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Finance glossary

Cash Flow Statement

Accounting · intermediate
Definition

A report tracking cash entering and leaving a business.

The cash flow statement tracks actual cash movement across operating, investing, and financing activities. Because profit on the income statement can include non-cash items, this statement reveals whether a company truly generates cash, a key signal of financial health.

In a sentence

Though profits looked healthy, the cash flow statement revealed the company was burning cash.

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