Editing Cash flow (section)

==Examples==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Description || Amount ($) || totals ($)
|-
| '''Cash flow from operations''' || || '''+70'''
|-
| &nbsp; Sales (paid in cash) || +30 ||
|-
| &nbsp; Incoming loan || +50 ||
|-
| &nbsp; Loan repayment || -5 ||
|-
| &nbsp; Taxes || -5 ||
|-
| '''Cash flow from investments''' || || '''-10'''
|-
| &nbsp; Purchased capital || -10 ||
|-
| '''Total''' || || '''60'''
|}

The net cash flow only provides a limited amount of information. Compare, for instance, the cash flows over three years of two companies:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!
! colspan="3" | Company A || colspan="3" | Company B

|-
! || Year 1 || Year 2 || Year 3 || Year 1 || Year 2 || Year 3
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Cash flow from operations || +20M || +21M || +22M || +10M || +11M || +12M
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Cash flow from financing  ||  +5M ||  +5M ||  +5M ||  +5M ||  +5M ||  +5M
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Cash flow from investment || -15M || -15M || -15M ||   0M ||   0M ||   0M
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Net cash flow             || +10M || +11M || +12M ||  +15M || +16M || +17M
|}

Company B has a higher yearly cash flow. However, Company A is actually earning more cash by its core activities and has already spent 45M in long term investments, of which the revenues will only show up after three years.