KMB: the cashflow

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The latest financial statement is for the year ending 2025-12-31.

Unit: Million (M) dollars (except for numbers of shares and EPS)

Cash Flow	2025-12-31	2024-12-31	2023-12-31	2022-12-31
Net income	2,049	2,578	1,764	1,961
Depreciation and amortization	805	781	753	754
Asset impairments	18	114	676	0
Gain on previously held equity investment in thinx	-	0	0	85
Stock-based compensation	140	131	169	150
Deferred income taxes	241	-38	-322	-57
Net (gains) losses on asset and business dispositions	-39	448	75	-15
Equity companies' earnings (in excess of) less than dividends paid	35	62	59	-6
Operating working capital	503	-178	-582	17
Postretirement benefits	15	3	24	-4
Other	-8	3	-30	-10
Cash provided by operations	2,777	3,234	3,542	2,733
Capital spending	1,138	721	766	876
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired	-	0	0	46
Proceeds from asset and business dispositions	33	651	245	12
Investments in time deposits	447	605	720	658
Maturities of time deposits	552	562	815	797
Other	-49	-13	-8	14
Cash used for investing	-951	-100	-418	-785
Cash dividends paid	1,660	1,628	1,588	1,558
Change in short-term debt	275	1	-371	261
Debt proceeds	0	0	363	0
Debt repayments	550	554	475	312
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	40	136	97	94
Repurchases of common stock	141	1,000	225	100
Cash paid for redemption of common securities of thinx	0	0	95	-
Cash dividends paid to noncontrolling interests	32	35	35	98
Other	-111	-86	-45	-47
Cash used for financing	-2,179	-3,166	-2,374	-1,760
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	33	-40	-84	-31
Change in cash and cash equivalents	-320	-72	666	157
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,021	1,093	427	270
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	701	1,021	1,093	427

Unit: Million (M) dollars