WH Smith (CHIX:SMWHL) Cash Flow from Investing : £-137 Mil (TTM As of Aug. 2024)

WH Smith Cash Flow from Investing Chart

WH Smith Annual Data
	Trend	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17	Aug18	Aug19	Aug20	Aug21	Aug22	Aug23	Aug24
Cash Flow from Investing		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-395.00	-43.00	-83.00	-122.00	-137.00

WH Smith Semi-Annual Data
	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24	Aug24
Cash Flow from Investing	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-45.00	-60.00	-62.00	-65.00	-72.00

WH Smith 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.

WH Smith's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as:

WH Smith's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £-137 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
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WH Smith  (CHIX:SMWHl) 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.

WH Smith's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was £-57 Mil. It means WH Smith spent £57 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.

WH Smith's sale of property, plant, equipment for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was £0 Mil. It means WH Smith gained £0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

WH Smith's purchase of business for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was £0 Mil. It means WH Smith spent £0 Mil on purchasing business.

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

WH Smith's sale of business for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was £0 Mil. It means WH Smith gained £0 Mil from selling business.

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

WH Smith's purchase of investment for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was £0 Mil. It means WH Smith 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.

WH Smith's sale of investment for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was £0 Mil. It means WH Smith 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.

WH Smith's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was £-9 Mil. It means WH Smith 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.

WH Smith's cash from discontinued investing activities for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was 0 Mil. It means WH Smith 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.

WH Smith's cash from other investing activities for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was £-6 Mil. It means WH Smith paid £6 Mil for other investing activities.

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