Stock Analysis on Net
Stock Analysis on Net

Align Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:ALGN)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since November 3, 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.

Align Technology 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 (loss) 121,427 111,814 87,798 41,775 72,700 112,800 134,298 190,961 180,969 199,714 200,376 158,988 139,371 (40,602) 1,518,131 121,262 102,524 147,142 71,848 97,392 100,872 106,105 95,866
Deferred taxes 13,939 (18,271) (18,417) (46,260) (7,982) (2,717) 17,464 (32,649) 8,143 10,982 28,979 10,882 1,792 (17,097) (1,487,154) (1,163) (4,136) (1,980) 7,586 (17,727) (1,620) (402) 4,069
Depreciation and amortization 37,030 35,819 35,820 33,697 32,189 30,281 29,626 29,588 27,614 25,892 25,635 24,769 24,486 23,545 20,738 21,796 19,706 19,172 18,316 16,542 14,119 12,632 11,434
Stock-based compensation 39,602 37,860 37,735 34,688 32,918 34,140 31,621 29,838 28,402 28,855 27,241 25,264 25,229 25,007 22,927 20,497 24,176 22,467 21,044 18,845 19,198 16,890 15,830
Non-cash operating lease cost 8,503 7,776 7,755 7,764 7,681 7,549 7,526 7,443 6,951 6,502 5,911 5,648 5,671 5,602 5,546 4,875 4,919 4,319 4,362 — — — —
Impairment of equity investment 3,329 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Arbitration award gain — — — — — — — — — — (43,403) — — — — — — — — — — — —
Impairments on long-lived assets — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 28,498 — — — —
Gain on lease terminations — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (6,792) — — — — — —
Gain from sale of equity method investment — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (15,769) — — — — —
Equity in losses of investee — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3,584 3,944 2,083 1,132 3,701 1,777
Other non-cash operating activities 6,575 10,274 11,586 15,072 10,044 7,560 8,612 8,712 2,477 7,379 5,795 6,464 (628) 12,441 15,466 8,459 4,638 7,687 9,076 5,889 6,820 4,069 474
Accounts receivable (6,617) (40,946) (32,734) (10,735) 85,746 2,081 (55,543) (45,985) (51,259) (97,399) (67,423) (37,889) (166,533) 50,884 13,761 (25,448) (6,511) (46,312) (42,743) (19,381) (45,577) (8,240) (36,026)
Inventories 12,575 (4,944) 24,008 (21,573) (17,464) (41,605) (49,455) (29,201) (34,179) (33,488) (15,582) (17,336) 9,624 (10,902) (10,496) (17,494) (14,094) (13,401) (13,280) (6,917) (1,606) (11,584) (4,002)
Prepaid expenses and other assets 18,572 10,051 (26,850) (33,074) (18,221) 34,446 (48,665) (49,890) (4,604) (35,274) (34,858) 7,121 2,807 6,186 (37,244) (16,703) 34,123 (13,916) (35,033) 38,653 (38,409) 6,507 (15,873)
Accounts payable (12,779) (16,344) 5,993 (9,423) (3,156) (30,969) 7,025 6,252 19,231 9,200 (14,936) 30,369 9,919 23,952 (12,034) 20,756 (504) 377 1,470 20,003 (5,701) 5,144 5,599
Accrued and other long-term liabilities 15,740 102,864 37,420 91,436 (482) (86,496) (126,400) 51,384 41,509 66,125 (475) 70,511 78,229 (37,469) (69,103) 29,151 29,768 6,504 (5,183) 61,686 28,006 (17,976) (35,466)
Long-term income tax payable 3,134 (13,232) 2,119 (2,692) 10,676 (7,062) 5,405 (7,814) 12,728 3,615 3,920 (2,921) (6,588) 353 6,354 1,186 3,817 4,800 4,808 (18,113) (20,045) (3,649) 5,259
Deferred revenues 26,176 29,056 27,662 44,032 61,833 67,037 68,984 114,210 117,022 125,401 106,007 99,548 87,693 18,000 22,892 51,003 42,898 52,680 42,494 42,340 39,076 26,592 28,391
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions 56,801 66,505 37,618 57,971 118,932 (62,568) (198,649) 38,956 100,448 38,180 (23,347) 149,403 15,151 51,004 (85,870) 42,451 89,497 (9,268) (47,467) 118,271 (44,256) (3,206) (52,118)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities 165,779 139,963 112,097 102,932 193,782 14,245 (103,800) 81,888 174,035 117,790 26,811 222,430 71,701 100,502 (1,508,347) 96,915 132,008 30,212 45,359 143,903 (4,607) 33,684 (18,534)
Net cash provided by operating activities 287,206 251,777 199,895 144,707 266,482 127,045 30,498 272,849 355,004 317,504 227,187 381,418 211,072 59,900 9,784 218,177 234,532 177,354 117,207 241,295 96,265 139,789 77,332
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired — — — — (12,304) — — — (8,002) — — — — (420,788) — — — — — — — — —
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (21,638) (58,545) (64,119) (53,204) (75,348) (76,020) (87,328) (109,096) (124,334) (124,237) (43,431) (53,159) (21,255) (34,417) (46,085) (42,550) (26,559) (45,337) (35,261) (54,279) (53,738) (57,717) (57,578)
Purchase of marketable securities — (2) (2,371) (7,536) — (5,425) (15,041) (200,928) — — — — — — (5,341) (104,479) (234,810) (228,172) (125,823) (30,169) (71,617) (78,405) —
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities 18,153 6,731 10,870 1,329 766 15,595 6,095 498 — — — — — — 42,641 78,925 104,808 26,715 80,306 115,235 52,395 80,650 126,825
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities 1,125 1,263 2,785 3,669 1,412 83,707 8,528 3,114 — — — — — — 278,817 — 180,221 5,729 8,727 — — — 9,560
Purchase of equity investments (1,999) (75,000) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Repayment on unsecured promissory note — — — — — — — — — — 4,594 9,097 6,741 6,668 4,419 8,635 6,587 6,598 — — — — —
Proceeds from arbitration award — — — — — — — — — — 43,403 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Purchase of investment in privately held company — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (5,000) — —
Loan repayment from equity investee — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 30,000
Other investing activities 54 68 6 (68) 46 263 (2,452) (1,299) 537 (4,249) — (604) — — 1,760 (642) 440 (12,135) (2,367) 161 (64) 206 462
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (4,305) (125,485) (52,829) (55,810) (85,428) 18,120 (90,198) (307,711) (131,799) (128,486) 4,566 (44,666) (14,514) (448,537) 276,211 (60,111) 30,687 (246,602) (74,418) 30,948 (78,024) (55,266) 109,269
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 12,339 — 14,256 — 11,322 — 14,827 — 12,490 — 13,133 — 9,652 — 10,662 — 8,293 5 9,609 28 8,022 565 8,020
Common stock repurchases — — (292,360) (160,000) — (200,000) (75,036) (100,000) (115,038) (160,000) — — — — — (100,495) (200,000) (49,504) (50,000) (50,000) (150,002) — (100,000)
Payments for equity forward contracts related to accelerated share repurchase agreements — — 40,000 (40,000) — — — — 40,000 (40,000) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Payroll taxes paid upon the vesting of equity awards (506) (931) (20,857) (188) (424) (654) (51,533) (1,573) (2,455) (38,321) (66,568) (2,448) (1,636) (1,643) (45,395) (1,882) (3,075) (2,537) (50,181) (4,311) (2,426) (31,488) (47,842)
Purchase of finance lease — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (43,583) (2,190) — — — —
Net cash used in financing activities 11,833 (931) (258,961) (200,188) 10,898 (200,654) (111,742) (101,573) (65,003) (238,321) (53,435) (2,448) 8,016 (1,643) (34,733) (102,377) (194,782) (95,619) (92,762) (54,283) (144,406) (30,923) (139,822)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (7,682) (5,744) 2,221 8,908 (25,400) 6,804 (1,826) (1,876) (6,730) 3,976 (7,487) 11,048 6,604 3,835 (11,007) 4,380 (3,565) 378 1,089 (1,843) (967) (3,638) 1,715
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 287,052 119,617 (109,674) (102,383) 166,552 (48,685) (173,268) (138,311) 151,472 (45,327) 170,831 345,352 211,178 (386,445) 240,255 60,069 66,872 (164,489) (48,884) 216,117 (127,132) 49,962 48,494

