COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY Cash Flow Breakdown
Cash flow breakdown shows where COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY's cash came from and where it went: from running the business, from investing (buying or selling equipment, companies and investments) and from financing (borrowing, paying back loans, buying back shares, paying dividends). One row per year or quarter. A minus sign means cash went out. Financing is shown line by line: buybacks, dividends, debt paid back, new debt and the rest. All amounts are the filed figures for that period.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-08-31: from running the business, $715.07M came in.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-08-31: from investing, $346.77M went out.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-08-31: from financing, $183.44M went out.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-08-31: change in cash, $186.35M came in.
A minus sign means cash went out. * = worked out from the filed year-to-date figures (hover to see how); greyed = already counted inside another line.
Each year (12 month)
| Fiscal year end | Running the business | From investing | Buybacks | Dividends | Debt paid back | New debt | Commercial paper | Staff share tax | Other | Not split out | Change in cash |
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| 2025-08-31 | $715.07M | -$346.77M | -$198.82M | -$81.43M | -$41.48M | $147.72M | $35.98M | -$8.82M | | -$36.59M* | $186.35M |
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| 2024-08-31 | $899.71M | -$323.00M | -$182.93M | -$78.87M | -$36.35M | $0.00 | $175.32M | -$7.59M | | -$183.34M* | $263.84M |
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| 2023-08-31 | $1.34B | -$835.23M | -$101.41M | -$74.94M | -$389.85M* | $0.00 | $330.06M | -$12.54M | | -$350.81M* | -$83.53M |
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| 2022-08-31 | $700.31M | -$684.72M | -$161.88M | -$67.75M | -$342.24M* | $743.39M | $440.24M | -$9.46M | | -$437.00M* | $178.11M |
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| 2021-08-31 | $228.47M | -$162.13M | $0.00 | -$57.77M | -$381.65M* | $309.28M | $296.59M | -$3.17M | | -$272.67M* | -$43.84M |
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| 2020-08-31 | $791.20M | -$192.94M | $0.00 | -$57.06M | -$246.52M* | $62.54M | $234.48M | | | -$241.23M* | $351.24M |
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| 2019-08-31 | $37.00M | -$462.05M | | -$56.54M | -$127.70M* | $180.00M | $288.90M | | | -$297.90M* | -$438.89M |
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| 2018-08-31 | -$433.92M | $521.93M | $0.00 | -$56.08M | -$19.97M* | $350.00M | $0.00 | | $31.00K* | -$14.56M* | $346.73M |
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| 2017-08-31 | -$523.28M | $595.16M | $0.00 | -$55.51M | -$734.52M* | $475.45M | $0.00 | | $36.00K* | -$9.95M* | -$253.82M |
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| 2016-08-31 | $586.87M | -$153.87M | -$30.59M | -$55.34M | -$222.52M* | $0.00 | -$20.09M | | -$1.70M | -$47.47M* | $54.00M |
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| 2015-08-31 | $313.46M | -$76.82M | -$41.81M | -$55.95M | -$11.34M* | $0.00 | $7.80M | | -$1.21M | -$78.19M* | $50.40M |
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| 2014-08-31 | $136.94M | -$47.26M | $0.00 | -$56.43M | -$8.11M* | $0.00 | $6.32M | | -$4.43M | $28.25M* | $56.16M |
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| 2013-08-31 | $147.73M | -$46.14M | $0.00 | -$56.03M | -$209.41M* | $330.00M | -$19.52M | | -$1.44M | -$28.56M* | $116.35M |
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| 2012-08-31 | $195.99M | -$27.44M | | -$55.62M | -$64.80M* | $0.00 | $18.61M | | $1.97M | -$21.90M* | $40.03M |
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| 2011-08-31 | $27.75M | -$61.53M | | -$55.18M | -$33.58M* | $0.00 | -$10.25M | | $2.35M | -$50.36M* | -$176.92M |
