Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC) quarterly cash flow statement — complete operating, investing & financing history
| Metric | Q1'26 | Q4'25 | Q3'25 | Q2'25 | Q1'25 | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | Q2'24 | Q1'24 | Q4'23 | Q3'23 | Q2'23 | Q1'23 | Q4'22 | Q3'22 | Q2'22 | Q1'22 | Q4'21 | Q3'21 | Q2'21 |
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| Cash from Operations | 7.67B | 15.68B | 7.76B | 4.08B | 4.09B | 18.68B | 13.75B | 9.19B | 5.26B | 13.66B | 1.63B | -2.99B | -5.78B | 19.74B | 5.01B | 6.74B | 30M | 15.8B | 15.07B | 5.99B |
| Operating CF Margin % | 15.01% | 23.09% | 14% | 7.42% | 7.92% | 24.97% | 23% | 15.53% | 9.52% | 20.13% | 2.5% | -4.53% | -9.31% | 24.09% | 6.97% | 10.37% | 0.05% | 21.72% | 26.46% | 10.76% |
| Operating CF Growth % | 87.76% | -16.08% | -43.56% | -55.57% | -22.36% | 36.8% | 742.29% | 407.54% | 191.07% | -30.82% | -67.43% | -144.36% | -19363.59% | 24.93% | -66.74% | 12.4% | -99.1% | 25.26% | 185.35% | 18.47% |
| Net Income | 920.33M | 8.39B | 10.97B | 4.48B | 3.89B | 4.9B | 3.69B | -11.01B | 2.65B | 3.2B | -31.12B | -702.84M | 1.5B | 5.78B | 5.51B | 4.68B | 2.94B | 10.27B | 5.82B | 3.73B |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 1.61B | 1.7B | 1.65B | 1.69B | 2.16B | 2.47B | 1.82B | 2.52B | 2.39B | 2.65B | 35.19B | 2.63B | 2.67B | 2.99B | 2.38B | 1.89B | 1.74B | 2.2B | 2.02B | 1.79B |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Taxes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Non-Cash Items | -659.15M | -364.16M | -4.26B | 528.36M | 693.85M | 2.94B | 802.36M | 11.23B | -536.14M | 1.52B | 411.8M | -1.05B | 1.72B | -68.75M | 576.89M | 1.41B | 821.99M | 471.72M | 2.14B | 239.67M |
| Working Capital Changes | 5.8B | 5.95B | -600.64M | -2.62B | -2.66B | 8.37B | 7.44B | 6.46B | 760.14M | 6.28B | -2.85B | -3.86B | -11.67B | 11.03B | -3.45B | -1.25B | -5.48B | 2.86B | 5.09B | 230.73M |
| Change in Receivables | 1.33B | -3.11B | -847.36M | 161.18M | -292.54M | -3.17B | 3.36B | 1.85B | 244.74M | -2.01B | 6.62B | 1.82B | 198.42M | -4.35B | 5.03B | 3.57B | 900.99M | -5.56B | 9.11B | -4.31B |
| Change in Inventory | -1.79B | 3.43B | -699.2M | 90.36M | -2.13B | 3.09B | 1.3B | 3.19B | 2.84B | 6.46B | 2.15B | 395.45M | -59.53M | 6.32B | -3.64B | -4.93B | -5.35B | 311.71M | -3.97B | -703.95M |
| Change in Payables | -488.15M | 1.47B | 988.97M | -668.02M | -1.47B | 2.71B | -4.1M | 2.01B | -4.17B | -862.54M | -4.4B | -621.35M | -4.07B | -80.59M | -2.05B | 1.45B | -1.37B | 3.2B | 1.81B | 768.72M |
| Cash from Investing | 1.93B | -4.79B | 2.75B | -10.09B | 1.22B | -8.84B | -287.81M | -5.96B | -1.39B | -6.39B | -1.92B | -2.5B | 2.35B | -11.36B | -67.81B | 23.14B | 14.43B | -2.7B | -9.31B | -7.2B |
