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 Omnicom Group (OMC) spend its free cash flow?

For TTM through Q1 2026, Omnicom Group generated $3.17B of operating cash flow and $2.99B of free cash flow — a free cash flow margin of 94.3% of operating cash flow. The waterfall breaks down how the remaining cash was allocated across investing and financing activities.

How much did Omnicom Group (OMC) return via buybacks and dividends?

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

Omnicom Group (OMC) Cash Flow Waterfall

Operating CF

$3.17B

Capex

-$182M

Free Cash Flow

$2.99B

FCF Margin

+94.3%

Cash flow waterfall for Omnicom Group (OMC) — TTM through Q1 2026

Free cash flow: $2.99B

Cash flow breakdown for Omnicom Group (OMC) — TTM through Q1 2026

Line item	Amount	Running total
Operating Cash Flow	$3.17B	$3.17B
Capital Expenditure	-$182M	$2.99B
Free Cash Flow	$2.99B	$2.99B
Acquisitions	$1.02B	$4.01B
Other Investing	$102M	$4.11B
Share Buybacks	-$3.4B	$708M
Dividends Paid	-$664M	$44.6M
Net Debt Change	$953M	$998M
Other Financing	-$189M	$809M
Forex Effect	$101M	$910M
Net Cash Increase	$910M	$910M

Operating Cash Flow$3.17B
Capital Expenditure-$182M
Free Cash Flow$2.99B
Acquisitions$1.02B
Other Investing$102M
Share Buybacks-$3.4B
Dividends Paid-$664M
Net Debt Change$953M
Other Financing-$189M
Forex Effect$101M
Net Cash Increase$910M

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