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Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE:WSM)

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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.

Williams-Sonoma Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Apr 28, 2024 Jan 28, 2024 Oct 29, 2023 Jul 30, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 29, 2023 Oct 30, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 May 1, 2022 Jan 30, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Aug 1, 2021 May 2, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Nov 1, 2020 Aug 2, 2020 May 3, 2020 Feb 2, 2020 Nov 3, 2019 Aug 4, 2019 May 5, 2019 Feb 3, 2019 Oct 28, 2018 Jul 29, 2018 Apr 29, 2018
Net earnings 265,666 354,439 237,285 201,507 156,531 354,993 251,723 267,075 254,113 402,941 249,524 246,070 227,802 308,955 201,772 134,564 35,423 166,045 74,713 62,648 52,656 155,338 81,465 51,713 45,168
Depreciation and amortization 56,996 66,563 55,184 55,241 55,602 56,743 54,955 52,204 50,251 50,190 49,210 48,765 47,922 48,315 47,220 46,896 46,224 47,264 46,751 46,906 46,838 47,641 47,358 45,936 47,873
(Gain) loss on disposal/impairment of assets 1,264 2,726 4,958 3,811 10,374 19,378 325 5,254 159 128 432 260 195 6,145 812 9,223 16,185 1,073 688 317 (323) 4,919 824 4,052 414
Non-cash lease expense 66,821 68,522 59,783 62,808 64,173 61,748 59,091 56,173 54,338 57,131 54,018 52,784 52,955 53,601 54,319 54,186 54,262 55,672 54,701 53,841 51,596
Deferred income taxes (538) (21,092) (4,152) (2,185) (1,656) (13,329) (2,858) (4,911) (2,725) 13,975 (4,403) (3,056) (3,981) (6,092) (4,740) 356 (2,585) 8,380 (2,509) (4,302) (4,126) 11,469 16,585 (1,174) (3,241)
Tax benefit related to stock-based awards 9,347 (12,455) 121 532 11,802 (11,172) 344 306 10,522 (10,838) 536 156 10,146 (13,143) 449 655 12,039 (13,648) (462) (788) 14,898 (10,361) 650 3,585 6,126
Stock-based compensation expense 22,975 18,319 22,276 20,713 23,446 22,471 16,054 23,201 28,542 24,674 24,306 19,930 26,330 18,514 21,276 13,692 19,703 14,647 14,115 16,872 18,529 18,849 14,427 13,637 12,889
Other (1,252) (385) (764) (825) (822) (169) (689) (680) (801) (653) (813) (1,197) (1,331) (1,500) (1,827) (1,444) (1,276) (1,769) (1,835) (1,899) (2,237) (6,661) (7,073) (6,384) (6,660)
Accounts receivable 7,666 1,467 (7,426) (7,758) 6,256 10,399 7,273 (10,726) 8,741 6,955 2,939 480 1,522 (13,486) (1,277) (25,690) 8,950 (2,192) 1,588 (9,114) 4,684 6,522 (8,284) (4,011) (9,556)
Merchandise inventories 27,621 152,398 (97,942) 101,893 52,819 234,904 (148,354) (145,988) (149,470) 24,113 (100,473) (83,895) (79,726) 122,134 (83,045) 31,542 28,513 157,856 (70,061) (32,116) (31,460) 73,392 (98,564) (47,547) 2,388
Prepaid expenses and other assets (2,816) 36,873 (29,242) (13,283) 6,668 27,914 (9,152) (44,102) 13,517 8,018 (5,456) (39,184) 34,562 (11,581) 26,161 (30,753) (215) 20,968 349 (19,592) (4,914) (4,520) (20,954) (24,818) (4,399)
Accounts payable (116,731) (65,915) 77,118 (30,685) 118,525 (211,624) 38,699 33,845 25,559 (17,507) 25,724 20,547 27,910 (28,790) 195,881 (48,731) (92,871) 81,050 35,410 16,888 (144,399) 53,688 10,424 75,088 (76,823)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities (114,258) 53,913 18,977 24,903 (92,858) (27,838) 44,738 60,988 (139,883) 25,060 68,053 47,230 (90,883) 70,603 46,422 41,167 (29,050) 37,407 6,529 18,519 (49,196) 26,974 31,211 19,838 (32,047)
Gift card and other deferred revenue 22,592 45,127 93,577 (17,384) (26,315) (10,166) (8,498) 7,579 42,924 17,271 27,881 14,134 16,174 22,888 57,017 (7,024) 9,960 (6,488) 13,021 (8,731) 1,558 14,851 12,121 7,112 4,815
Deferred rent and lease incentives 1,234 4,834 8,857 10,004
Operating lease liabilities (70,838) (68,994) (64,962) (66,709) (68,497) (65,000) (57,819) (62,011) (58,025) (59,998) (55,778) (55,158) (53,633) (61,744) (57,756) (55,860) (57,629) (57,949) (56,526) (56,683) (55,099)
Income taxes payable 52,273 43,354 (74,363) 39,880 26,478 15,045 (40,899) (39,134) 46,757 41,348 (23,029) (31,079) 22,917 33,401 7,544 (252) 6,240 9,028 114 (11,322) 2,915 13,150 (25,646) (36,530) 13,818
