COMCAST CORPORATION Cash Flow Breakdown
Cash flow breakdown shows where COMCAST CORPORATION'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 2025-12-31: from running the business, $33.64B came in.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from investing, $16.16B went out.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from financing, $14.35B went out.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: change in cash, $3.18B 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 | New shares sold | Other | Not split out | Change in cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $33.64B | -$16.16B | -$7.16B | -$4.89B | -$5.74B | $3.49B | $0.00 | -$50.00M | -$1.00M* | $3.18B | |
| 2024-12-31 | $27.67B | -$15.67B | -$9.10B | -$4.81B | -$3.57B | $6.27B | $0.00 | $339.00M | $1.09B | ||
| 2023-12-31 | $28.50B | -$7.16B | -$11.29B | -$4.77B | -$4.01B | $6.05B | -$660.00M | $5.00M | -$5.17B* | $1.50B | |
| 2022-12-31 | $26.41B | -$14.14B | -$13.33B | -$4.74B | -$2.31B | $2.75B | $660.00M | $786.00M | $1.00M* | -$4.00B | |
| 2021-12-31 | $29.15B | -$13.45B | -$4.67B | -$4.53B | $2.63B | $0.00 | -$544.00M | -$11.50B* | -$2.99B | ||
| 2020-12-31 | $24.74B | -$12.05B | -$534.00M | -$4.14B | $18.64B | $0.00 | -$1.71B | -$18.78B* | $6.18B | ||
| 2019-12-31 | $25.70B | -$14.84B | -$504.00M | -$3.73B | $5.48B | -$1.29B | $46.00M | -$9.18B* | $1.68B | ||
| 2018-12-31 | $24.30B | -$50.85B | -$5.32B | -$3.35B | $44.78B | $379.00M | $0.00 | -$550.00M | -$8.80B* | $338.00M | |
| 2017-12-31 | $21.26B | -$13.53B | -$5.43B | -$2.88B | $11.47B | -$1.91B | $0.00 | $100.00M | -$8.91B* | $156.00M | |
| 2016-12-31 | $19.69B | -$18.27B | -$5.35B | -$2.60B | $9.23B | $1.79B | $23.00M | -$220.00M | -$3.31B* | $992.00M | |
| 2015-12-31 | $19.48B | -$11.96B | -$7.17B | -$2.44B | $5.49B | $135.00M | $36.00M | -$571.00M | -$4.61B* | -$1.61B | |
| 2014-12-31 | $16.95B | -$8.73B | -$4.25B | -$2.25B | $4.18B | -$504.00M | $35.00M | $167.00M | -$3.40B* | $2.19B | |
| 2013-12-31 | $14.16B | -$9.51B | -$2.00B | -$1.96B | $2.93B | $1.34B | $40.00M | -$211.00M | -$14.02B* | -$9.23B | |
| 2012-12-31 | $14.85B | -$1.49B | -$3.00B | -$1.61B | -$544.00M | $233.00M | -$90.00M | $972.00M* | $9.33B | ||
| 2011-12-31 | $14.35B | -$12.51B | -$2.14B | -$1.19B | $544.00M | $283.00M | -$159.00M | -$3.54B* | -$4.36B | ||
| 2010-12-31 | $11.18B | -$5.71B | -$1.20B | -$1.06B | $0.00 | $34.00M | -$125.00M | $2.20B* | $5.31B | ||
| 2009-12-31 | $10.28B | -$5.90B | -$765.00M | -$761.00M | $0.00 | $1.00M | -$160.00M | -$3.22B* | -$524.00M | ||
| 2008-12-31 | $10.23B | -$7.48B | -$2.80B | -$547.00M | $53.00M | -$153.00M | $925.00M* | $232.00M | |||
| 2007-12-31 | $8.19B | -$8.15B | -$3.10B | $0.00 | $412.00M | $62.00M | $2.31B* | -$276.00M |
Each quarter (3 month)
