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Axon Enterprise Inc. (NASDAQ:AXON)

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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.

Axon Enterprise Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: 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) 45,139 29,175 12,131 50,962 54,871 (13,508) 48,524 (47,117) (47,917) 25,834 (873) (30,759) 4,074 (12,379) 6,104 738 6,419 2,083 5,711 8,485 12,926
Depreciation and amortization 6,689 6,210 6,206 6,210 5,755 5,274 4,838 4,291 4,291 3,531 3,133 2,930 2,881 3,165 2,709 2,687 2,800 2,389 3,065 2,750 2,411
Amortization of issuance cost 756 198
Coupon interest expense 863 211
Purchase accounting adjustments to goodwill 58
Loss on disposal and abandonment of intangible assets 10 42 20 8 40 16 119 11 68 139 100 13 16 33 18 14 2,049 54
Loss on disposal and impairment of property, equipment, and other assets, net 146 3,488 1,775 83 106 18 31 (2) 45 293 124 788 517 134 845 1,321 242 13 137 119 34
Unrealized gains on strategic investments and marketable securities, net (15,570) (6,445) 11,338 (47,985) (55,851) 11,160 6,660 (40,855)
Stock-based compensation 34,350 31,722 28,204 21,162 25,088 41,110 35,062 137,549 89,610 53,448 26,094 33,835 20,195 48,300 13,663 8,627 7,905 6,577 6,255 4,954 4,093
Deferred income taxes (9,660) (8,259) 4,299 8,021 18,029 (22,410) (52,004) (6,291) (598) (4,858) (5,518) (4,604) (1,548) (4,041) (2,635) (1,888) 577 (1,266) (2,268) (1,572) 1,514
Unrecognized tax benefits 855 (44) (376) 2,530 1,365 (783) 30 (147) 194 98 (39) 271 341 389 (19) 306 307 1,045 (113) 108 104
Bond amortization (3,890) (1,402) (362) 142 159 611 1,496 1,606 1,504
Noncash lease expense 1,395 1,728 1,718 1,723 1,556 1,486 1,437 1,539 1,111
Other noncash, net 2,876 1,977 1,440 1,156 1,005 1,101 926 896 4 8 22
Provision for expected credit losses 28 130 386 (45) 228 (829) 553 397 (335) 526 118 (244) 902
Accounts and notes receivable and contract assets (50,431) 41,818 (34,799) (87,742) 7,495 (87,675) (114,106) (35,286) 31,298 (59,211) (39,176) 325 (9,700) (8,333) (19,491) 10,988 (21,994) (16,471) (26,381) (7,731) (17,060)
Inventory (15,811) (29,720) (19,158) (32,849) (14,260) (15,118) (1,306) (2,368) 520 7,215 (16,100) (34,641) (8,630) 1,399 1,213 (3,579) (3,936) 5,771 4,525 2,100 2,408
Prepaid expenses and other assets (64,348) (34,336) (15,183) 4,386 (7,074) (11,252) (15,586) (6,368) (6,952) (10,063) 3,729 (10,828) 2,277 2,122 (6,206) (2,609) (3,152) (658) (4,652) (5,727) (1,702)
Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities (37,043) 52,073 4,115 34,149 (9,580) 16,773 38,909 7,681 (18,062) (16,479) 8,657 20,270 (3,562) 18,495 3,224 (9,468) (7,284) 9,200 6,994 (9,428) 6,740
Deferred revenue 50,199 44,531 40,587 58,563 16,037 88,057 61,911 19,428 6,219 31,040 28,875 725 4,499 (4,463) 21,899 3,345 3,232 22,542 21,204 3,942 6,554
Change in assets and liabilities (117,434) 74,366 (24,438) (23,493) (7,382) (9,215) (30,178) (16,913) 13,023 (47,498) (14,015) (24,149) (15,116) 9,220 639 (1,323) (33,134) 20,384 1,690 (16,844) (3,060)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (101,462) 101,945 28,770 (31,586) (10,907) 26,438 (32,075) 81,293 108,856 8,484 12,013 10,367 9,341 58,188 16,336 10,656 (20,389) 29,156 10,819 (10,423) 5,118
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (56,323) 131,120 40,901 19,376 43,964 12,930 16,449 34,176 60,939 34,318 11,140 (20,392) 13,415 45,809 22,440 11,394 (13,970) 31,239 16,530 (1,938) 18,044
Purchases of investments (145,124) (570,232) (85,902) (108,240) (124,191) (82,463) (155,825) (139,835) (224,090) (193,085) (99,512) (111,784) (100,701) (36,670) (105,322) (3,529) (802)
Proceeds from call/maturity of investments 81,088 56,653 6,012 2,273 7,200 219,445 204,358 162,560 132,254 92,640 128,529 74,355 84,315 37,876 66,888 25,319 500 3,620 3,871 3,167
Exercise of warrants of strategic investments (6,555)
Proceeds from sale of strategic investments 14,546
Purchases of property and equipment (8,513) (11,584) (14,371) (12,749) (17,098) (13,385) (12,470) (13,510) (10,521) (6,606) (58,472) (5,342) (2,209) (3,828) (4,250) (2,590) (5,271) (4,259) (2,215) (3,602) (1,063)
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment 61 135 4 87 12 (17) 38 10 1 16 78
Purchases of intangible assets (125) (114) (89) (67) (37) (235) (14) (102) (41) (64) (66) (66) (45) (76) 16 (182) (162) (98) (206) (220) (34)
Strategic investments (3,750) (9,000) (61,000) (500) (25,000) (500) (20,000) (2,368) (4,700)
Business acquisition, net of cash acquired (2,104) (21,693) (700) 24 (5,014)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (72,674) (528,966) (103,215) (188,438) (10,348) 159,144 66,966 80,569 (54,123) (56,232) (154,083) (124,138) (22,073) (77,812) (38,047) (14,123) (110,755) (3,857) 1,223 (8,494) 1,268
Net proceeds from equity offering 33,650 (3) (71) (101) 105,615 306,779 233,993
Proceeds from options exercised 39,181 51,614 267 28 8 2 4 100 1,044 127 230 356
Income and payroll tax payments for net-settled stock awards (34,841) (2,479) (72) (931) (1,388) (148,792) (172,205) (3,267) (7,045) (923) (1,119) (577) (5,190) (783) (1,136) (873) (1,259) (2,154) (1,166) (7,030) (3,777)
Net proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes 673,769
Proceeds from issuance of warrants 124,269
Purchase of convertible note hedge (194,994)
Payment of contingent consideration for business acquisitions (1,700) (575)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 37,990 600,565 (72) (934) (1,459) (97,279) (66,590) (3,267) (7,045) (923) (1,119) 306,469 (5,162) (775) (1,134) (869) (1,159) (2,810) (1,039) 226,618 (3,421)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 779 3,403 (2,873) (3,753) (157) (155) (1,508) 73 (392) 2,279 812 775 (1,890) 1,007 (426) (319) 67 (393) 157 (1,007) 469
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (90,228) 206,122 (65,259) (173,749) 32,000 74,640 15,317 111,551 (621) (20,558) (143,250) 162,714 (15,710) (31,771) (17,167) (3,917) (125,817) 24,179 16,871 215,179 16,360

