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 GE Vernova (GEV) spend its free cash flow?

For TTM through Q2 2026, GE Vernova generated $14.1B of operating cash flow and $12.4B of free cash flow — a free cash flow margin of 88% of operating cash flow. The waterfall breaks down how the remaining cash was allocated across investing and financing activities.

How much did GE Vernova (GEV) return via buybacks and dividends?

The waterfall shows buybacks (share repurchases) and dividends paid as separate steps in the financing section. Together these represent GE Vernova's shareholder returns for TTM through Q2 2026. You can compare these against free cash flow to assess the capital-return payout ratio.

GE Vernova (GEV) Cash Flow Waterfall

Operating CF

$14.1B

Capex

-$1.7B

Free Cash Flow

$12.4B

FCF Margin

+88.0%

Cash flow waterfall for GE Vernova (GEV) — TTM through Q2 2026

Free cash flow: $12.4B

Cash flow breakdown for GE Vernova (GEV) — TTM through Q2 2026

Line item	Amount	Running total
Operating Cash Flow	$14.1B	$14.1B
Capital Expenditure	-$1.7B	$12.4B
Free Cash Flow	$12.4B	$12.4B
Acquisitions	-$4.23B	$8.21B
Other Investing	$1.33B	$9.54B
Share Buybacks	-$5.41B	$4.13B
Dividends Paid	-$409M	$3.72B
Net Debt Change	$2.57B	$6.29B
Other Financing & FX	-$1.06B	$5.23B
Net Cash Increase	$5.23B	$5.23B

Operating Cash Flow$14.1B
Capital Expenditure-$1.7B
Free Cash Flow$12.4B
Acquisitions-$4.23B
Other Investing$1.33B
Share Buybacks-$5.41B
Dividends Paid-$409M
Net Debt Change$2.57B
Other Financing & FX-$1.06B
Net Cash Increase$5.23B

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