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Amlin (APLCF) Cash Flow from Investing : $-58 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Amlin 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 six months ended in Jun. 2015, Amlin spent $30 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 $1 Mil from selling business. It spent $0 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $0 Mil from selling investments. It paid $9Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it paid $0 Mil for other investing activities. In all, Amlin spent $38 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the six months ended in Jun. 2015.


Amlin Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

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

Amlin Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Cash Flow from Investing
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Amlin Semi-Annual Data
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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 -17.83 -10.49 -12.69 -19.56 -38.16

Amlin 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.

Amlin's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:

Amlin's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-58 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.


Amlin  (OTCPK:APLCF) 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.

Amlin's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $-30 Mil. It means Amlin spent $30 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.

Amlin's sale of property, plant, equipment for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $0 Mil. It means Amlin gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

Amlin's purchase of business for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $-0 Mil. It means Amlin spent $0 Mil on purchasing business.

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

Amlin's sale of business for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $1 Mil. It means Amlin gained $1 Mil from selling business.

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

Amlin's purchase of investment for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $0 Mil. It means Amlin 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.

Amlin's sale of investment for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $0 Mil. It means Amlin 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.

Amlin's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $-9 Mil. It means Amlin paid $9 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.

Amlin's cash from discontinued investing activities for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was 0 Mil. It means Amlin 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.

Amlin's cash from other investing activities for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $0 Mil. It means Amlin paid $0 Mil for other investing activities.


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Amlin (APLCF) Business Description

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Amlin PLC was incorporated on September 17, 1993. The Company is engaged in non-life insurance and reinsurance underwriting in the Lloyd's market, Bermuda and Continental Europe. It specialises in providing insurance cover to commercial enterprises and reinsurance protection to other insurance companies around the world. The group operates six segments through: Amlin London, consisting of the Reinsurance, Property & Casualty, Marine and Aviation business units, underwritten via Syndicate 2001; Amlin UK, underwriting commercial insurance in the UK domestic market, via Syndicate 2001 and Amlin Insurance (UK) Limited; Amlin Bermuda, which writes predominantly property reinsurance business, via Amlin AG, including reinsurance ceded by Syndicate 2001; Amlin Re Europe, which writes Continental European non-life reinsurance business, via Amlin AG; Amlin Europe, including Amlin Europe N.V., a provider of marine, corporate property and casualty insurance in the Netherlands and Belgium and specialty business in France; and Other corporate companies, comprising all other entities of the Group including holding companies.

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