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| 2010-08-31 | $44.91M | -$133.61M | | -$54.49M | -$29.94M | $22.44M | $14.64M | | $4.03M | $127.94M* | -$6.29M |
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| 2009-08-31 | $806.54M | -$367.98M | -$18.51M | -$54.14M | -$132.50M | $64.01M | -$26.24M | | $926.00K | -$80.00M* | $186.58M |
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Each quarter (3 month)
| Quarter end | Running the business | From investing | Buybacks | Dividends | Debt paid back | New debt | Commercial paper | Staff share tax | Other | Not split out | Change in cash |
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| 2026-05-31 | $232.57M* | -$152.62M* | -$18.90M* | -$22.16M* | -$13.00M* | $0.00* | $107.09M* | $1.36M* | | -$74.55M* | |
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| 2026-02-28 | $166.27M* | -$2.64B* | -$18.30M* | -$19.97M* | -$11.32M* | -$15.00M* | $0.00* | $8.43M* | | -$3.02M* | |
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| 2025-11-30 | $204.19M | -$118.00M | -$38.90M | -$20.00M | -$9.88M | $2.00B | $1.92M | -$14.12M | | -$18.93M* | $1.99B |
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| 2025-08-31 | $315.20M* | -$84.15M* | -$49.97M* | -$20.13M* | -$11.08M* | $0.00* | $6.22M* | $728.00K* | | | |
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| 2025-05-31 | $154.40M* | -$87.48M* | -$50.42M* | -$20.32M* | -$10.16M* | $147.72M* | $16.45M* | $705.00K* | | -$17.01M* | |
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| 2025-02-28 | $32.44M* | -$61.66M* | -$48.02M* | -$20.43M* | -$9.30M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | $9.30M* | | | |
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| 2024-11-30 | $213.02M | -$113.49M | -$50.42M | -$20.55M | -$10.94M | $0.00 | $13.30M* | -$19.56M | | | -$2.67M |
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| 2024-08-31 | $351.82M* | -$82.06M* | -$54.77M* | -$20.68M* | -$8.86M* | $0.00* | $33.31M* | $968.00K* | | -$61.06M* | |
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| 2024-05-31 | $197.87M* | -$82.49M* | -$51.82M* | -$20.82M* | -$10.29M* | | $103.94M* | $664.00K* | | -$76.58M* | |
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| 2024-02-29 | $88.96M* | -$91.99M* | -$47.94M* | -$18.63M* | -$7.92M* | | $28.66M* | $10.31M* | | | |
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| 2023-11-30 | $261.06M | -$66.47M | -$28.41M | -$18.75M | -$9.28M* | | $9.42M | -$19.54M | | -$17.47M* | $111.39M |
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| 2023-08-31 | $409.42M* | -$230.06M* | -$18.57M* | -$18.68M* | -$9.06M* | $0.00* | $87.65M* | $1.13M* | | -$104.91M* | |
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| 2023-05-31 | $375.77M* | -$252.56M* | -$16.52M* | -$18.73M* | -$220.44M* | $0.00* | $167.44M* | $1.12M* | | -$166.25M* | |
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| 2023-02-28 | $186.54M* | -$157.05M* | -$17.17M* | -$18.74M* | -$5.66M* | | $74.91M* | $8.72M* | | -$51.93M* | |
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| 2022-11-30 | $372.37M | -$195.55M | -$49.15M | -$18.79M | -$154.70M* | | $49.00K | -$23.51M | | -$27.71M* | -$91.86M |
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| 2022-08-31 | $458.56M* | -$155.97M* | -$106.28M* | -$16.75M* | -$8.89M* | $2.99M* | $112.57M* | | | -$142.59M* | |
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| 2022-05-31 | $187.38M* | -$649.83M* | -$38.59M* | -$16.99M* | -$6.53M* | $0.00* | $136.94M* | | | -$74.97M* | |
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| 2022-02-28 | $28.59M* | $189.81M* | -$11.70M* | -$16.99M* | -$320.26M* | | $40.07M* | | | $672.59M* | |
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| 2021-11-30 | $25.78M | -$68.73M | -$5.31M | -$17.02M | -$6.56M* | | $150.66M | | | -$161.08M* | -$82.81M |
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| 2021-08-31 | $134.24M* | -$58.12M* | $0.00* | -$14.47M* | -$6.67M* | $92.00K* | $150.72M* | | | | |
