what is cash flow from financing activities 
cash flow from financing activities cff is a section of a company s cash flow statement that shows the net flows of cash that are used to fund the company financing activities include transactions involving debt equity and dividends cash flow from financing activities provides investors with insight into a company s financial strength and how well a company s capital structure is managed formula and calculation for cffinvestors and analysts will use the following formula and calculation to determine if a business is on sound financial footing cff ced cd rp where ced cash in flows from issuing equity or debt cd cash paid as dividends rp repurchase of debt and equity begin aligned text cff ced text cd rp textbf where text ced cash in flows from issuing equity or debt text cd cash paid as dividends text rp repurchase of debt and equity end aligned cff ced cd rp where ced cash in flows from issuing equity or debtcd cash paid as dividendsrp repurchase of debt and equity as an example let s say a company has the following information in the financing activities section of its cash flow statement thus cff would be as follows 