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Stock Analysis on Net

Hubbell Inc. (NYSE:HUBB)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since November 1, 2023.

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.

Hubbell Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018
Net income from continuing operations 202,000 208,200 183,400 123,900 152,000 137,100 103,800 101,300 105,500 89,600 74,700 82,600 108,600 89,100 75,700 103,100 132,600 97,900 73,800 89,200 114,700 102,400 59,800
Depreciation and amortization 37,600 36,900 35,600 40,900 38,200 34,700 34,700 36,500 35,700 37,600 39,300 40,600 39,400 38,700 38,900 39,900 37,400 37,100 36,600 35,600 36,500 36,300 40,000
Deferred income taxes (11,900) (1,800) (3,400) 13,900 (3,300) (38,000) (400) 3,400 (200) 4,500 1,500 7,600 (3,800) (2,100) 1,600 9,000 1,500 (7,400) 3,000 26,800 22,600 1,000 (1,400)
Stock-based compensation 5,500 4,300 11,800 2,800 5,000 5,700 11,000 1,900 2,800 3,600 9,200 3,900 4,100 4,300 11,600 2,900 5,200 4,200 4,100 10,800 3,900 4,400 5,100
Provision for bad debt expense (100) — 100 1,700 1,300 2,800 1,600 1,400 200 200 (500) (1,600) 1,500 1,500 5,300 900 1,100 (1,100) 800 — — — —
(Gain) loss on disposition of business — — — — — — — — 100 6,800 — — — — — — (21,700) — — — — — —
Loss on extinguishment of debt — — — — — — — — — 16,800 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Pension charge — — — 1,100 1,500 4,400 — — — — — 1,000 6,600 — — (14,400) — 22,900 — — — — —
(Gain) loss on sale of assets 900 500 100 1,200 1,100 300 900 (600) (100) — (4,000) 300 — — — (400) — — — (4,000) — — —
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable, net (40,600) (23,800) (36,600) 60,200 (27,000) (10,500) (96,900) 20,300 (34,200) (46,500) (64,400) 97,600 (67,100) 61,800 (36,800) 112,000 (8,500) (68,300) 9,300 58,500 (5,600) (81,400) (46,900)
(Increase) decrease in inventories, net 5,800 (6,400) (38,800) 1,300 (6,800) (15,800) (45,200) (47,500) (58,800) (25,700) (6,900) 5,600 20,600 (8,200) 32,700 35,600 (13,300) 600 (10,700) 16,400 13,900 23,000 (19,100)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable (1,400) 6,000 20,500 (43,700) 6,400 2,600 19,400 88,500 28,100 42,200 36,300 (22,400) 31,900 (2,100) 15,200 (71,800) (8,400) 26,400 12,600 (26,600) 1,700 47,100 (700)
Increase (decrease) in current liabilities 5,000 4,200 (54,400) 42,900 40,100 68,200 (42,900) 26,900 19,000 28,400 (46,700) 4,900 900 3,100 (48,800) 7,400 33,700 25,000 (61,100) 4,300 14,800 10,700 (35,700)
Changes in other assets and liabilities, net 5,800 (100) (3,200) (4,000) 19,100 (2,900) 1,000 (8,100) (1,900) (19,500) 14,600 (8,100) 9,500 10,300 7,500 (14,800) 9,800 (3,300) 9,200 (17,000) (7,400) 4,500 (500)
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding effects of acquisitions (25,400) (20,100) (112,500) 56,700 31,800 41,600 (164,600) 80,100 (47,800) (21,100) (67,100) 77,600 (4,200) 64,900 (30,200) 68,400 13,300 (19,600) (40,700) 35,600 17,400 3,900 (102,900)
Contributions to qualified defined benefit pension plans (10,000) — — — (10,000) (2,500) — — — — (100) (20,400) (1,400) (1,300) (100) (10,100) (100) (100) (100) (16,500) (10,400) (500) (500)
Other, net (4,700) (300) (1,400) 200 2,000 2,500 (1,400) 1,500 2,200 (1,300) 100 800 1,100 200 5,600 7,200 6,200 (2,400) 600 400 2,200 5,200 (500)
Adjustments to reconcile net income from continuing operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (8,100) 19,500 (69,700) 118,500 67,600 51,500 (118,200) 124,200 (7,100) 47,100 (21,600) 109,800 43,300 106,200 32,700 103,400 42,900 33,600 4,300 88,700 72,200 50,300 (60,200)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 193,900 227,700 113,700 242,400 219,600 188,600 (14,400) 225,500 98,400 136,700 53,100 192,400 151,900 195,300 108,400 206,500 175,500 131,500 78,100 177,900 186,900 152,700 (400)
Capital expenditures (34,900) (35,500) (33,400) (62,100) (25,300) (20,500) (21,400) (27,400) (25,900) (17,600) (19,300) (36,700) (16,700) (17,200) (17,800) (21,300) (24,900) (24,400) (23,300) (25,500) (23,200) (25,500) (22,000)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired — (60,000) — (13,500) (163,600) — — — — — 100 (237,600) — 100 (2,100) (65,800) (5,000) — — — (2,000) 3,400 (1,119,400)
Proceeds from disposal of business, net of cash — — — — (15,800) — 348,600 — — 8,500 — — — — — — 33,400 — — — — — —
Purchases of available-for-sale investments (4,600) (2,700) (6,400) (7,200) (2,700) (8,600) (15,200) (800) (4,400) (3,900) (2,300) (20,800) (9,600) — (4,700) (9,600) — (3,500) (1,000) — (10,400) (1,200) (5,000)
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale investments 5,400 5,700 4,700 7,300 5,900 4,000 5,800 4,300 3,900 2,100 1,200 12,400 5,400 4,600 6,500 2,100 3,300 4,400 2,700 3,000 4,500 7,300 5,700
Other, net 900 (600) — 1,000 300 1,000 100 1,600 1,200 1,300 5,300 300 1,400 1,200 2,500 200 200 2,100 1,500 6,600 700 700 900
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (33,200) (93,100) (35,100) (74,500) (201,200) (24,100) 317,900 (22,300) (25,200) (9,600) (15,000) (282,400) (19,500) (11,300) (15,600) (94,400) 7,000 (21,400) (20,100) (15,900) (30,400) (15,300) (1,139,800)
Issuance of long-term debt — — — — — — — — — — 298,700 — — 125,000 100,000 — — — — — — — 947,500
Payment of long-term debt — — — — — — — — — (300,000) — — (215,700) (109,300) (6,300) (206,200) (6,300) (6,200) (6,300) (56,300) (106,200) (6,300) —
Borrowings (payments) of short-term debt, net 1,400 (2,900) 100 600 (1,600) (1,900) (1,900) (123,800) (4,100) 76,000 (91,600) 130,900 (82,500) 35,400 38,100 26,500 (21,600) (26,200) 21,200 (74,200) 39,100 (86,600) 84,500
Payment of dividends (60,000) (60,100) (60,000) (60,000) (56,300) (56,400) (56,900) (57,100) (53,300) (53,300) (53,200) (53,200) (49,300) (49,400) (49,500) (49,500) (45,600) (45,700) (45,800) (45,800) (42,100) (42,200) (42,200)
Make whole payment for retirement of long-term debt — — — — — — — — (16,000) — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Debt issuance cost — — — — — — — — — (1,300) (3,200) — — — — — — — — — — — (7,600)
Acquisition of common shares (10,000) — (20,000) (32,000) — (6,000) (144,000) — — (1,200) (10,000) — — — (41,300) — (5,000) (20,000) (10,000) (20,000) (10,000) (10,000) —
Other, net (7,200) (11,100) (11,900) (5,400) (4,200) (3,500) (7,600) 300 (700) (30,900) (8,300) (5,800) (3,200) (2,800) (5,300) (4,100) (11,000) (6,400) (2,800) (1,900) (2,400) (3,600) (7,200)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (75,800) (74,100) (91,800) (96,800) (62,100) (67,800) (210,400) (180,600) (74,100) (310,700) 132,400 71,900 (350,700) (1,100) 35,700 (233,300) (89,500) (104,500) (43,700) (198,200) (121,600) (148,700) 975,000
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities — — — (2,900) (5,400) (22,600) (22,100) 11,500 (900) 13,700 5,800 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Cash used in investing activities — — — — — — (1,700) (2,000) (1,500) (1,900) (300) — — — — — — — — — — — —
Cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations — — — (2,900) (5,400) (22,600) (23,800) 9,500 (2,400) 11,800 5,500 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (4,800) 2,400 2,700 5,400 (8,200) (9,200) 3,200 (500) (4,200) 3,500 (1,800) 8,500 2,500 2,100 (10,500) 3,200 (2,900) (1,000) 2,000 (3,600) (1,200) (9,900) 6,500
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 80,100 62,900 (10,500) 73,600 (57,300) 64,900 72,500 31,600 (7,500) (168,300) 174,200 (9,600) (215,800) 185,000 118,000 (118,000) 90,100 4,600 16,300 (39,800) 33,700 (21,200) (158,700)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).


