Nomad Foods Ltd cash flow statement

In fiscal 2025, Nomad Foods Ltd's operations generated $374m of cash; it spent $88.8m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $285m. It returned $103m in dividends and $221m through buybacks.

Cash flow statement

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

Nomad Foods Ltd: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2015Mar 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025
Cash from operations	−1	312	219	380	353	521	362	320	466	471	374
Stock-based pay	0	1	3	15	17	10	6	9	26	10	9
Capital spending	0	42	48	49	53	67	94	83	89	87	89
Free cash flow	−1	270	171	331	300	454	269	237	377	384	285
Free cash flow after stock pay	−1	269	168	315	283	444	263	228	351	375	276
Dividends paid	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	97	103
Share buybacks	0	0	201	0	0	694	92	28	185	128	221

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 Nomad Foods Ltd's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Nomad Foods Ltd.