what does a negative cash flow from financing mean 
a negative number can show that a company is paying off debt making dividend payments or buying back its stock the bottom linethe cash flow statement has three key sections operations investments and financing even if the business uses accrual accounting as its main reporting system the cash flow statement is focused on cash accounting allowing managers analysts and investors to assess how well a company is doing investors generally prefer that companies generate the bulk of their cash flow from operations rather than investing and financing after all operations are what a company is created to do 