| Quarter end | Running the business | From investing | Buybacks | Dividends | Debt paid back | New debt | Commercial paper | New shares sold | Other | Not split out | Change in cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $8.09B* | -$3.57B* | -$1.00B* | -$1.18B* | -$4.16B* | $0.00* | $46.00M* | ||||
| 2026-03-31 | $6.89B | -$2.92B | -$1.50B | -$1.25B | -$3.18B | $1.99B | -$316.00M | -$750.00M* | -$1.04B | ||
| 2025-12-31 | $8.84B* | -$4.44B* | -$1.54B* | -$1.21B* | -$1.37B* | $1.00B* | -$101.00M* | -$1.00M* | |||
| 2025-09-30 | $8.69B* | -$3.82B* | -$1.55B* | -$1.22B* | -$2.51B* | $0.00* | $42.00M* | ||||
| 2025-06-30 | $7.82B* | -$4.95B* | -$1.83B* | -$1.24B* | -$1.22B* | $2.49B* | -$15.00M* | -$1.00M* | |||
| 2025-03-31 | $8.29B | -$2.96B | -$2.24B | -$1.22B | -$636.00M | $0.00 | $24.00M | $1.00M* | $1.27B | ||
| 2024-12-31 | $8.08B* | -$5.11B* | -$2.18B* | -$1.19B* | -$1.14B* | $0.00* | $0.00* | $89.00M* | |||
| 2024-09-30 | $7.02B* | -$3.68B* | -$1.99B* | -$1.21B* | -$522.00M* | $3.00B* | $0.00* | $75.00M* | -$1.00M* | ||
| 2024-06-30 | $4.72B* | -$3.37B* | -$2.27B* | -$1.23B* | -$1.62B* | $3.24B* | $0.00* | $78.00M* | $1.00M* | ||
| 2024-03-31 | $7.85B | -$3.51B | -$2.66B | -$1.19B | -$289.00M | $26.00M | $0.00 | $97.00M | $304.00M | ||
| 2023-12-31 | $5.92B* | $4.56B* | -$3.52B* | -$1.18B* | -$974.00M* | $6.00M* | $0.00* | $131.00M* | -$5.18B* | ||
| 2023-09-30 | $8.15B* | -$4.19B* | -$3.54B* | -$1.20B* | -$40.00M* | $2.00M* | $0.00* | $134.00M* | $2.00M* | ||
| 2023-06-30 | $7.20B* | -$4.16B* | -$2.05B* | -$1.21B* | -$2.95B* | $4.99B* | $0.00* | -$178.00M* | -$1.00M* | ||
| 2023-03-31 | $7.23B | -$3.37B | -$2.18B | -$1.17B | -$49.00M | $1.06B | -$660.00M | -$82.00M | $796.00M | ||
| 2022-12-31 | $5.88B* | -$3.98B* | -$3.52B* | -$1.17B* | $2.58B* | $660.00M* | $567.00M* | -$2.01B* | |||
| 2022-09-30 | $6.95B* | -$3.37B* | -$3.52B* | -$1.19B* | $0.00* | $0.00* | $103.00M* | -$47.00M* | |||
| 2022-06-30 | $6.33B* | -$4.20B* | -$3.06B* | -$1.21B* | $49.00M* | $0.00* | $230.00M* | -$149.00M* | |||
| 2022-03-31 | $7.26B | -$2.60B | -$3.22B | -$1.17B | $117.00M | $0.00 | -$114.00M | -$104.00M* | $135.00M | ||
| 2021-12-31 | $7.69B* | -$5.04B* | -$2.06B* | -$1.15B* | $113.00M* | -$128.00M* | -$2.46B* | ||||
| 2021-09-30 | $6.10B* | -$2.77B* | -$1.66B* | -$1.16B* | $2.13B* | $59.00M* | -$3.26B* | ||||
| 2021-06-30 | $7.61B* | -$3.02B* | -$648.00M* | -$1.15B* | $191.00M* | $102.00M* | -$5.66B* | ||||
| 2021-03-31 | $7.75B | -$2.61B | -$309.00M | -$1.08B | $192.00M | -$577.00M | -$124.00M* | $3.21B | |||
| 2020-12-31 | $5.04B* | -$4.07B* | -$105.00M* | -$1.05B* | $305.00M* | $0.00* | -$62.00M* | -$2.01B* | |||
| 2020-09-30 | $5.23B* | -$3.50B* | -$160.00M* | -$1.06B* | $4.73B* | $0.00* | $484.00M* | -$6.06B* | |||
