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Associated British Foods (Associated British Foods) Cash Flow from Investing : $-1,202 Mil (TTM As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Associated British Foods 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 Feb. 2024, Associated British Foods spent $660 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment. It gained $15 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment. It spent $5 Mil on purchasing business. It gained $0 Mil from selling business. It spent $3 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $0 Mil from selling investments. It paid $53Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it received $102 Mil from other investing activities. In all, Associated British Foods spent $604 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the six months ended in Feb. 2024.


Associated British Foods Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Associated British Foods'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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Associated British Foods Cash Flow from Investing Chart

Associated British Foods Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Cash Flow from Investing
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Associated British Foods Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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 -518.27 -432.34 -525.36 -598.48 -603.54

Associated British Foods 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.

Associated British Foods's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as:

Associated British Foods's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1,202 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.


Associated British Foods  (OTCPK:ASBFY) 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.

Associated British Foods's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-660 Mil. It means Associated British Foods spent $660 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.

Associated British Foods's sale of property, plant, equipment for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $15 Mil. It means Associated British Foods gained $15 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

Associated British Foods's purchase of business for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-5 Mil. It means Associated British Foods spent $5 Mil on purchasing business.

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

Associated British Foods's sale of business for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0 Mil. It means Associated British Foods gained $0 Mil from selling business.

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

Associated British Foods's purchase of investment for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-3 Mil. It means Associated British Foods spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}3 Mil on purchasing investments.

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

Associated British Foods's sale of investment for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0 Mil. It means Associated British Foods 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.

Associated British Foods's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-53 Mil. It means Associated British Foods paid $53 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.

Associated British Foods's cash from discontinued investing activities for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0 Mil. It means Associated British Foods 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.

Associated British Foods's cash from other investing activities for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $102 Mil. It means Associated British Foods received $102 Mil from other investing activities.


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Associated British Foods (Associated British Foods) Business Description

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10 Grosvenor Street, Weston Centre, London, GBR, W1K 4QY
Associated British Foods is a diversified international retail, food, and ingredients group with 130,000 employees and operations in 50 countries across Europe, southern Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Australia. The group sells branded grocery products, grows and processes sugar, supplies farmers with crop input and animal feed, and runs the popular Primark clothing retail chain. It also supplies ingredients like baker's yeast, enzymes, lipids, and cereal specialities. Some 40% of sales are in the U.K., and Primark generates more than half of the firm's operating profit.

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