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Knowles (Knowles) Cash Flow from Investing

: $-141.6 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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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, Knowles spent $5.1 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 $0.0 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $0.0 Mil from selling investments. It paid $0.0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it paid $136.8 Mil for other investing activities. In all, Knowles spent $141.9 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Dec. 2023.


Knowles Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Knowles'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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Knowles Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Flow from Investing
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -110.50 -35.10 -129.60 -32.70 -141.60

Knowles 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -7.30 -3.90 8.10 -3.90 -141.90

Knowles 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.

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

Knowles'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 $-141.6 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.


Knowles  (NYSE:KN) 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.

Knowles's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-5.1 Mil. It means Knowles spent $5.1 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.

Knowles's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. It means Knowles gained $0.0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

Knowles's purchase of business for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. It means Knowles spent $0.0 Mil on purchasing business.

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

Knowles's sale of business for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. It means Knowles gained $0.0 Mil from selling business.

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

Knowles's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. It means Knowles spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}0.0 Mil on purchasing investments.

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

Knowles's sale of investment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. It means Knowles gained $0.0 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.

Knowles's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. It means Knowles 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.

Knowles's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.0 Mil. It means Knowles 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.

Knowles's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-136.8 Mil. It means Knowles paid $136.8 Mil for other investing activities.


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Knowles (Knowles) Business Description

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Address
1151 Maplewood Drive, Itasca, IL, USA, 60143
Knowles Corp is engaged in the manufacturing of micro-acoustic microphones and balanced armature speakers, audio solutions, high-performance capacitors, and radio frequency filtering products. It operates in three segments; the Precision Devices segment specializes in the design and delivery of high-performance capacitor products and RF solutions, Medtech & Specialty Audio segment designs and manufactures microphones and balanced armature speakers used in applications and the Consumer MEMS Microphones segment designs and manufactures micro-electro-mechanical systems microphones and audio solutions used in applications. The majority of its revenue comes from the Consumer MEMS Microphones segment.
Executives
Raymond D. Cabrera officer: Senior VP, HR & CAO KNOWLES CORPORATION, 1151 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, ITASCA IL 60143
Erania Brackett director C/O DENTSPLY SIRONA INC, 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Daniel J Crowley director 870 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Jeffrey Niew director, officer: President & CEO KNOWLES CORPORATION, 1151 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, ITASCA IL 60143
Cheryl L Shavers director 400 COLLINS ROAD NE, M/S 124-323, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52498
John S. Anderson officer: Senior VP & CFO KNOWLES CORPORATION, 1151 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, ITASCA IL 60143
Daniel J. Giesecke officer: Senior VP & COO KNOWLES CORPORATION, 1151 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, ITASCA IL 60143
Bastarrica Air A. Jr. officer: Vice President & Controller 1151 MAPLEWOOD DR, ITASCA IL 60143-2071
Donald Macleod director
Michael S Wishart director SPANSION INC., 915 DEGUIGNE DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085-3836
Ronald Steven Jankov director 3875 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SUITE 900, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Didier Hirsch director 5301 STEVENS CREEK BOULEVARD, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Christian Scherp officer: Co-President, MCE KNOWLES CORPORATION, 1151 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, ITASCA IL 60143
Ye Jane Li director 200 FLYNN ROAD, CAMARILLO CA 93012-8790
Michael S. Polacek officer: President, Intelligent Audio KNOWLES CORPORATION, 1151 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, ITASCA IL 60143