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| 2021-05-31 | $93.03M* | -$36.66M* | $0.00* | -$14.46M* | -$4.14M* | $12.94M* | $137.02M* | | | -$110.44M* | |
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| 2021-02-28 | $13.29M* | -$30.89M* | $0.00* | -$14.43M* | -$353.97M* | | $4.36M* | | | $283.54M* | |
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| 2020-11-30 | -$12.09M | -$36.46M | $0.00 | -$14.41M | -$3.82M | | $4.49M | | | -$14.83M* | -$77.48M |
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| 2020-08-31 | $259.37M* | -$64.06M* | | -$14.29M* | -$136.05M* | $39.97M* | $63.35M* | | | -$68.04M* | |
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| 2020-05-31 | $278.42M* | -$37.41M* | | -$14.29M* | -$3.59M* | $11.27M* | $85.45M* | | | -$89.43M* | |
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| 2020-02-29 | $107.00M* | -$56.34M* | | -$14.24M* | -$53.58M* | $11.30M* | $58.64M* | | | -$44.89M* | |
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| 2019-11-30 | $146.42M | -$35.12M | | -$14.24M | -$53.30M | $0.00 | $27.05M | | | -$38.87M* | $32.13M |
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| 2019-08-31 | $255.50M* | -$45.68M* | | -$14.15M* | -$103.57M* | $0.00* | $65.75M* | | $0.00* | -$86.18M* | |
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| 2019-05-31 | $134.39M* | -$23.25M* | | -$14.21M* | -$9.53M* | $0.00* | $83.07M* | | | -$116.21M* | $54.14M* |
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| 2019-02-28 | $4.74M* | -$35.67M* | | -$14.06M* | -$7.43M* | $0.00* | $106.63M* | | | -$43.70M* | $10.63M* |
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| 2018-11-30 | -$357.62M | -$357.44M | | -$14.12M | -$7.17M | $180.00M | $33.44M | | | -$51.81M* | -$575.08M |
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| 2018-08-31 | -$103.44M* | $144.25M* | | -$14.04M* | -$4.58M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | | $0.00* | $534.00K* | |
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| 2018-05-31 | -$146.87M* | $220.25M* | | -$14.04M* | -$5.28M* | $350.00M* | $0.00* | | | -$7.69M* | $395.67M* |
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| 2018-02-28 | -$63.46M* | $135.32M* | | -$14.00M* | -$7.13M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | | | | $51.22M* |
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| 2017-11-30 | -$120.16M | $22.12M | | -$13.99M | -$2.98M | $0.00 | $0.00 | | $0.00 | -$7.38M* | -$122.63M |
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| 2017-08-31 | -$542.19M* | $802.29M* | $0.00* | -$13.89M* | -$725.75M* | $475.45M* | $0.00* | | $0.00* | -$7.12M* | -$23.18M* |
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| 2017-05-31 | $6.93M* | -$113.21M* | $0.00* | -$13.89M* | -$2.63M | | $0.00* | | $0.00* | | -$119.77M* |
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| 2017-02-28 | $12.94M* | -$68.26M* | $0.00* | -$13.86M* | -$2.99M* | | $0.00* | | -$334.00K* | $1.94M* | -$69.62M* |
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| 2016-11-30 | -$954.00K | -$25.65M | $0.00 | -$13.86M | -$3.16M | | $0.00 | | $334.00K | -$7.34M* | -$52.38M |
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| 2016-08-31 | $80.00M* | -$3.77M* | $0.00* | -$13.76M* | -$2.79M* | | $0.00* | | -$2.36M* | -$1.32M* | $33.69M* |
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| 2016-05-31 | $174.06M* | -$41.58M* | $0.00* | -$13.75M* | -$2.90M* | | $0.00* | | $611.00K* | -$14.70M* | $102.18M* |
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| 2016-02-29 | $113.24M* | -$100.17M* | -$26.04M* | -$13.86M* | -$202.91M* | | $0.00* | | $30.00K* | -$25.09M* | -$255.51M* |
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| 2015-11-30 | $219.57M | -$8.36M | -$4.55M | -$13.98M | -$2.91M | | -$20.09M | | $25.00K | -$17.38M* | $151.87M |
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| 2015-08-31 | $254.67M* | -$13.35M* | $0.00* | -$13.87M* | -$3.30M* | | $15.29M* | | -$1.33M* | -$132.19M* | $104.32M* |
