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Salesforce (BUE:CRM) Cash Flow from Investing : ARS-631,606 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Salesforce 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 Jan. 2024, Salesforce spent ARS118,842 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment. It gained ARS0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment. It spent ARS0 Mil on purchasing business. It gained ARS0 Mil from selling business. It spent ARS840,788 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained ARS581,276 Mil from selling investments. It paid ARS0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it received ARS0 Mil from other investing activities. In all, Salesforce spent ARS378,355 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Jan. 2024.


Salesforce Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Salesforce'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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Salesforce Cash Flow from Investing Chart

Salesforce Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cash Flow from Investing
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -178,382.80 -333,881.69 -1,492,556.49 -351,752.35 -1,072,813.13

Salesforce Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 55,176.84 61,366.55 -295,718.41 -18,900.00 -378,354.59

Salesforce 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.

Salesforce's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Salesforce's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ARS-631,606 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.


Salesforce  (BUE:CRM) 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.

Salesforce's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS-118,842 Mil. It means Salesforce spent ARS118,842 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.

Salesforce's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS0 Mil. It means Salesforce gained ARS0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

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

Salesforce's purchase of business for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS0 Mil. It means Salesforce spent ARS0 Mil on purchasing business.

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

Salesforce's sale of business for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS0 Mil. It means Salesforce gained ARS0 Mil from selling business.

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

Salesforce's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS-840,788 Mil. It means Salesforce spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}840,788 Mil on purchasing investments.

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

Salesforce's sale of investment for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS581,276 Mil. It means Salesforce gained ARS581,276 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.

Salesforce's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS0 Mil. It means Salesforce paid ARS0 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.

Salesforce's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 0 Mil. It means Salesforce paid ARS0 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.

Salesforce's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS0 Mil. It means Salesforce received ARS0 Mil from other investing activities.


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Salesforce (BUE:CRM) Business Description

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Salesforce Inc provides enterprise cloud computing solutions. The company offers customer relationship management technology that brings companies and customers together. Its Customer 360 platform helps the group to deliver a single source of truth, connecting customer data across systems, apps, and devices to help companies sell, service, market, and conduct commerce. It also offers Service Cloud for customer support, Marketing Cloud for digital marketing campaigns, Commerce Cloud as an e-commerce engine, the Salesforce Platform, which allows enterprises to build applications, and other solutions, such as MuleSoft for data integration.