The Trade Desk (TTD) Q2 FY2026: Cost Shift Lifts Sales
The Trade Desk’s Q2 FY2026 sales rose 3.0% from a year earlier, but operating profit fell 13.0%. Revenue growth partly reflected changes in service and data offerings that moved certain supplier costs from revenue deductions to operating expenses.
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD) Q2 FY2026: Cash From an Exit
DuPont received $1,158 million from business sales in the first half, exceeding its $1,022 million increase in cash, including restricted cash—money set aside for specified uses.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Q2 FY2026 Cash Flow: $30.3B in Purchase Commitments
AMD's Q2 FY2026 filing shows $30.3 billion of unconditional purchase commitments against $13.1 billion of cash and short-term investments. Of those commitments, $17.4 billion falls due in the remainder of FY2026.
Occidental (OXY) Q2 2026: Sale Leaves Costs Behind
Occidental’s OxyChem sale reduced borrowing, but taxes and retained environmental obligations left costs behind. The transaction closed on January 2, 2026, at an adjusted price of $9.5 billion, subject to further closing adjustments.
Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) FY2026: Payouts Use 95% of Free Cash
Paychex’s dividends and buybacks consumed a calculated 94.8% of its $2.32 billion free cash flow in the year ended May 31, 2026, leaving $121.2 million before debt repayments and other investments.
Williams (WMB) Q2 FY2026: Expansion Outruns Cash
Williams’ Q2 FY2026 filing shows first-half operating cash of $2.979B fell short of $3.193B in capital expenditures. Stronger earnings did not make its expansion self-funding, and dividends widened the funding gap.
Qualcomm (QCOM) Q3 FY2026: Payouts Outrun Free Cash Flow
Qualcomm’s dividends and buybacks exceeded free cash flow by $2.85B in the nine months through Q3 FY2026, despite higher nine-month net income. Inventory absorbed cash.
Aon plc (AON) Q2 FY2026: Buybacks Outran Free Cash
Aon’s first-half buybacks and dividends exceeded free cash flow—operating cash less capital spending—by $591M. First-half earnings improved, but cash generation did not cover those payouts.
Ford Motor Company (F) Q2 FY2026: Cash Trails Profit
Ford’s consolidated operating cash flow fell to $5.7B in the first half of 2026 from $10.0B a year earlier, despite stronger operating profit. The largest adverse cash-flow swing was reduced support from accounts payable and accrued and other liabilities.
UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH) Q2 FY2026: Reserves Aid Gains
Reserve-related medical-cost credits accounted for 43.0% of UnitedHealth’s first-half operating-profit increase, based on the author’s calculation from Note 4 of its 10-Q.
GE Aerospace (GE) Q2 FY2026: Payouts Outrun Cash Flow
General Electric Company, operating as GE Aerospace, paid $5.4B in dividends and treasury-stock purchases against $4.46B of continuing operating cash after capital spending.
ConocoPhillips (COP) Q2 2026: One Region, 53% of the Tax
ConocoPhillips earned $3,931 million in the second quarter, almost exactly double the $1,971 million of a year earlier, with price the dominant driver as realized prices rose 36% while production fell 6.0%. Europe, Middle East and North Africa generated 25.1% of first-half pretax profit and paid 52.8% of the group's tax, earning $198 million more before tax while paying $243 million more in tax — so its net income fell even in the best price environment in years.