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| 2015-05-31 | $198.07M* | -$24.61M* | -$2.23M* | -$13.89M* | -$2.69M* | | -$346.00K* | | $76.00K* | -$86.08M* | $68.00M* |
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| 2015-02-28 | -$59.39M* | -$20.15M* | -$30.24M* | -$14.03M* | -$2.90M* | | $4.61M* | | $33.00K* | $110.65M* | -$13.07M* |
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| 2014-11-30 | -$79.90M | -$18.72M | -$9.34M | -$14.15M | -$2.44M | | -$11.76M | | $13.00K | $29.43M* | -$108.85M |
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| 2014-08-31 | $42.63M* | -$38.59M* | $0.00* | -$14.14M* | -$3.28M* | $0.00* | $7.65M* | | -$5.05M* | $8.55M* | -$2.29M* |
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| 2014-05-31 | $57.92M* | -$31.10M* | $0.00* | -$14.13M* | -$1.68M* | | -$3.90M* | | $141.00K* | -$2.17M* | $5.46M* |
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| 2014-02-28 | -$37.09M* | -$19.87M* | $0.00* | -$14.09M* | -$1.59M* | | $545.00K* | | $375.00K* | -$11.53M* | -$83.72M* |
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| 2013-11-30 | $73.47M | $42.31M | $0.00 | -$14.07M | -$1.55M | | $2.02M | | $109.00K | $33.39M* | $136.70M |
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| 2013-08-31 | $104.66M* | -$23.29M* | | -$14.04M* | -$144.47M* | $0.00* | $6.07M* | | -$1.45M* | -$643.00K* | -$74.50M* |
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| 2013-05-31 | $94.23M* | -$16.89M* | | -$14.03M* | -$61.04M* | | -$47.47M* | | $5.00K* | $329.03M* | $283.17M* |
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| 2013-02-28 | -$16.89M* | -$16.15M* | | -$14.00M* | -$1.12M* | | $34.91M* | | $1.00K* | -$88.27M* | -$101.30M* |
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| 2012-11-30 | -$34.27M | $10.19M | | -$13.96M | -$1.28M | | -$13.04M | | $0.00 | $59.82M* | $8.97M |
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| 2012-08-31 | $61.16M* | $13.29M* | | -$13.96M* | -$1.26M* | $0.00* | -$19.48M* | | $1.91M* | -$16.58M* | $28.76M* |
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| 2012-05-31 | $95.76M* | -$25.86M* | | -$13.90M* | -$15.34M* | | -$2.18M* | | $26.00K* | -$12.96M* | $17.48M* |
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| 2012-02-29 | $935.00K* | $8.90M* | | -$13.89M* | -$3.62M* | | -$4.16M* | | | -$5.35M* | -$11.92M* |
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| 2011-11-30 | $38.14M | -$23.78M | | -$13.86M | -$44.58M | | $44.43M | | | $13.02M* | $5.71M |
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| 2011-08-31 | $71.81M* | -$63.21M* | | -$13.86M* | -$10.10M* | -$1.46M* | -$2.00M* | | -$12.00K* | -$1.70M* | -$21.17M* |
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| 2011-05-31 | -$28.65M* | -$28.96M* | | -$13.85M* | -$8.49M* | $824.00K* | -$8.86M* | | $65.00K* | $64.98M* | -$21.46M* |
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| 2011-02-28 | -$9.82M* | -$7.46M* | | -$13.74M* | -$7.60M* | $594.00K* | -$78.52M* | | $2.23M* | -$5.42M* | -$117.78M* |
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| 2010-11-30 | -$5.59M | $38.09M | | -$13.72M | -$7.39M | $45.00K | $79.13M | | $71.00K | -$108.22M* | -$16.51M |
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| 2010-08-31 | $27.41M* | $251.00K* | | -$13.72M* | -$10.03M* | $1.00K* | -$46.68M* | | $829.00K* | $150.47M* | $109.68M* |
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| 2010-05-31 | $4.02M* | -$17.36M* | | -$13.70M* | -$5.46M* | $944.00K* | -$21.14M* | | $597.00K* | $47.73M* | -$7.52M* |
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| 2010-02-28 | -$18.42M* | -$67.73M* | | -$13.55M* | -$6.89M* | $20.80M* | $80.97M* | | $1.90M* | -$33.37M* | -$36.88M* |
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| 2009-11-30 | $31.89M | -$48.78M | | -$13.52M | -$7.57M | $694.00K | $1.49M | | $705.00K | -$36.89M* | -$71.57M |
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