business indicates the amount used to purchase business.
Quest Diagnostics's purchase of business for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Quest Diagnostics spent $0 Mil on purchasing business.
4. Sale Of Business:
Sale of business indicates the amount gained from selling business.
Quest Diagnostics's sale of business for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Quest Diagnostics gained $0 Mil from selling business.
5. Purchase Of Investment:
Purchase of Investments represents cash outflow on the purchase of investments in securities.
Quest Diagnostics's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Quest Diagnostics 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.
Quest Diagnostics's sale of investment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Quest Diagnostics 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.
Quest Diagnostics's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Quest Diagnostics 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.
Quest Diagnostics's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0 Mil. It means Quest Diagnostics 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.
Quest Diagnostics's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-42 Mil. It means Quest Diagnostics paid $42 Mil for other investing activities.
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Luis Diaz | director | C/O JOUNCE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 780 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 |
Michael E Prevoznik | officer: Corp VP, Legal & Compliance | C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, 500 PLAZA DRIVE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Catherine T. Doherty | officer: SVP, Physician Services Bus. | C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, 500 PLAZA DRIVE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Timothy M Ring | director | C/O C.R BARD INC, 730 CENTRAL AVE, MURRAY HILL NJ 07974 |
Mark E Delaney | officer: SVP & Chief Commercial Officer | 500 PLAZA DRIVE, C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Mark A Gardner | officer: SVP of Molecular Gen & Oncol | 500 PLAZA DRIVE, C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Patrick Plewman | officer: SVP for Diagnostic Services | 500 PLAZA DRIVE, C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Karthik Kuppusamy | officer: SVP, Clinical Solutions | 500 PLAZA DRIVE, C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Michael J Deppe | officer: VP, Corp. Controller & CAO | 500 PLAZA DRIVE, C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Samer Abdul Samad | officer: Executive Vice President & CFO | 5200 ILLUMINA WAY, SAN DIEGO CA 92122 |
Stephen H Rusckowski | director, officer: President and CEO | C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, 500 PLAZA DRIVE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Tracey Doi | director | C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, 500 PLAZA DRIVE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Gail R Wilensky | director | C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, 500 PLAZA DRIVE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Mark Guinan | officer: Senior Vice President & CFO | C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, 500 PLAZA DRIVE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
Daniel Stanzione | director | C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, 500 PLAZA DRIVE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094 |
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