Comcast cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Comcast's operations generated $33.64bn of cash; it spent $11.75bn on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $21.89bn. It returned $4.89bn in dividends and $7.16bn 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 | 10.3 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 16.9 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 21.3 | 24.3 | 25.7 | 24.7 | 29.1 | 26.4 | 28.5 | 27.7 | 33.6 | 31.7 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 16.2 | 12.8 |
| Stock-based pay | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Capital spending | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
| Free cash flow | 5.2 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 14.5 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 20.0 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 21.9 | 19.7 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 4.9 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 18.7 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 14.2 | 20.6 | 18.3 |
| Dividends paid | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Share buybacks | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 13.3 | 11.3 | 9.1 | 7.2 | 4.1 |
| Shares issued | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | 8,080 | 8,294 | 7,815 | 8,693 | 8,841 | 6,891 | 8,092 | 7,903 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 3,833 | 3,849 | 2,349 | 2,353 | 4,187 | 3,865 | 2,391 | 2,385 |
| Stock-based pay | 305 | 382 | 268 | 269 | 274 | 427 | 319 | 315 |
| Capital spending | 3,914 | 2,252 | 2,678 | 3,071 | 3,749 | 2,351 | 2,902 | 3,058 |
| Free cash flow | 4,166 | 6,042 | 5,137 | 5,622 | 5,092 | 4,540 | 5,190 | 4,845 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 3,861 | 5,660 | 4,869 | 5,353 | 4,818 | 4,113 | 4,871 | 4,530 |
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