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (194,491) 198,223 (84,263) 30,857 23,076 (26,366) (174,012) (199,549) (209,880) 45,260 (60,139) (126,925) (121,157) 133,425 190,947 (95,601) (126,102) 239,680 (69,576) (102,151) (275,911) 185,291 (94,858) (2,011) (91,800)
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (38,878) 320,421 53,143 170,952 185,995 109,304 (46,790) (68,002) (69,594) 179,867 63,147 (9,283) 11,079 239,265 308,456 27,963 18,450 351,299 41,873 8,796 (150,736) 251,147 (22,087) 57,641 (34,399)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 226,788 674,860 290,428 372,459 342,526 464,297 204,933 199,073 184,519 582,808 312,671 236,787 238,881 548,220 510,228 162,527 53,873 517,344 116,586 71,444 (98,080) 406,485 59,378 109,354 10,769
Purchases of property and equipment (39,513) (53,628) (41,950) (42,851) (50,029) (119,739) (85,830) (77,362) (71,186) (85,507) (62,729) (35,921) (42,360) (44,628) (48,762) (33,802) (42,321) (65,122) (43,965) (41,041) (36,148) (61,776) (48,305) (45,992) (34,029)
Other 31 (201) 191 63 148 62 14 86 173 4 93 123 265 (1) 242 258 363 107 399 1,291 393 120
Net cash used in investing activities (39,482) (53,829) (41,759) (42,788) (49,881) (119,677) (85,816) (77,362) (71,100) (85,334) (62,729) (35,917) (42,267) (44,505) (48,497) (33,803) (42,079) (64,864) (43,965) (40,678) (36,041) (61,377) (47,014) (45,599) (33,909)
Tax withholdings related to stock-based awards (87,008) (1,723) (1,158) (45,602) (4,348) (859) (1,156) (767) (78,508) (1,753) (2,322) (1,709) (98,451) (1,174) (966) (677) (28,912) (1,129) (736) (481) (25,406) (531) (1,571) (4,897) (7,438)
Payment of dividends (62,862) (57,904) (57,928) (58,564) (58,079) (52,091) (52,580) (54,524) (58,150) (52,338) (44,132) (45,493) (45,576) (40,884) (37,487) (39,883) (39,391) (37,481) (37,706) (38,585) (36,868) (34,671) (35,323) (36,250) (34,081)
Repurchases of common stock (43,781) (3,001) (10,000) (300,000) (39,083) (74,531) (265,349) (501,075) (246,734) (201,311) (135,859) (315,529) (40,952) (109,048) (36,120) (40,583) (38,283) (33,848) (75,083) (45,403) (137,105) (37,713)
Repayment of long-term debt (300,000)
Debt issuance costs (1) (777) (2,595) (1,050)
Borrowings under revolving line of credit 487,823 40,000 60,000 60,000
Repayments under the revolving line of credit (487,823) (100,000) (60,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (193,651) (59,627) (62,087) (114,166) (362,427) (92,033) (128,267) (320,640) (637,733) (300,826) (248,542) (183,061) (759,556) (83,010) (637,919) (41,610) 419,520 (174,730) (39,025) (17,349) (96,122) (170,285) (22,297) (178,252) (79,232)
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents (876) 1,796 (2,210) 1,639 (271) 1,699 (2,736) (962) (1,189) (3,208) 287 (2,268) 2,275 6,462 1,598 (356) (2,474) (613) 962 (633) (1,028) (283) (233) (1,167) 2,480
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (7,221) 563,200 184,372 217,144 (70,053) 254,286 (11,886) (199,891) (525,503) 193,440 1,687 15,541 (560,667) 427,167 (174,590) 86,758 428,840 277,137 34,558 12,784 (231,271) 174,540 (10,166) (115,664) (99,892)

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-04-29).

Cash flow statement item Description The company
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, excluding discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities. Williams-Sonoma Inc. net cash provided by (used in) operating activities increased from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025.
Net cash used in investing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets. Williams-Sonoma Inc. net cash used in investing activities decreased from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then increased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 exceeding Q3 2024 level.
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of financing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Financing activity cash flows include obtaining resources from owners and providing them with a return on, and a return of, their investment; borrowing money and repaying amounts borrowed, or settling the obligation; and obtaining and paying for other resources obtained from creditors on long-term credit. Williams-Sonoma Inc. net cash provided by (used in) financing activities increased from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025.