| 2020-06-30 | $8.64B* | -$1.38B* | -$36.00M* | -$1.05B* | $4.33B* | $0.00* | -$1.87B* | -$3.27B* | |||
| 2020-03-31 | $5.82B | -$3.10B | -$233.00M | -$977.00M | $9.28B | $0.00 | -$258.00M | -$7.44B* | $3.02B | ||
| 2019-12-31 | $6.24B* | -$3.93B* | -$72.00M* | -$957.00M* | $4.96B* | $0.00* | $90.00M* | -$4.38B* | |||
| 2019-09-30 | $5.19B* | -$3.50B* | -$82.00M* | -$955.00M* | $153.00M* | -$487.00M* | -$79.00M* | -$644.00M* | |||
| 2019-06-30 | $7.04B* | -$4.19B* | -$103.00M* | -$954.00M* | $141.00M* | -$487.00M* | $9.00M* | -$1.01B* | |||
| 2019-03-31 | $7.23B | -$3.23B | -$247.00M | -$869.00M | $222.00M | -$1.29B | $26.00M | -$2.17B* | -$312.00M | ||
| 2018-12-31 | $5.79B* | -$42.26B* | -$1.04B* | -$865.00M* | $34.93B* | -$2.53B* | -$308.00M* | -$4.18B* | |||
| 2018-09-30 | $5.97B* | -$3.28B* | -$1.28B* | -$871.00M* | $5.57B* | $2.89B* | -$81.00M* | -$127.00M* | |||
| 2018-06-30 | $7.06B* | -$3.01B* | -$1.27B* | -$878.00M* | $236.00M* | $925.00M* | -$255.00M* | -$3.14B* | |||
| 2018-03-31 | $5.47B | -$2.29B | -$1.73B | -$738.00M | $4.04B | -$902.00M | $94.00M | -$1.34B* | $2.61B | ||
| 2017-12-31 | $5.40B* | -$3.61B* | -$1.22B* | -$736.00M* | $6.00M* | $902.00M* | $0.00* | -$3.00M* | -$1.40B* | -$686.00M* | |
| 2017-09-30 | $5.11B* | -$2.52B* | -$1.74B* | -$743.00M* | $2.50B* | -$1.11B* | $0.00* | $23.00M* | -$115.00M* | $1.42B* | |
| 2017-06-30 | $5.12B* | -$3.65B* | -$1.48B* | -$747.00M* | $5.46B* | $198.00M* | $0.00* | $44.00M* | -$6.27B* | -$1.33B* | |
| 2017-03-31 | $5.63B | -$3.75B | -$996.00M | -$657.00M | $3.50B | -$1.89B | $0.00 | $36.00M | -$1.13B* | $731.00M | |
| 2016-12-31 | $5.70B* | -$4.11B* | -$1.29B* | -$657.00M* | $0.00* | $1.18B* | $0.00* | -$224.00M* | -$117.00M* | $494.00M* | |
| 2016-09-30 | $4.20B* | -$8.32B* | -$1.43B* | -$663.00M* | $4.48B* | $405.00M* | $4.00M* | -$16.00M* | -$512.00M* | -$1.86B* | |
| 2016-06-30 | $4.39B* | -$3.12B* | -$1.21B* | -$670.00M* | $1.43B* | $743.00M* | $7.00M* | $11.00M* | -$2.55B* | -$963.00M* | |
| 2016-03-31 | $5.40B | -$2.71B | -$1.43B | -$611.00M | $3.32B | -$538.00M | $12.00M | $9.00M | -$125.00M* | $3.33B | |
| 2015-12-31 | $5.67B* | -$4.76B* | -$1.41B* | -$614.00M* | $1.49B* | $355.00M* | $1.00M* | -$258.00M* | -$79.00M* | $402.00M* | |
| 2015-09-30 | $4.98B* | -$2.97B* | -$2.19B* | -$623.00M* | $0.00* | -$83.00M* | $3.00M* | $35.00M* | -$751.00M* | -$1.59B* | |
| 2015-06-30 | $3.59B* | -$2.54B* | -$1.58B* | -$628.00M* | $4.00B* | $13.00M* | $4.00M* | -$489.00M* | -$2.81B* | -$451.00M* | |
| 2015-03-31 | $5.25B | -$1.69B | -$2.00B | -$572.00M | $0.00 | -$150.00M | $28.00M | $141.00M | -$971.00M* | $27.00M | |
| 2014-12-31 | $4.64B* | -$2.65B* | -$2.00B* | -$578.00M* | $0.00* | -$67.00M* | $2.00M* | $70.00M* | -$53.00M* | -$637.00M* | |
