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BKFCF (Bank of Communications Co) Cash Flow from Investing : $-25,554 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Bank of Communications Co 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 three months ended in Mar. 2025, Bank of Communications Co spent $1,112 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment. It gained $129 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment. It spent $0 Mil on purchasing business. It gained $0 Mil from selling business. It spent $39,837 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $36,374 Mil from selling investments. It paid $0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it paid $0 Mil for other investing activities. In all, Bank of Communications Co spent $4,446 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Mar. 2025.


Bank of Communications Co Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bank of Communications Co'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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Bank of Communications Co Cash Flow from Investing Chart

Bank of Communications Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cash Flow from Investing
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Bank of Communications Co Quarterly Data
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Bank of Communications Co 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.

Bank of Communications Co's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

Bank of Communications Co's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-25,554 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.


Bank of Communications Co  (OTCPK:BKFCF) 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.

Bank of Communications Co's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-1,112 Mil. It means Bank of Communications Co spent $1,112 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.

Bank of Communications Co's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $129 Mil. It means Bank of Communications Co gained $129 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

Bank of Communications Co's purchase of business for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 Mil. It means Bank of Communications Co spent $0 Mil on purchasing business.

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

Bank of Communications Co's sale of business for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 Mil. It means Bank of Communications Co gained $0 Mil from selling business.

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

Bank of Communications Co's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-39,837 Mil. It means Bank of Communications Co spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}39,837 Mil on purchasing investments.

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

Bank of Communications Co's sale of investment for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $36,374 Mil. It means Bank of Communications Co gained $36,374 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.

Bank of Communications Co's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 Mil. It means Bank of Communications Co 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.

Bank of Communications Co's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0 Mil. It means Bank of Communications Co 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.

Bank of Communications Co's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0 Mil. It means Bank of Communications Co paid $0 Mil for other investing activities.


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Bank of Communications Co Business Description

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No.188, Yin Cheng Zhong Lu, Pilot Free Trade Zone, Pudong New District, Shanghai, CHN, 200120
Bank of Communications, or Bocom, is the only state-owned bank with headquarters in Shanghai. As one of China's four oldest banks, Bocom became China's first state-owned shareholding commercial bank in 1987. Today, Bocom is amid a strategic transformation, building itself into a global wealth-management bank with wide-ranging financial operations, including insurance, brokerage, trust, and asset management.It operates a comprehensive financial services platform that includes corporate finance, personal finance, and money market operations. Bocom is known for its strategic importance in the process of RMB internationalization, particularly with its role as one of the first banks involved in the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System, or CIPS.