Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data
The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.
The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.
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- Common-Size Balance Sheet: Assets
- Analysis of Geographic Areas
- Common Stock Valuation Ratios
- Enterprise Value to EBITDA (EV/EBITDA)
- Dividend Discount Model (DDM)
- Present Value of Free Cash Flow to Equity (FCFE)
- Return on Equity (ROE) since 2008
- Return on Assets (ROA) since 2008
- Total Asset Turnover since 2008
- Price to Book Value (P/BV) since 2008
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Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-05).
- Net Income
- The net income displayed significant fluctuations over the period. Initially, there was steady growth from May 2019 through February 2020, peaking at 298,021 thousand USD. This was followed by a sharp decline during the mid-2020 quarters, likely influenced by external factors impacting business operations. Recovery was observed starting late 2020 into 2021, with further volatility but reaching a notable peak of 748,403 thousand USD in late 2024. This indicates periods of strong profitability interspersed with downturns, suggesting exposure to operational or market-related challenges.
- Depreciation and Amortization
- This expense grew consistently throughout the periods, more than doubling from 32,823 thousand USD in early 2019 to over 133,000 thousand USD by mid-2025. The steady increase reflects ongoing investments in capital assets, potentially linked to store expansion, technology, or equipment upgrades.
- Special Provisions and Impairments
- There were notable one-time provisions and impairments, including a significant studio obsolescence provision recorded mainly in 2021, and large impairment and restructuring costs peaking over 400,000 thousand USD in 2021. These extraordinary expenses suggest strategic shifts or challenges with specific assets or operational models during this timeframe.
- Stock-based Compensation
- Fluctuations were evident, with values generally trending upwards from around 10,000 thousand USD in 2019 to over 24,000 thousand USD by 2023, before a sharp negative figure appears in 2025. The negative value likely represents a reversal or adjustment. Overall, this indicates the importance and variability of equity-based remuneration as part of the cost structure.
- Operating Assets and Liabilities
- Changes in working capital components such as inventories, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities showed high volatility. Inventories exhibited large positive and negative swings, indicating fluctuating stock management strategies or demand variability. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities similarly showed wide fluctuations, reflecting dynamic supplier and operational cost management. The variability in prepaid taxes and unredeemed gift card liabilities further underscores operational complexity.
- Cash Flows from Operating Activities
- Cash generated from operations showed an increasing trend post-2020, with some negative quarters earlier likely correlating with pandemic impacts. Peaks in net cash provided by operating activities reached over one billion USD by early 2024, demonstrating strong core cash generating capability despite earlier disruptions.
- Investing Activities
- Consistent negative cash flows characterize investing activities, dominated by sizeable purchases of property and equipment that increased substantially over time, from approximately 68,000 thousand USD in early 2019 to nearly 235,000 thousand USD by late 2024. Acquisition activities had notable spikes, particularly a large outflow in 2020. These outflows indicate continued investment in growth and expansion strategies with occasional significant acquisitions.
- Financing Activities
- Cash flows from financing activities were generally negative, heavily impacted by frequent and substantial repurchases of common stock. Repurchase amounts varied significantly over time, with large peaks in 2021 and 2024, suggesting an aggressive capital return policy. Other financing activities were relatively minor but contributed to the overall cash outflows.
- Effect of Foreign Currency and Cash Balances
- The effect of foreign currency exchange on cash was volatile but generally moderate relative to other cash flow components. The net increase or decrease in cash and cash equivalents reflected the interplay of operating, investing, and financing activities with major swings, including substantial increases in cash in early 2021 and early 2024 following positive operating cash flow quarters and moderated investing outflows.
- Summary of Trends
- Overall, the financial data reveals a company undergoing phases of rapid growth, investment, and strategic restructuring. Profitability showed resilience after initial setbacks, with increased depreciation signaling ongoing asset additions. Cash flow patterns highlight aggressive reinvestment and shareholder returns along with operational cash flow strength. Volatility in working capital and extraordinary costs suggests some operational challenges and adjustments, but the long-term direction indicates expansion and capital management focused on value creation.