| 2014-09-30 | $4.75B* | -$2.19B* | -$750.00M* | -$584.00M* | $2.00B* | -$94.00M* | $4.00M* | -$54.00M* | -$62.00M* | $3.02B* | |
| 2014-06-30 | $3.06B* | -$2.38B* | -$750.00M* | -$584.00M* | $21.00M* | $9.00M* | $55.00M* | -$954.00M* | -$1.52B* | ||
| 2014-03-31 | $4.49B | -$1.50B | -$750.00M | -$508.00M | -$364.00M | $20.00M | $96.00M | -$139.00M* | $1.34B | ||
| 2013-12-31 | $2.48B* | -$2.19B* | -$500.00M* | -$510.00M* | $950.00M* | $5.00M* | -$71.00M* | -$53.00M* | $115.00M* | ||
| 2013-09-30 | $3.99B* | -$2.37B* | -$500.00M* | -$512.00M* | $47.00M* | $11.00M* | -$164.00M* | -$295.00M* | $214.00M* | ||
| 2013-06-30 | $3.32B* | -$2.20B* | -$500.00M* | -$513.00M* | -$150.00M* | $11.00M* | $41.00M* | -$458.00M* | -$450.00M* | ||
| 2013-03-31 | $4.37B | -$2.76B | -$500.00M | -$429.00M | $491.00M | $13.00M | -$17.00M | -$10.28B* | -$9.11B | ||
| 2012-12-31 | $3.62B* | -$2.00B* | -$750.00M* | -$432.00M* | $11.00M* | $18.00M* | -$140.00M* | $1.73B* | $2.05B* | ||
| 2012-09-30 | $3.42B* | $3.34B* | -$750.00M* | -$435.00M* | -$1.00M* | $31.00M* | $19.00M* | $1.17B* | $6.80B* | ||
| 2012-06-30 | $3.42B* | -$1.48B* | -$750.00M* | -$437.00M* | -$147.00M* | $34.00M* | -$6.00M* | -$742.00M* | -$106.00M* | ||
| 2012-03-31 | $4.39B | -$1.35B | -$750.00M | -$304.00M | -$407.00M | $150.00M | $37.00M | -$1.18B* | $587.00M | ||
| 2011-12-31 | $4.14B* | -$1.85B* | -$491.00M* | -$306.00M* | -$1.10B* | $31.00M* | -$123.00M* | -$491.00M* | -$186.00M* | ||
| 2011-09-30 | $3.25B* | -$2.38B* | -$600.00M* | -$309.00M* | $901.00M* | $46.00M* | $7.00M* | -$1.11B* | -$191.00M* | ||
| 2011-06-30 | $3.49B* | -$1.40B* | -$525.00M* | -$311.00M* | -$936.00M* | $77.00M* | -$85.00M* | -$134.00M* | $175.00M* | ||
| 2011-03-31 | $3.47B | -$6.89B | -$525.00M | -$261.00M | $1.68B | $129.00M | $42.00M | -$1.80B* | -$4.16B | ||
| 2010-12-31 | $3.45B* | -$1.84B* | -$308.00M* | -$264.00M* | -$101.00M* | $511.00M* | $1.44B* | ||||
| 2010-09-30 | $2.40B* | -$1.31B* | -$292.00M* | -$265.00M* | $12.00M* | -$28.00M* | $514.00M* | ||||
| 2010-06-30 | $2.43B* | -$1.30B* | -$300.00M* | -$267.00M* | $9.00M* | -$27.00M* | $545.00M* | ||||
| 2010-03-31 | $2.90B | -$1.26B | -$300.00M | -$268.00M | -$45.00M | $1.78B* | $2.81B | ||||
| 2009-12-31 | $2.56B* | -$1.90B* | -$327.00M* | -$193.00M* | $0.00* | $25.00M* | -$356.00M* | -$191.00M* | |||
| 2009-09-30 | $2.61B* | -$1.43B* | -$330.00M* | -$193.00M* | $0.00* | -$164.00M* | -$3.62B* | -$3.13B* | |||
| 2009-06-30 | $2.60B* | -$1.25B* | -$108.00M* | -$195.00M* | $1.07B* | $2.11B* | |||||
| 2009-03-31 | $2.51B | -$1.32B | $0.00 | -$180.00M | -$332.00M* | $684.00M | |||||
| 2008-12-31 | $2.86B* | -$2.75B* | $0.00* | -$180.00M* | $0.00* | -$5.00M* | -$1.45B* | -$1.52B* | |||
| 2008-09-30 | $2.44B* | -$1.69B* | -$821.00M* | -$182.00M* | $11.00M* | -$13.00M* | $1.19B* | $947.00M* |