Alcoa (AAPRB.PFD) Cash Flow from Investing : $-378.00 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2016)

Alcoa Cash Flow from Investing Chart

Alcoa Annual Data
	Trend	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15
Cash Flow from Investing		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-1,852.00	-759.00	-1,290.00	-3,460.00	-1,060.00

Alcoa Quarterly Data
	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16
Cash Flow from Investing	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															82.00	-457.00	-1.00	311.00	-231.00

Alcoa 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.

Alcoa's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as:

Alcoa's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as:

Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-378.00 Mil.

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Alcoa  (NYSE:AAPRB.PFD) 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.

Alcoa's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $-286.00 Mil. It means Alcoa spent $286.00 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.

Alcoa's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.00 Mil. It means Alcoa gained $0.00 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

Alcoa's purchase of business for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.00 Mil. It means Alcoa spent $0.00 Mil on purchasing business.

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

Alcoa's sale of business for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.00 Mil. It means Alcoa gained $0.00 Mil from selling business.

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

Alcoa's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $-15.00 Mil. It means Alcoa spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}15.00 Mil on purchasing investments.

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

Alcoa's sale of investment for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $5.00 Mil. It means Alcoa gained $5.00 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.

Alcoa's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.00 Mil. It means Alcoa paid $0.00 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.

Alcoa's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was 0.00 Mil. It means Alcoa paid $0.00 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.

Alcoa's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $65.00 Mil. It means Alcoa received $65.00 Mil from other investing activities.

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