| Capital Expenditures | -1.03B | -1.15B | -784.34M | -753.3M | -971.4M | -1.06B | -768.43M | -1.01B | -850.36M | -1.17B | -1.28B | -1.42B | -1.52B | -2.13B | -1.62B | -1.42B | -1.11B | -1.16B | -1.24B | -1.28B |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 2.02% | 1.7% | 1.42% | 1.37% | 1.88% | 1.42% | 1.29% | 1.71% | 1.54% | 1.73% | 1.95% | 2.15% | 2.44% | 2.59% | 2.25% | 2.19% | 2.01% | 1.6% | 2.18% | 2.3% |
| Acquisitions | -64.26M | 449.23M | 9.62B | 170.85M | 32.82M | -86.27M | -24.87M | -4.62M | -85.04M | -167.75M | -76M | -900.35M | -804.6M | 1.04B | -57.96B | 195.12M | 84M | -186.12M | -15.23M | -52.7M |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | 620.81M | 1.16B | -34.08M | -379.54M | 2.93B | -3.4B | 1.06B | -593.73M | -1.06B | 4.58B | -1.46B | -2.19B | 998.06M | 2.18B | -6.2B | 386.18M | -578.99M | 419.33M | -4.07M | 19.91K |
| Cash from Financing | -2.36B | -8.37B | -1.23B | -3.28B | -686.35M | -5.88B | -4.04B | -5.55B | -8.81B | 3.52B | 5.44B | -7.32B | -763.92M | -3.64B | -5.69B | -15.72B | 7.76B | -5.1B | -2.6B | 4.36B |
| Debt Issued (Net) | 0 | -2.64B | -32.83M | -222.45M | -74.07M | 26.11M | -3.79B | 128.28M | -8.75B | 9.31B | 3.95B | -1.87B | -52.58M | 0 | -4.71B | -10.9B | 7.79B | 0 | -18.79M | 7.4B |
| Equity Issued (Net) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.24M | 0 | 0 |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | -4.5B | -126.03M | -4.5B | 0 | -4.8B | -10.43M | -4.71B | 0 | -4.21B | 89.89M | -4.75B | 0 | -4.09B | 68.4M | -4.46B | 0 | -3.55B | -136.24M | -3.37B |
| Share Repurchases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Financing | -2.36B | -1.23B | -1.07B | 1.44B | -612.28M | -1.11B | -240.17M | -969.97M | -65.33M | -1.58B | 1.41B | -696.32M | -711.34M | 447.22M | -1.04B | -357.35M | -24M | -1.6B | -2.45B | 330.59M |
| Net Change in Cash | 6.89B | 2.08B | 9.48B | -8.64B | 4.68B | 3.21B | 9.77B | -2.8B | -5.53B | 10.23B | 4.48B | -13.22B | -4.03B | 3.77B | -64.94B | 9.1B | 21.27B | 5.94B | 2.21B | 3.48B |
| Free Cash Flow | 7.03B | 14.86B | 7.26B | 3.52B | 3.4B | 17.97B | 13.23B | 8.5B | 4.81B | 12.99B | 828.71M | -3.82B | -6.73B | 18.31B | 3.84B | 5.63B | -787.99M | 15.09B | 14.02B | 4.98B |
| FCF Margin % | 13.75% | 21.89% | 13.1% | 6.4% | 6.6% | 24.01% | 22.14% | 14.36% | 8.7% | 19.15% | 1.27% | -5.79% | -10.84% | 22.34% | 5.33% | 8.67% | -1.43% | 20.74% | 24.61% | 8.94% |
| FCF Growth % | 106.6% | -17.26% | -45.14% | -58.53% | -29.3% | 38.28% | 1496.8% | 322.27% | 171.56% | -29.03% | -78.39% | -167.93% | -753.5% | 21.34% | -72.63% | 13.04% | -133.17% | 30.33% | 226.32% | 30.06% |
| FCF per Share | 2.10 | 4.45 | 2.18 | 1.06 | 1.02 | 5.39 | 3.96 | 2.55 | 1.44 | 3.90 | 0.25 | -1.15 | -2.02 | 5.49 | 1.15 | 1.69 | -0.24 | 4.53 | 4.20 | 1.49 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 8.34x | 1.87x | 0.71x | 0.91x | 1.05x | 3.81x | 3.73x | -0.83x | 1.98x | 4.26x | -0.05x | 4.25x | -3.84x | 3.41x | 0.91x | 1.44x | 0.01x | 1.54x | 2.59x | 1.61x |
| Interest Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taxes Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |