Edwards Lifesciences Increase (Decrease) in Prepaid Expense and Other Assets increased by 40.3% to $8.70M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 182.1%, from -$10.60M to $8.70M. Over 2 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Increase (Decrease) in Prepaid Expense and Other Assets shows an upward trend with a 73.2% CAGR.
An increase represents a cash outflow for future benefits, while a decrease represents the realization of previously paid expenses, effectively freeing up cash flow.
This tracks changes in prepayments for goods or services that will be consumed in future periods. An increase in these a...
Standard working capital metric; peers will show similar fluctuations based on their procurement and service contract cycles.
operating_increase_decrease_in_prepaid_deferred_expense__313362| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | -$5.80M | -$1.10M | -$6.40M | -$1.70M | -$24.00M | $5.40M | $23.80M | $19.60M | $20.30M | $18.10M | -$27.10M | -$13.00M | $12.70M | -$10.60M | $13.90M | $14.20M | $6.20M | $8.70M |
| QoQ Change | — | +81.0% | -481.8% | +73.4% | <-999% | +122.5% | +340.7% | -17.6% | +3.6% | -10.8% | -249.7% | +52.0% | +197.7% | -183.5% | +231.1% | +2.2% | -56.3% | +40.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -313.8% | +590.9% | >999% | +181.7% | +275.9% | — | -213.9% | -166.3% | -37.4% | +60.9% | +206.9% | +11.8% | — | +182.1% |