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 Genuine Parts (GPC) spend its free cash flow?

For TTM through Q2 2026, Genuine Parts generated $1.19B of operating cash flow and $759M of free cash flow — a free cash flow margin of 64% of operating cash flow. The waterfall breaks down how the remaining cash was allocated across investing and financing activities.

How much did Genuine Parts (GPC) return via buybacks and dividends?

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

Genuine Parts (GPC) Cash Flow Waterfall

Operating CF

$1.19B

Capex

-$426M

Free Cash Flow

$759M

FCF Margin

+64.0%

Cash flow waterfall for Genuine Parts (GPC) — TTM through Q2 2026

Free cash flow: $759M

Cash flow breakdown for Genuine Parts (GPC) — TTM through Q2 2026

Line item	Amount	Running total
Operating Cash Flow	$1.19B	$1.19B
Capital Expenditure	-$426M	$759M
Free Cash Flow	$759M	$759M
Acquisitions	-$212M	$548M
Other Investing	$16.6M	$564M
Dividends Paid	-$575M	-$10.4M
Net Debt Change	$211M	$201M
Other Financing	-$72.5M	$128M
Forex Effect	-$27M	$101M
Net Cash Increase	$101M	$101M

Operating Cash Flow$1.19B
Capital Expenditure-$426M
Free Cash Flow$759M
Acquisitions-$212M
Other Investing$16.6M
Dividends Paid-$575M
Net Debt Change$211M
Other Financing-$72.5M
Forex Effect-$27M
Net Cash Increase$101M

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