What is a cash flow waterfall?

A cash flow waterfall is a bar chart that walks from operating cash flow through capital expenditure to free cash flow, then shows how the remaining cash is allocated — acquisitions, buybacks, dividends, debt, and other financing — ending at the net change in cash. Each step is colour-coded: green bars add to the running total, red bars subtract.

How does DuPont de Nemours (DD) spend its free cash flow?

For TTM through Q1 2026, DuPont de Nemours generated $1.29B of operating cash flow and $1.11B of free cash flow — a free cash flow margin of 85.6% of operating cash flow. The waterfall breaks down how the remaining cash was allocated across investing and financing activities.

How much did DuPont de Nemours (DD) return via buybacks and dividends?

The waterfall shows buybacks (share repurchases) and dividends paid as separate steps in the financing section. Together these represent DuPont de Nemours's shareholder returns for TTM through Q1 2026. You can compare these against free cash flow to assess the capital-return payout ratio.

DuPont de Nemours (DD) Cash Flow Waterfall

Operating CF

$1.29B

Capex

-$186M

Free Cash Flow

$1.11B

FCF Margin

+85.6%

Cash flow waterfall for DuPont de Nemours (DD) — TTM through Q1 2026

Free cash flow: $1.11B

Cash flow breakdown for DuPont de Nemours (DD) — TTM through Q1 2026

Line item	Amount	Running total
Operating Cash Flow	$1.29B	$1.29B
Capital Expenditure	-$186M	$1.11B
Free Cash Flow	$1.11B	$1.11B
Acquisitions	-$55M	$1.05B
Other Investing	-$301M	$751M
Share Buybacks	-$522M	$229M
Dividends Paid	-$507M	-$278M
Net Debt Change	-$2.34B	-$2.62B
Other Financing	$1.67B	-$955M
Forex Effect	$27M	-$928M
Net Cash Decrease	-$928M	-$928M

Operating Cash Flow$1.29B
Capital Expenditure-$186M
Free Cash Flow$1.11B
Acquisitions-$55M
Other Investing-$301M
Share Buybacks-$522M
Dividends Paid-$507M
Net Debt Change-$2.34B
Other Financing$1.67B
Forex Effect$27M
Net Cash Decrease-$928M

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