Financing
Financing Cash Flow
Year-over-year, this metric grew by 79.2%, from -$1.21B to -$251.91M. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Financing Cash Flow shows a downward trend with a -37.3% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ4 2016
Last reportedQ4 2025
How to read this metric
A large negative value typically indicates a company is returning capital to shareholders or paying down debt, while a positive value suggests the company is raising external capital to fund operations or acquisitions.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the net flow of cash between a company and its capital providers, including shareholders and lend...
Peer comparison
Large-cap peers like Microsoft or Alphabet similarly show large negative financing outflows due to aggressive share repurchase programs and dividend distributions.
Metric ID:
net_cash_from_financingHistorical Data
19 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.80B | -$310.97M | $42.01M | -$968.56M | -$271.64M | $358.79M | $978.99M | -$9.08M | -$711.93M | -$319.56M | $32.41M | $1.14B | $71.75M | $707.57M | -$1.21B | -$907.83M | $1.47B | $0.00 | -$251.91M |
| QoQ Change | — | -117.3% | +113.5% | <-999% | +72.0% | +232.1% | +172.9% | -100.9% | <-999% | +55.1% | +110.1% | >999% | -93.7% | +886.2% | -271.2% | +25.1% | +261.5% | -100.0% | — |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -115.1% | +215.4% | >999% | +99.1% | -162.1% | -189.1% | +456.8% | +260.3% | +122.5% | — | <-999% | -179.6% | >999% | -100.0% | +79.2% |
Range-$1.21B – $1.80B
CAGR-35.4%
Avg YoY Growth+58.8%
Median YoY Growth+89.1%
Financing Cash Flow at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Block's financing cash flow?
- Block (XYZ) reported financing cash flow of -$251.91M in Q1 2026.
- How has Block's financing cash flow changed year-over-year?
- Block's financing cash flow increased by 79.2% year-over-year, from -$1.21B to -$251.91M.
- What is the long-term trend for Block's financing cash flow?
- Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Block's financing cash flow has grown at a -37.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.65B to -$652.90M.
- What does financing cash flow mean?
- The total amount of money a company spends or receives from borrowing debt and managing its own shares and dividends.