What is the definition of "Cash Flow"?

Question

Let's think that the renenue of a company is $300000 and the Cash Flow is $120000.
Is Cash Flow net profite?
What does it mean?

Answer 1

WHAT IS CASH FLOW?
In the most general sense, Cash Flow is simply the flow of cash through the business over time. Cash flows are necessary for the firm to survive and prosper. Cash is paid out in return for the inputs that are used in the manufacturing process (materials, labor, professional expertise, etc.) and after goods or services are created and sold, the revenues received are used to finance further production and sales. Cash flows that are not reinvested in the production and sales process may be paid out to owners.

Cash flows are also the fundamental source of economic value for the firm in that investments provide future cash flows that contribute to the firm’s economic value. An understanding of how future cash flows are generated and what factors impact those flows is an integral part of making financial decisions that increase a firm’s economic value.

In this case, given the little information, I would take it that revenue earned was $300,000 but not everything was received in cash, and only $120,000 was the cash inflow. The remaining $180,000 would be in accounts receivable, presumably being the sales on account.

Cash flow is not net profit.

The link tells you all about cash flows.