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Jinpan International (Jinpan International) Cash Flow from Investing : $-15.7 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2015)


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What is Jinpan International 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 Sep. 2015, Jinpan International spent $0.8 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 $28.7 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $0.0 Mil from selling investments. It paid $0.0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it received $13.5 Mil from other investing activities. In all, Jinpan International spent $16.0 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Sep. 2015.


Jinpan International Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Jinpan International'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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Jinpan International Cash Flow from Investing Chart

Jinpan International Annual Data
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Jinpan International Quarterly Data
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Jinpan International 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.

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

Jinpan International's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-15.7 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.


Jinpan International  (NAS:JST) 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.

Jinpan International's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $-0.8 Mil. It means Jinpan International spent $0.8 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.

Jinpan International's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.0 Mil. It means Jinpan International gained $0.0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

Jinpan International's purchase of business for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.0 Mil. It means Jinpan International spent $0.0 Mil on purchasing business.

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

Jinpan International's sale of business for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.0 Mil. It means Jinpan International gained $0.0 Mil from selling business.

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

Jinpan International's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $-28.7 Mil. It means Jinpan International spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}28.7 Mil on purchasing investments.

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

Jinpan International's sale of investment for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.0 Mil. It means Jinpan International gained $0.0 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.

Jinpan International's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.0 Mil. It means Jinpan International 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.

Jinpan International's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was 0.0 Mil. It means Jinpan International 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.

Jinpan International's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $13.5 Mil. It means Jinpan International received $13.5 Mil from other investing activities.


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Jinpan International (Jinpan International) Business Description

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Jinpan International Ltd was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on April 3, 1997 under the International Business Companies Act of the British Virgin Islands. The Company design, manufacture and sells electrical power control and distribution equipment that are used in commercial, industrial, and infrastructural applications. Its product lines include cast resin transformers, VPI transformers, VPI line reactors, switchgears and unit substations. Its manufactures low and medium voltage switchgear products under license from Schneider. It also manufactures switchgears, Vacuum Pressure Impregnated (VPI) reactors and transformers, and unit substations. The Company offers switchgear products for general power distribution and for specialized infrastructural and industrial applications. The two main categories of dry type transformers that currently dominate the market are cast resin and open ventilated dry type transformers. Cast resin dry type transformers are predominant in Europe, Japan, and newly developed markets in Asia, including China. Open ventilated dry type transformers are widely used in North America. The Company manufactures medium and low voltage switchgear products for the China market. They use sheet metal to manufacture switchgear enclosures, coat the enclosure, and assemble switchgears using components from brand name suppliers such as Siemens and Schneider. The Company owns the rights to the trademark 'JST,' which is registered with the Trademark Bureau of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce in China.

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