Flex Ltd. cash flow statement
In fiscal 2026, Flex Ltd.'s operations generated $1.69bn of cash; it spent $633m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $1.05bn. It returned $944m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2010Mar 2010 | 2011Mar 2011 | 2012Mar 2012 | 2013Mar 2013 | 2014Mar 2014 | 2015Mar 2015 | 2016Mar 2016 | 2017Mar 2017 | 2018Mar 2018 | 2019Mar 2019 | 2020Mar 2020 | 2021Mar 2021 | 2022Mar 2022 | 2023Mar 2023 | 2024Mar 2024 | 2025Mar 2025 | 2026Mar 2026 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 799 | 857 | 804 | 1,115 | 1,216 | 794 | 1,136 | −3,822 | −3,866 | −2,971 | −1,533 | 144 | 1,024 | 950 | 1,326 | 1,505 | 1,685 | 1,610 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 708 | 472 | 522 | 566 | 465 | 540 | 515 | 432 | 434 | 433 | 422 | 422 | 409 | 414 | 431 | 439 | 457 | 403 |
| Stock-based pay | 56 | 55 | 48 | 35 | 40 | 50 | 78 | 77 | 81 | 76 | 71 | 79 | 91 | 133 | 152 | 125 | 142 | 165 |
| Capital spending | 235 | 471 | 437 | 489 | 610 | 347 | 511 | 525 | 562 | 726 | 462 | 351 | 443 | 635 | 530 | 438 | 633 | 827 |
| Free cash flow | 564 | 387 | 367 | 626 | 607 | 447 | 626 | −4,347 | −4,428 | −3,697 | −1,995 | −207 | 581 | 315 | 796 | 1,067 | 1,052 | 783 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 508 | 331 | 319 | 592 | 566 | 396 | 548 | −4,425 | −4,510 | −3,773 | −2,066 | −286 | 490 | 182 | 644 | 942 | 910 | 618 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 400 | 510 | 322 | 475 | 416 | 420 | 350 | 180 | 189 | 260 | 183 | 686 | 337 | 1,298 | 1,257 | 944 | 400 |
| Shares issued | 6 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 694 | 552 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Quarter | 2025 Q3Dec 2024 | 2025 Q4Mar 2025 | 2026 Q1Jun 2025 | 2026 Q2Sept 2025 | 2026 Q3Dec 2025 | 2026 Q4Mar 2026 | 2027 Q1Jun 2026 | 2027 Q2Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 413 | 433 | 399 | 453 | 420 | 413 | 276 | 501 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 110 | 38 | 142 | 114 | 113 | 24 | 140 | 126 |
| Stock-based pay | 33 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 51 | 43 |
| Capital spending | 112 | 112 | 133 | 150 | 148 | 202 | 236 | 241 |
| Free cash flow | 301 | 321 | 266 | 303 | 272 | 211 | 40 | 260 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 268 | 289 | 232 | 266 | 235 | 177 | −11 | 217 |
| Shares issued | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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