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 NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) spend its free cash flow?

For TTM through Q1 2026, NXP Semiconductors generated $3.05B of operating cash flow and $2.96B of free cash flow — a free cash flow margin of 97.1% of operating cash flow. The waterfall breaks down how the remaining cash was allocated across investing and financing activities.

How much did NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) return via buybacks and dividends?

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

NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) Cash Flow Waterfall

Operating CF

$3.05B

Capex

-$88.5M

Free Cash Flow

$2.96B

FCF Margin

+97.1%

Cash flow waterfall for NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) — TTM through Q1 2026

Free cash flow: $2.96B

Cash flow breakdown for NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) — TTM through Q1 2026

Line item	Amount	Running total
Operating Cash Flow	$3.05B	$3.05B
Capital Expenditure	-$88.5M	$2.96B
Free Cash Flow	$2.96B	$2.96B
Acquisitions	-$690M	$2.27B
Other Investing	-$854M	$1.41B
Share Buybacks	-$720M	$694M
Dividends Paid	-$1.02B	-$329M
Other Financing & FX	$47.6M	-$281M
Net Cash Decrease	-$280M	-$280M

Operating Cash Flow$3.05B
Capital Expenditure-$88.5M
Free Cash Flow$2.96B
Acquisitions-$690M
Other Investing-$854M
Share Buybacks-$720M
Dividends Paid-$1.02B
Other Financing & FX$47.6M
Net Cash Decrease-$280M

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