Analysis of the quarterly cash flow data from March 2018 through September 2023 reveals a significant expansion in profitability and operating cash generation, coupled with a strategic approach to capital allocation through periodic acquisitions and consistent shareholder returns.

Operating Cash Flow and Profitability Trends
Net income from continuing operations exhibited a strong upward trajectory, particularly starting in 2022. While quarterly earnings generally ranged between 60 million and 130 million US dollars from 2018 to 2021, they surged to a higher plateau in 2023, frequently exceeding 200 million US dollars. Net cash provided by operating activities followed a similar growth pattern, though it was characterized by periodic volatility. A notable exception occurred in the first quarter of 2022, where operating cash flow turned negative due to substantial increases in accounts receivable and inventories, indicating a period of intense working capital absorption.
Investment Strategy and Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures remained relatively stable, typically fluctuating between 17 million and 36 million US dollars per quarter, with a peak outflow of 62.1 million US dollars in the fourth quarter of 2022. The company engaged in several large-scale acquisitions, most notably a significant investment of 1.1 billion US dollars in early 2018 and a 237.6 million US dollar acquisition in late 2020. These outflows were partially offset by strategic divestitures, including a substantial cash inflow of 348.6 million US dollars from the disposal of a business in the first quarter of 2022.
Financing Activities and Shareholder Returns
A disciplined approach to shareholder returns is evident in the steady growth of dividend payments, which increased from approximately 42 million US dollars per quarter in 2018 to 60 million US dollars per quarter by 2023. Financing activities were marked by strategic debt management, including a large issuance of long-term debt in early 2018 and periodic repayments throughout the period. Share repurchases were executed sporadically, with a significant acquisition of common shares totaling 144 million US dollars in the first quarter of 2022, coinciding with the cash inflow from business disposals.
Liquidity and Cash Position
The overall change in cash and cash equivalents fluctuated considerably due to the timing of major investing and financing events. However, the underlying growth in operating cash flow has provided a robust foundation for funding both organic growth via capital expenditures and inorganic growth through acquisitions, while maintaining an increasing dividend payout.

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