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Electronic Arts Cash Flow from Financing

: $-773 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2020)
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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 three months ended in Sep. 2020, Electronic Arts received $40 Mil more from issuing new shares than it paid to buy back shares. It received $0 Mil from issuing more debt. It paid $0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares. It received $0 Mil from paying cash dividends to shareholders. It spent $8 Mil on other financial activities. In all, Electronic Arts earned $32 Mil on financial activities for the three months ended in Sep. 2020.

Electronic Arts Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

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Electronic Arts Annual Data
Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20
Cash Flow from Financing Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -548.00 -729.00 -643.00 -1,253.00 -1,358.00

Electronic Arts Quarterly Data
Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20
Cash Flow from Financing 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 -312.00 -361.00 -300.00 -144.00 32.00

Electronic Arts 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.

Electronic Arts's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2020 is calculated as:

Cash Flow from Financing(A: Mar. 2020 )
=Issuance of Stock+Repurchase of Stock+Net Issuance of Debt+Net Issuance of Preferred Stock+Cash Flow for Dividends+Other Financing
=62+-1207+0+0+0+-213
=-1,358

Electronic Arts's Cash from Financing for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 is:

Cash Flow from Financing(Q: Sep. 2020 )
=Issuance of Stock+Repurchase of Stock+Net Issuance of Debt+Net Issuance of Preferred Stock+Cash Flow for Dividends+Other Financing
=40+0+0+0+0+-8
=32

Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2020 was -361 (Dec. 2019 ) + -300 (Mar. 2020 ) + -144 (Jun. 2020 ) + 32 (Sep. 2020 ) = $-773 Mil.

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

Electronic Arts  (NAS:EA) 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.

Electronic Arts's issuance of stock for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $40 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.

Electronic Arts's repurchase of stock for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $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.

Electronic Arts's net issuance of debt for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $0 Mil. Electronic Arts received $0 Mil from issuing more 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.

Electronic Arts's net issuance of preferred for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $0 Mil. Electronic Arts paid $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.

Electronic Arts's cash flow for dividends for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $0 Mil. Electronic Arts received $0 Mil from paying cash dividends to shareholders.

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

Electronic Arts's other financing for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $-8 Mil. Electronic Arts spent $8 Mil on other financial activities.

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