Alphabet just posted its first quarterly negative free cash flow as a public company, and that was somehow not the most alarming number in its earnings report. The real story is what the company has committed to spending next.

Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree from Bridgewater State University and helps develop content strategies. Cash flow statements help investors evaluate a company's liquidity and ...

Cash flow from operating activities adds depreciation and amortization to net income, as they are non-cash costs that count against net income but should not count against operati

The gap between institutional optimism and retail skepticism on Boeing comes down to one number that keeps resurfacing.

A company's true financial health can't be judged by profit alone.

Free cash flow indicates how much cash a company can produce after taking cash outflows for operations and assets into consideration. Higher free cash flow gives a company more fi