Benchmark Electronics Inc cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Benchmark Electronics Inc's operations generated $124m of cash; it spent $35.6m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $88.4m. It returned $24.4m in dividends and $26.8m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 124 | 5 | 55 | 151 | 99 | 137 | 147 | 273 | 146 | 77 | 93 | 120 | −3 | −177 | 174 | 189 | 124 | 170 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 40 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 41 | 46 | 50 | 55 | 49 | 52 | 48 | 49 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 48 |
| Stock-based pay | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 23 |
| Capital spending | 22 | 36 | 71 | 48 | 27 | 44 | 37 | 30 | 51 | 63 | 33 | 35 | 39 | 43 | 73 | 31 | 36 | 54 |
| Free cash flow | 101 | −31 | −17 | 103 | 72 | 92 | 110 | 243 | 95 | 14 | 61 | 86 | −41 | −221 | 101 | 158 | 88 | 116 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 96 | −36 | −22 | 97 | 65 | 86 | 103 | 237 | 87 | 4 | 50 | 75 | −57 | −239 | 86 | 145 | 71 | 93 |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Share buybacks | 28 | 59 | 56 | 47 | 41 | 44 | 68 | 42 | 29 | 212 | 122 | 25 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 15 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 46 | 32 | −3 | 37 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 30 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Stock-based pay | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Capital spending | 9 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 15 |
| Free cash flow | 37 | 28 | −15 | 25 | 48 | 31 | 22 | 15 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 35 | 24 | −20 | 20 | 46 | 26 | 16 | 6 |
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