What changes occurred in the company's cash flow, free cash flow, and cash balance?

Answer

The brief news excerpt you provided only includes the headline, source, ticker symbol, and publication details for Coupang’s second‑quarter 2025 earnings release. It does not contain any specific financial figures or commentary about:

• Operating cash flow
• Free cash flow
• Cash balance (cash and cash equivalents)
  

Because those metrics are not disclosed in the snippet you shared, I can’t tell you how they changed versus the prior period or versus expectations.

What to Do Next

If you have access to the full press release (or the accompanying earnings release/financial statements), look for a section titled something like “Liquidity and Capital Resources,” “Cash Flow Statement,” or “Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A).” Those sections typically provide:

Example of the type of information you might see

“Cash flow from operating activities was *$1.2 billion, up from $950 million in Q1 2025. Capital expenditures totaled **$300 million, resulting in free cash flow of $900 million for the quarter. As of June 30 2025, cash and cash equivalents were $3.5 billion, compared with $3.1 billion at the end of Q1 2025.”*

If you can locate the full release (e.g., on Coupang’s investor‑relations website, Business Wire’s full article, or the SEC filing), you can extract the exact numbers and then compare them to the prior period to describe the changes.

Quick Checklist for You

1. Open the full press release – look for tables or bullet points that list cash‑flow figures.
   
2. Identify the three numbers you need:
   
   • Operating cash flow (or “Cash flow from operating activities”)
     
   • Capital expenditures (to subtract from operating cash flow if free cash flow isn’t provided)
     
   • Cash and cash equivalents at period end.
     
3. Calculate free cash flow if only operating cash flow and CapEx are given:
   [ \text{Free Cash Flow} = \text{Operating Cash Flow} - \text{CapEx} ]
4. Compare the quarter‑over‑quarter or year‑over‑year changes (e.g., “up 15% from Q1 2025” or “down 8% from Q2 2024”).
   
5. Summarize the direction (increase/decrease) and magnitude of each change in a concise paragraph.

Bottom Line

Based solely on the excerpt you posted, there is no information about Coupang’s cash flow, free cash flow, or cash balance. To answer the question accurately, you’ll need to retrieve the complete earnings release or the accompanying financial statements where those figures are disclosed. Once you have those numbers, you can report the changes (e.g., “Operating cash flow rose 12% to $X billion; free cash flow increased 8% to $Y billion; cash on hand grew to $Z billion”) and provide the context requested.