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Wayfair (Wayfair) Cash Flow from Investing : $-152 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Wayfair Cash Flow from Investing?

Cash Flow from Investing covers the cash a company gains or spends from investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries. It also includes the cash the company used for property, plant and equipment (PPE).

For the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Wayfair spent $47 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment. It gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment. It spent $0 Mil on purchasing business. It gained $0 Mil from selling business. It spent $0 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $4 Mil from selling investments. It paid $49Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it paid $30 Mil for other investing activities. In all, Wayfair spent $122 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Dec. 2023.


Wayfair Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wayfair's Cash Flow from Investing can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Wayfair Cash Flow from Investing Chart

Wayfair Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Flow from Investing
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -855.00 -236.00 -515.00 1.00 -152.00

Wayfair Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash Flow from Investing Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 212.00 64.00 -15.00 -79.00 -122.00

Wayfair Cash Flow from Investing Calculation

Cash Flow from Investing covers the cash a company gains or spends from investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries. It also includes the cash the company used for property, plant and equipment (PPE).

If a company spends cash on property, plant and equipment (PPE), this will reduce their cash position. This is called Capital Expenditures (CPEX).

Likewise, if a company buys another company for cash, this will reduce their cash position.

Wayfair's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Wayfair's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-152 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Wayfair  (NYSE:W) Cash Flow from Investing Explanation

Cash flow from investing contains nine items:

1. Purchase Of Property, Plant, Equipment:
Purchase of PPE indicates the amount used to purchase property, plant, and equipment.

Wayfair's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-47 Mil. It means Wayfair spent $47 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment.

In the capital spending for property, plant and equipment (PPE), some part of spending may be from the expansion of business. The business needs more property, plant and equipment (PPE) as it grows. Another part may be from replacement of the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of existing business. For some companies, the cash spent on replacing of the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of the existing business will be close to the depreciation of property, plant and equipment (PPE) reported in the income statement.

In Warren Buffett's definition of Owner's Earnings, he deducts the estimate of the cost of replacing the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of the existing business from cash flow from operations. The cash spent on the new property, plant, and equipment is not deducted. The reason is because these are not costs of the existing business. In his 1986 letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett wrote this about owner earnings:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume....Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

2. Sale Of Property, Plant, Equipment:
Sale of PPE indicates the amount gained from selling property, plant, and equipment.

Wayfair's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Wayfair gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

3.Purchase Of Business:
Purchase of business indicates the amount used to purchase business.

Wayfair's purchase of business for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Wayfair spent $0 Mil on purchasing business.

4. Sale Of Business:
Sale of business indicates the amount gained from selling business.

Wayfair's sale of business for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Wayfair gained $0 Mil from selling business.

5. Purchase Of Investment:
Purchase of Investments represents cash outflow on the purchase of investments in securities.

Wayfair's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Wayfair spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}0 Mil on purchasing investments.

6. Sale Of Investment:
Sale of Investments represents cash inflow on the sale of investments in securities.

Wayfair's sale of investment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $4 Mil. It means Wayfair gained $4 Mil from selling investments.

7. Net Intangibles Purchase And Sale:
Net Intangibles purchase and sale means the net cash inflow received by a company that comes from the purchase and sale of intangibles. It equals the cash received from sale of intangibles minus the cash spent on purchasing intangibles.

Wayfair's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-49 Mil. It means Wayfair paid $49 Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale.

8. Cash From Discontinued Investing Activities:
Cash from discontinued investing activities means the cash received by a company that comes from the discontinued investing activities.

Wayfair's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0 Mil. It means Wayfair paid $0 Mil for discontinued investing activities.

9. Cash From Other Investing Activities:
Cash from other investing activities means the cash received by a company that comes from other investing activities.

Wayfair's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-30 Mil. It means Wayfair paid $30 Mil for other investing activities.


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Wayfair (Wayfair) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4 Copley Place, Boston, MA, USA, 02116
Wayfair engages in e-commerce in the United States (86% of 2022 sales), Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Ireland. At the end of 2022, the firm offered more than 40 million products from more than 20,000 suppliers under the brands Wayfair, Joss & Main, AllModern, Birch Lane, and Perigold. Its offerings include furniture, everyday and seasonal decor, decorative accents, housewares, and other home goods. Wayfair was founded in 2002 and began trading publicly in 2014.
Executives
Niraj Shah director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Steven Conine director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Thomas Netzer officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Jon Blotner officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Kate Gulliver officer: CFO and Chief Admin Officer 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Fiona Tan officer: Chief Technology Officer 41 DISCOVERY, IRVINE CA 92618
Anke Schaferkordt director C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Steve Oblak officer: SVP and GM, Wayfair.com C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael D Fleisher officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael W. Choe director C/O CHARLESBANK CAPITAL PARTNERS, 200 CLARENDON STREET, 54TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02109
James R. Miller director 4050 EAST COTTON CENTER BLVD. 6-68, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Jeremy King director C/O WAYFAIR LLC, 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael Andrew Kumin director, 10 percent owner C/O GREAT HILL PARTNERS, L.P., 200 CLARENDON STREET, 29TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Edmond Macri officer: SVP, Marketing and Analytics C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael E Sneed director JOHNSON & JOHNSON, ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLAZA, NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08933