Ribbon Communications Inc. cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Ribbon Communications Inc.'s operations generated $51.4m of cash; it spent $25.3m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $26.1m. It returned $9.0m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 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 | 20 | 19 | 8 | −10 | 56 | 102 | 19 | −26 | 17 | 50 | 51 | −19 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | — | — | — | 11 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 |
| Stock-based pay | 22 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 21 |
| Capital spending | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 10 |
| Free cash flow | 12 | 15 | 4 | −18 | 45 | 75 | 2 | −37 | 8 | 28 | 26 | −29 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | −10 | −5 | −22 | −29 | 32 | 61 | −17 | −55 | −14 | 12 | 7 | −50 |
| Share buybacks | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 4 |
| 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 | 62 | −4 | −1 | 26 | 29 | −22 | −12 | −14 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Stock-based pay | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Capital spending | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Free cash flow | 54 | −16 | −6 | 21 | 27 | −25 | −16 | −16 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 50 | −20 | −11 | 15 | 22 | −31 | −21 | −21 |
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