Financing Cash Flow
Stryker Financing Cash Flow decreased by 345.4% to -$1.51B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 159.6%, from $2.53B to -$1.51B. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2024), Financing Cash Flow shows an upward trend with a -39.5% 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 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$676.00M | -$348.00M | -$288.00M | $993.00M | -$753.00M | -$543.00M | -$446.00M | -$481.00M | -$405.00M | -$422.00M | -$286.00M | -$418.00M | -$966.00M | $2.65B | -$1.79B | $2.53B | -$989.00M | -$339.00M | -$1.51B |
| QoQ Change | — | +48.5% | +17.2% | +444.8% | -175.8% | +27.9% | +17.9% | -7.8% | +15.8% | -4.2% | +32.2% | -46.2% | -131.1% | +374.6% | -167.6% | +241.2% | -139.0% | +65.7% | -345.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -11.4% | -56.0% | -54.9% | -148.4% | +46.2% | +22.3% | +35.9% | +13.1% | -138.5% | +728.7% | -527.3% | +706.2% | -2.4% | -112.8% | -159.6% |
Financing Cash Flow at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Stryker's financing cash flow?
- Stryker (SYK) reported financing cash flow of -$1.51B in Q1 2026.
- How has Stryker's financing cash flow changed year-over-year?
- Stryker's financing cash flow decreased by 159.6% year-over-year, from $2.53B to -$1.51B.
- What is the long-term trend for Stryker's financing cash flow?
- Over 3 years (2021 to 2024), Stryker's financing cash flow has grown at a -39.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$2.37B to -$525.00M.
- 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.