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Carbon Black (Carbon Black) Cash Flow from Investing : $-93.2 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Carbon Black 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 Jun. 2019, Carbon Black spent $0.6 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 $63.8 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $55.3 Mil from selling investments. It paid $0.0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it paid $0.8 Mil for other investing activities. In all, Carbon Black spent $9.8 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Jun. 2019.


Carbon Black Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Carbon Black'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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Carbon Black Cash Flow from Investing Chart

Carbon Black Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Cash Flow from Investing
-12.87 0.70 -6.07 -100.62

Carbon Black Quarterly Data
Dec15 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
Cash Flow from Investing Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.40 -96.65 1.22 12.07 -9.82

Carbon Black 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.

Carbon Black's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as:

Carbon Black's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-93.2 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.


Carbon Black  (NAS:CBLK) 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.

Carbon Black's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $-0.6 Mil. It means Carbon Black spent $0.6 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.

Carbon Black's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $0.0 Mil. It means Carbon Black gained $0.0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

Carbon Black's purchase of business for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $0.0 Mil. It means Carbon Black spent $0.0 Mil on purchasing business.

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

Carbon Black's sale of business for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $0.0 Mil. It means Carbon Black gained $0.0 Mil from selling business.

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

Carbon Black's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $-63.8 Mil. It means Carbon Black spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}63.8 Mil on purchasing investments.

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

Carbon Black's sale of investment for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $55.3 Mil. It means Carbon Black gained $55.3 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.

Carbon Black's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $0.0 Mil. It means Carbon Black 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.

Carbon Black's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was 0.0 Mil. It means Carbon Black 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.

Carbon Black's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $-0.8 Mil. It means Carbon Black paid $0.8 Mil for other investing activities.


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Carbon Black (Carbon Black) Business Description

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1100 Winter Street, Waltham, MA, USA, 02451
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Jill A Ward director C/O FLEETMATICS, 1100 WINTER STREET, SUITE 4600, WALTHAM MA 02451
Tibbetts Joseph S Jr director 1800 SOUTH NOVELL PLACE, PROVO UT 84606
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Mark P. Sullivan officer: See Remarks C/O ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 200 WHEELER ROAD BURLINGTON MA 01803
Highland Management Partners Vii Limited Partnership 10 percent owner ONE BROADWAY, 16TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Highland Capital Partners Vi Lp 10 percent owner
Highland Management Partners Vi L P 10 percent owner HIGHLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS, 92 HAYDEN AVENUE, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Highland Management Partners Vii, Llc 10 percent owner ONE BROADWAY, 16TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Hef Vi, Limited Partnership 10 percent owner 92 HAYDEN AVENUE, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Highland Entrepreneurs Fund Vii Limited Partnership 10 percent owner 92 HAYDEN AVENUE, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Highland Capital Partners Vii-b L P 10 percent owner 92 HAYDEN AVE, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Highland Capital Partners Vii-c Lp 10 percent owner 92 HAYDEN AVE, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Highland Capital Partners Vii Lp 10 percent owner 92 HAYDEN AVE, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Paul A Maeder director C/O HIGHLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS, HIGH ST TOWER 125 HIGH ST, BOSTON MA 02110

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