Diageo DEO
NYSE DEO
$94.62 +0.77 (+0.82%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Diageo (DEO) Beginning Cash Balance (2014 - 2025)

Diageo (DEO) posted quarterly Beginning Cash Balance of $2.6 billion for Q4 2022, down 27.04% year-over-year from $3.6 billion in Q4 2021, and down 27.04% quarter-over-quarter from $3.6 billion in Q4 2021.

Diageo (DEO) Beginning Cash Balance (2014 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Diageo (DEO) has reported Beginning Cash Balance for 9 consecutive years, with $2.6 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2022.

  • In Q4 2022, Beginning Cash Balance fell 27.04% year-over-year to $2.6 billion; the TTM figure through Dec 2022 stood at $11.2 billion (up 17.89% YoY), while the FY2023 annual figure was $2.7 billion, down 24.16% from the prior year.
  • Beginning Cash Balance slipped to $2.6 billion in Q4 2022 per DEO's latest filing, from $3.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Beginning Cash Balance topped out at $4.1 billion in Q4 2020 and bottomed at $897.5 million in Q4 2018.
  • Historically, Beginning Cash Balance has averaged $2.4 billion across 5 years, with a median of $2.6 billion in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2020 — Beginning Cash Balance jumped 353.17% — and 2022, when it slipped 27.04%.
  • Diageo's Beginning Cash Balance stood at $897.5 million in 2018, then rose by 1.22% to $908.4 million in 2019, then surged by 353.17% to $4.1 billion in 2020, then declined by 13.65% to $3.6 billion in 2021, then retreated by 27.04% to $2.6 billion in 2022.
  • Business Quant data shows DEO's Beginning Cash Balance at $2.6 billion in Q4 2022, $3.6 billion in Q4 2021, and $4.1 billion in Q4 2020.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Diageo 210.11 Bn 203.30 Bn -
2 Brown Forman 13.51 Bn 13.21 Bn 571.00 Mn
3 Mgp Ingredients 387.51 Mn 369.72 Mn 46.47 Mn
4 Agencia Comercial Spirits 235.51 Mn 219.68 Mn -
5 Crimson Wine 87.49 Mn 75.65 Mn 8.62 Mn
6 Epsium Enterprise 13.36 Mn 7.57 Mn -
7 Willamette Valley Vineyards 10.76 Mn 10.76 Mn -
8 Splash Beverage 536,097.50 154,902.50 1,848.00
9 LQR House 373,908.50 -4.09 Mn -22,236.00
10 Sndl 356,122.25 -146.61 Mn 40.74 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 2.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.77 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.77 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 2.77 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 2.77 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 2.59 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 2.59 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 3.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 3.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 4.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 4.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 908.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 908.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 897.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 897.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 1.21 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 1.21 Bn