Broadcom cash flow statement

In fiscal 2025, Broadcom's operations generated $27.54bn of cash; it spent $623m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $26.91bn. It returned $11.14bn in dividends and $2.45bn through buybacks.

Cash flow statement

US$ billions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Broadcom: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2016Oct 2016	2017Oct 2017	2018Nov 2018	2019Nov 2019	2020Nov 2020	2021Oct 2021	2022Oct 2022	2023Oct 2023	2024Nov 2024	2025Nov 2025	LTMAug 2026
Cash from operations	3.4	6.6	8.9	9.7	12.1	13.8	16.7	18.1	20.0	27.5	40.7
Depreciation and amortisation	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
Stock-based pay	0.7	0.9	1.2	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.2	5.7	7.6	8.5
Capital spending	0.7	1.1	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.3
Free cash flow	2.7	5.5	8.2	9.3	11.6	13.3	16.3	17.6	19.4	26.9	39.4
Free cash flow after stock pay	2.0	4.6	7.0	7.1	9.6	11.6	14.8	15.5	13.7	19.3	30.9
Dividends paid	0.8	1.7	3.0	4.2	5.5	6.2	7.0	7.6	9.8	11.1	12.1
Share buybacks	0.0	0.0	7.3	5.4	0.0	0.0	7.0	5.8	7.2	2.5	8.5
Shares issued	—	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	—

US$ billions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Broadcom: cash flow statement, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Nov 2024	2025 Q1Feb 2025	2025 Q2May 2025	2025 Q3Aug 2025	2025 Q4Nov 2025	2026 Q1Feb 2026	2026 Q2May 2026	2026 Q3Aug 2026
Cash from operations	5.6	6.1	6.6	7.2	7.7	8.3	10.5	14.2
Depreciation and amortisation	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Stock-based pay	1.3	1.3	1.8	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.0
Capital spending	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.5
Free cash flow	5.5	6.0	6.4	7.0	7.5	8.0	10.3	13.7
Free cash flow after stock pay	4.2	4.7	4.6	4.7	5.3	5.8	8.2	11.6
Shares issued	0.1	—	—	0.0	0.1	—	—	0.0

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from Broadcom's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Broadcom.