Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) FY2023 Annual Statement of Cash Flows

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Statement of Cash Flows

2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31

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Meta Platforms, Inc. cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2023 through Dec 31, 2023One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net income → Net cash from operating activities: $39,098,000,000.00Share-based compensation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $14,027,000,000.00Depreciation and amortization → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $11,178,000,000.00Accrued expenses and other current liabilities → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $5,352,000,000.00Impairment charges for facilities consolidation, net → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $2,432,000,000.00Other → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $635,000,000.00Other liabilities → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $624,000,000.00Prepaid expenses and other current assets → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $559,000,000.00Deferred income taxes → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $131,000,000.00Accounts payable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $51,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $32,015,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accounts receivable: $2,399,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Partners payable: $271,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Restructuring charges - Data Center Assets: $224,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Other assets: $80,000,000.00Sales and maturities of marketable debt securities → investing reconciliation: $6,184,000,000.00Proceeds relating to property and equipment → investing reconciliation: $221,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of property and equipment: $27,266,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of marketable debt securities: $2,982,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Acquisitions of businesses and intangible assets: $629,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Other investing activities: $23,000,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $19,500,000,000.00Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net → financing reconciliation: $8,455,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repurchases of Class A common stock: $19,774,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards: $7,012,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Principal payments on finance leases: $1,058,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Other financing activities: $111,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $24,495,000,000.00Exchange-rate effect → Cash sources and uses: $113,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $15,596,000,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $71,113,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $42,827,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $24,495,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $19,500,000,000.00Net income: $39,098,000,000.00Net income+$39.10 BPrepaid expenses and other current assets: $559,000,000.00Prepaid & other assets+$559.00 MAccrued expenses and other current liabilities: $5,352,000,000.00Accrued liabilities+$5.35 BDepreciation and amortization: $11,178,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$11.18 BOther liabilities: $624,000,000.00Other noncurrent liabilities+$624.00 MAccounts receivable: -$2,399,000,000.00Accounts receivable−$2.40 BImpairment charges for facilities consolidation, net: $2,432,000,000.00Long-lived asset impairment+$2.43 BPartners payable: -$271,000,000.00Partners payable−$271.00 MShare-based compensation: $14,027,000,000.00Stock-based compensation+$14.03 BRestructuring charges - Data Center Assets: -$224,000,000.00Restructuring charges−$224.00 MDeferred income taxes: $131,000,000.00Deferred income taxes+$131.00 MAccounts payable: $51,000,000.00Trade payables+$51.00 MOther assets: -$80,000,000.00Other operating assets−$80.00 MOther: $635,000,000.00Other non-cash items+$635.00 MNet cash from operating activities: $71,113,000,000.00Operating cash+$71.11 BOperating adjustments reconciliation: $34,989,000,000.00Repurchases of Class A common stock: -$19,774,000,000.00Common stock repurchases−$19.77 BOther financing activities: -$111,000,000.00Other financing, net−$111.00 MTaxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards: -$7,012,000,000.00Stock-award tax withholding−$7.01 BPrincipal payments on finance leases: -$1,058,000,000.00Finance lease payments−$1.06 BProceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net: $8,455,000,000.00Long-term debt issued+$8.46 BNet cash used in financing activities: -$19,500,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$19.50 Bfinancing reconciliation: $27,955,000,000.00Other investing activities: -$23,000,000.00Other investing, net−$23.00 MAcquisitions of businesses and intangible assets: -$629,000,000.00Acquisitions & intangible purchases−$629.00 MPurchases of property and equipment: -$27,266,000,000.00PP&E purchases−$27.27 BPurchases of marketable debt securities: -$2,982,000,000.00AFS securities purchases−$2.98 BSales and maturities of marketable debt securities: $6,184,000,000.00AFS securities proceeds+$6.18 BProceeds relating to property and equipment: $221,000,000.00PP&E sales+$221.00 MNet cash used in investing activities: -$24,495,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$24.50 Binvesting reconciliation: $30,900,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $86,822,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $15,596,000,000.00Beginning cash$15.60 BEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $42,827,000,000.00Ending cash$42.83 BExchange-rate effect: $113,000,000.00FX effect+$113.00 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$43.85 BOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income1.82×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change+$27.23 BEnding cash − beginning cash
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Meta Platforms, Inc. cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2023 through Dec 31, 2023

Cash flows for Jan 1, 2023 through Dec 31, 2023. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Dec 31, 2022. Ending cash: Dec 31, 2023. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Dec 31, 2022
15,596,000,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
71,113,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Net income
39,098,000,000 US dollars
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
559,000,000 US dollars
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
5,352,000,000 US dollars
Depreciation and amortization
11,178,000,000 US dollars
Other liabilities
624,000,000 US dollars
Accounts receivable
negative 2,399,000,000 US dollars
Impairment charges for facilities consolidation, net
2,432,000,000 US dollars
Partners payable
negative 271,000,000 US dollars
Share-based compensation
14,027,000,000 US dollars
Restructuring charges - Data Center Assets
negative 224,000,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
131,000,000 US dollars
Accounts payable
51,000,000 US dollars
Other assets
negative 80,000,000 US dollars
Other
635,000,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 24,495,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Other investing activities
negative 23,000,000 US dollars
Acquisitions of businesses and intangible assets
negative 629,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of property and equipment
negative 27,266,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of marketable debt securities
negative 2,982,000,000 US dollars
Sales and maturities of marketable debt securities
6,184,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds relating to property and equipment
221,000,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 19,500,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Repurchases of Class A common stock
negative 19,774,000,000 US dollars
Other financing activities
negative 111,000,000 US dollars
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
negative 7,012,000,000 US dollars
Principal payments on finance leases
negative 1,058,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net
8,455,000,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
34,989,000,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
27,955,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
30,900,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
113,000,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Dec 31, 2023
42,827,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
86,822,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
27,231,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
1.82×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
71,113,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
27,266,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
43,847,000,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $32.02B after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash purchases of property, plant and equipment equals free cash flow: 71,113,000,000 US dollars minus 27,266,000,000 US dollars equals 43,847,000,000 US dollars.
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