Hello Group Inc. cash flow statement

In fiscal 2025, Hello Group Inc.'s operations generated $169m of cash; it spent $70.4m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $98.8m. It returned $49.5m in dividends and $107m through buybacks.

Cash flow statement

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

Hello Group Inc.: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	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
Cash from operations	−5	−6	57	218	428	484	783	472	245	178	321	225	169
Depreciation and amortisation	1	3	7	8	12	22	28	32	24	16	10	7	6
Stock-based pay	1	7	17	32	50	84	202	104	75	58	38	26	23
Capital spending	3	9	14	7	32	35	27	19	15	12	81	39	70
Free cash flow	−8	−15	44	211	395	449	756	453	230	166	240	186	99
Free cash flow after stock pay	−9	−21	26	180	346	364	554	349	155	108	202	159	75
Dividends paid	—	—	—	—	—	—	126	172	134	122	135	98	50
Share buybacks	—	58	—	—	—	—	—	51	135	57	30	164	107

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 Hello Group Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q). How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Hello Group Inc.