News Corp -A Cash Flow - Quarterly (NASDAQ:NWSA)
The cash flow statement is one of the reports a publicly traded company like News Corp -A needs to disclose. This report provides details about cash inflows and outflows due to the company's business and investment activities, and summarize cash outflows for a given quarter. For News Corp -A profits one has to check the income statement and for News Corp -A debt one has to check the balance sheet. News Corp -A cash flow analysis is possible because this statement breaks down how balance sheet accounts and income statement items affect cash and cash equivalents. News Corp -A had cash and cash equivalents of $2.02B at the beginning of the quarter and $2.03B at quarter end for 2018 Q4. The cash from operating activities for News Corp -A is $ 2018 Q4, which saw an increase from previous quarter.
View and download details of News Corp -A cash flows for latest & last 40 quarters| Fiscal year is Jul - Jun | 2018 Q4 | 2018 Q3 | 2018 Q2 | 2018 Q1 | 2017 Q4 | 2017 Q3 | 2017 Q2 | 2017 Q1 | 2016 Q4 | 2016 Q3 |
Net Income Cash Flow | -1.44B | -1.09B | 21M | 87M | -643M | -219M | -219M | - | 250M | 141M |
| Depreciation Depletion Amortization Cash-Flow | 472M | 297M | 197M | 97M | 449M | 349M | 240M | 120M | 505M | 370M |
| Net Increase (Decrease) in Assets Liabilities | -89M | -148M | -266M | -196M | -164M | -301M | -338M | -351M | 373M | 341M |
| Cash From (used in) Discontinued Operations | - | - | - | - | -5M | -5M | - | - | -15M | -20M |
| Other Adjustments Net | 1.82B | 1.41B | 252M | 8M | 857M | 395M | 321M | -37M | -161M | -243M |
Net Cash from (used by) Operating Activities | 757M | 465M | 204M | -4M | 494M | 219M | 4M | -268M | 952M | 589M |
| Increase (Decrease) in Prop Plant And Equipment | -227M | -63M | -113M | -62M | -147M | 64M | -49M | -25M | -214M | -176M |
| Acquisition Disposition of Subsidiaires | -76M | -62M | -53M | -54M | -185M | -345M | -342M | -283M | -520M | -486M |
| Increase (Decrease) in Investments | -51M | -42M | -33M | -12M | -98M | -83M | -42M | -10M | -105M | -62M |
| Other Cash Inflow (Outflow) from Investment Activities | 33M | 23M | 23M | 7M | 325M | 315M | 315M | 307M | -285M | 21M |
Net Cash from (used by) Investment Activities | -321M | -144M | -176M | -121M | -105M | -49M | -118M | -11M | -1.12B | -703M |
| Issuance (Purchase) of Equity Shares | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -41M | -41M |
| Issuance (Repayment) of Debt Securities | -118M | -93M | -93M | - | -23M | -23M | -23M | -23M | 342M | 342M |
| Increase (Decrease) in Bank & Other Borrowings | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Payment of Dividends & Other Cash Distributions | -158M | -99M | -80M | -21M | -152M | -93M | -77M | -18M | -147M | -88M |
| Other Cash from (used by) Financing Activities | -122M | -42M | -29M | -10M | -42M | -36M | -21M | -18M | -4M | -9M |
Net Cash from (used by) Financing Activities | -398M | -234M | -202M | -31M | -217M | -152M | -121M | -59M | 150M | 204M |
| Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash | -20M | 9M | 14M | 17M | 12M | - | -33M | 5M | -97M | -69M |
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents | 18M | 96M | -160M | -139M | 184M | 18M | -268M | -333M | -119M | 21M |
| Cash & Equivalents at Beginning of Year | 2.02B | 1.83B | 1.95B | 3.15B | 2.38B | 1.13B | 2.02B | 1.08B | - | - |
| Cash & Equivalents at Year End | 2.03B | 2.11B | 1.86B | 1.88B | 2.02B | 1.85B | 1.56B | 1.5B | 1.83B | 1.97B |
The statement of cash flows comprises of cash flow from financing, cash flow from operations and cash flow from investing activities. All the three can have an impact on the stock price. The News Corp -A stock price history and News Corp -A stock comparison chart inevitably reflect its cash flow situation.
- News Corp -A saw a negative change in Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents of $18M till 2018 Q4. Apart from the News Corp -A stock price, this is one of the things an investor looks for, as it shows the net change in cash on hand for a company, compared to previous period.
- Cash Flow from operating activities: Operating activities include the core business activities. This line item refers to the cash generated from the same and stood at a positive value of $757M for NWSA.
- Growth companies, typically most tech companies; spend heavily on investing activities and this figure stood at $-321M for NWSA stock. Sometimes a company might have a negative overall cash flow which may not be really bad if it is due to investment expenses. Hence it is important to check the cash flow from investment activities.
- Cash flow from financing activities shows the flow of cash between News Corp -A and its owners and creditors and was $-398M till 2018 Q4. Financing activities allow a company to raise capital, and repay bondholders.