Cash from financing is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders.
For the
six
months ended in Feb. 2024,
Smiths News paid£3 Mil more to buy back shares than it received from issuing new shares.
It spent£15 Mil paying down its debt.
It paid£0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.
It spent£7 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.
It spent£3 Mil on other financial activities.
In all, Smiths Newsspent£28 Mil on financial activities for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2024.
Smiths News Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data
The historical data trend for Smiths News's Cash Flow from Financing 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.
This is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders. In the calculation of free cash flow, cash from financing is not calculated because it is not related to operating activities.
Smiths News's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Financing 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 £-44 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.
Smiths News (AQSE:CNCT.GB) Cash Flow from Financing Explanation
Cash from financing contains six items:
1. Issuance of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. Issuance of stock represents the cash inflow from offering common stock, which is the additional capital contribution to the entity during the period.
Smiths News's issuance of stock for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2024 was £-3 Mil.
2. Repurchase of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. It can also use cash to buy back shares. Repurchase of stock represents the cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.
Smiths News's repurchase of stock for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2024 was £0 Mil.
3. Net Issuance of Debt:
Net issuance of debt is the cash a company received or spent through debt related activities such as debt issuance or debt repayment. If a company pays down its debt during the period, this number will be negative. If a company issued more debt, it receives cash and this number is positive.
Smiths News's net issuance of debt for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2024 was £-15 Mil.
Smiths News spent£15 Mil paying down its debt.
4. Net Issuance of Preferred Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new preferred shares. It can also use cash to buy back preferred shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing preferred shares than it has paid to buy back preferred shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back preferred shares than it has received for issuing preferred shares.
Smiths News's net issuance of preferred for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2024 was £0 Mil.
Smiths News paid£0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.
5. Cash Flow for Dividends:
Cash flow for dividends refers to the payment of cash to shareholders as dividends when the company generates income.
Smiths News's cash flow for dividends for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2024 was £-7 Mil.
Smiths News spent£7 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.
6. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.
Smiths News's other financing for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2024 was £-3 Mil.
Smiths News spent£3 Mil on other financial activities.
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Smiths News PLC is a UK-based wholesale distributor of published content. The group is one of the UK's foremost publishers of newspapers and magazines, and it also operates as a book distributor through bookstores and an online platform serving the needs of academics and public libraries. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom. Its segments include Smiths News Core; Dawson Media Direct (DMD); Instore and others.
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