Financing Cash Flow
Salesforce Financing Cash Flow decreased by 69.6% to -$4.24B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 193.5%, from -$1.45B to -$4.24B. Over 4 years (FY 2022 to FY 2026), Financing Cash Flow shows a downward trend with a 5.7% 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.
cf_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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $165.00M | $8.44B | -$970.00M | $203.00M | $201.00M | $136.00M | -$1.68B | -$2.22B | -$2.72B | -$2.05B | -$1.77B | -$946.00M | -$2.11B | -$5.80B | -$1.45B | -$73.00M | -$2.92B | -$2.50B | -$4.24B |
| QoQ Change | — | >999% | -111.5% | +120.9% | -1.0% | -32.3% | <-999% | -32.4% | -22.3% | +24.5% | +13.9% | +46.4% | -122.8% | -175.2% | +75.1% | +95.0% | <-999% | +14.3% | -69.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +21.8% | -98.4% | -73.0% | <-999% | <-999% | <-999% | -5.2% | +57.4% | +22.4% | -183.0% | +18.1% | +92.3% | -38.5% | +56.9% | -193.5% |
Financing Cash Flow at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Salesforce's financing cash flow?
- Salesforce (CRM) reported financing cash flow of -$4.24B in Q4 2025.
- How has Salesforce's financing cash flow changed year-over-year?
- Salesforce's financing cash flow decreased by 193.5% year-over-year, from -$1.45B to -$4.24B.
- What is the long-term trend for Salesforce's financing cash flow?
- Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), Salesforce's financing cash flow has grown at a 5.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.81B to -$9.74B.
- 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.