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).


The cash flow profile of the organization demonstrates a strong capacity for generating liquidity from core operations, characterized by significant growth in operating cash flows from 2018 through 2023, despite period-specific volatility.

Operating Cash Flow Dynamics
Net cash provided by operating activities exhibits a general upward trend, rising from approximately 77 million in early 2018 to 287 million by the third quarter of 2023. A notable anomaly occurred in the first quarter of 2020, where a substantial spike in net income was offset by a massive deferred tax adjustment, resulting in a temporary dip in operating cash flow. Since 2021, the company has maintained a robust operating cash flow, typically exceeding net income, which indicates high earnings quality supported by non-cash adjustments such as depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation.
Investment and Capital Expenditure Trends
Investing activities are dominated by consistent capital expenditures in property, plant, and equipment, which peaked during the first half of 2021 at approximately 124 million per quarter before moderating to 21 million by September 2023. A significant strategic expenditure is observed in the second quarter of 2020, with 420 million utilized for acquisitions. The management of marketable securities has been active, with periodic shifts between purchasing and selling securities to manage liquidity.
Financing and Shareholder Returns
The financing cash flow is predominantly negative, reflecting a consistent strategy of returning capital to shareholders. Common stock repurchases have been a primary driver of cash outflows, with substantial buyback activity occurring periodically, including a peak of 292 million in the first quarter of 2023. These outflows are partially offset by occasional proceeds from the issuance of common stock and payroll taxes paid upon the vesting of equity awards.
Working Capital and Asset Management
Changes in working capital have introduced significant quarterly volatility. Accounts receivable and inventories have frequently acted as uses of cash, particularly during growth phases. Deferred revenues showed a strong upward trend through 2021, peaking at 125 million in the second quarter of that year, before trending downward through 2023. This decline in deferred revenues suggests a shift in the timing of revenue recognition or a decrease in prepaid customer obligations, which served as a source of cash in the most recent periods.

Overall, the financial trajectory is defined by a transition from moderate cash generation to a more aggressive capital return phase, fueled by a scalable operating model that consistently produces sufficient cash to fund both capital expenditures and significant share repurchases.

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