Financing Cash Flow
Cigna Financing Cash Flow increased by 71.9% to -$1.14B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 69.0%, from -$3.68B to -$1.14B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Financing Cash Flow shows an upward trend with a -6.0% CAGR.
Analysis
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.
net_cash_from_financingHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$62.00M | -$1.73B | -$2.37B | -$2.17B | -$916.00M | -$5.52B | -$2.64B | -$37.00M | -$435.00M | -$2.57B | -$1.25B | -$2.53B | -$2.31B | $439.00M | -$3.25B | -$3.68B | -$1.33B | $2.66B | -$4.07B | -$1.14B |
| QoQ Change | — | <-999% | -37.2% | +8.4% | +57.8% | -502.3% | +52.2% | +98.6% | <-999% | -491.3% | +51.4% | -102.3% | +8.7% | +119.0% | -839.9% | -13.3% | +63.8% | +299.5% | -252.9% | +71.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | <-999% | -219.3% | -11.2% | +98.3% | +52.5% | +53.4% | +52.6% | <-999% | -430.8% | +117.1% | -159.8% | -45.6% | +42.3% | +505.7% | -25.2% | +69.0% |
Financing Cash Flow at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Cigna's financing cash flow?
- Cigna (CI) reported financing cash flow of -$1.14B in Q1 2026.
- How has Cigna's financing cash flow changed year-over-year?
- Cigna's financing cash flow increased by 69.0% year-over-year, from -$3.68B to -$1.14B.
- What is the long-term trend for Cigna's financing cash flow?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cigna's financing cash flow has grown at a -6.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$8.21B to -$6.42B.
- 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.