Based on: 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).


Net income (loss)
The net income shows significant volatility throughout the periods. The company experienced a large loss in December 2019 and again in June and September 2020, followed by a sharp rebound in December 2020. After fluctuating losses and profits around 2021 and early 2022, net income turned positive and trended upward in 2023, reaching its highest value in the March 2023 quarter.
Depreciation and amortization
This expense category generally increased steadily from 2018 through 2023, reflecting growing non-cash charges likely related to asset growth and intangible asset amortization. The rise was consistent and showed no major fluctuations.
Stock-based compensation
Stock-based compensation rose significantly from 2018 to 2021, peaking in mid-2021. Post-peak, it decreased but remained high relative to earlier years, indicating sustained employee incentive costs or equity-related expenses.
Deferred income taxes
Deferred income taxes showed substantial fluctuations, oscillating between positive and negative values across quarters. A notable large negative impact occurred in late 2021, indicating considerable tax adjustments.
Accounts and notes receivable and contract assets
Values fluctuated widely with no clear trend and extremes in both positive and negative directions, suggesting volatility in collections or contract asset management. Notably, large negative values appeared in 2020 and several large positive and negative swings in 2021 and 2022.
Inventory
Inventory values similarly varied with large negative values appearing frequently from 2019 onward, pointing to possible inventory reductions, write-downs, or adjustments throughout the period.
Accounts payable, accrued, and other liabilities
This category exhibited notable irregular volatility, oscillating from negative to large positive values and back again, indicating variable short-term liabilities management or settlement timing.
Deferred revenue
Deferred revenue fluctuated but generally increased from 2018 through 2023, implying growth in advance customer payments or contract liabilities over the periods, especially with peaks in 2021 and early 2022.
Net cash provided by operating activities
Operating cash flow showed large swings from positive to negative values. There were strong positive inflows notably in the fourth quarter of 2020 and throughout 2023, while several quarters in 2020 showed negative cash flows, indicating inconsistency in operating cash generation.
Purchases and proceeds of investments
Purchases of investments showed heavy outflows particularly during 2019-2023, at times exceeding hundreds of millions, contrasted with proceeds from calls/maturities of investments fluctuating widely. This pattern suggests active portfolio management or acquisition activity with significant capital allocation to investments.
Purchases of property and equipment
Capital expenditure displayed a generally high and volatile pattern, with some extremely large outflows in 2020, indicative of substantial investments in physical assets or expansion activities during that year.
Net cash used in investing activities
Investing cash flow consistently reflected negative values with significant outflows at multiple points, especially in 2020 and 2023, indicating heavy investment spending or acquisition activities relative to proceeds from asset sales or investment maturities.
Net cash provided by financing activities
Financing activities were highly variable. There were substantial inflows in the mid-2018 period and again in 2020 and 2023 related to equity offerings and convertible note issuances. Some quarters, particularly in 2021 and early 2022, showed large outflows, indicating debt repayments or distributions.
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
The impact of foreign exchange fluctuations on cash was mostly minor but sporadic, with some quarters showing small positive or negative effects, consistent with changes in currency valuations.
Overall cash position
The net change in cash and cash equivalents exhibited large positive and negative swings, with substantial increases notably in mid-2018, 2020 Q2, and 2023 Q1, balanced by sharp declines in 2019 and late 2022. This reflects significant volatility in liquidity positions over time.
Other notable items
Losses on disposal and impairment of assets and intangible assets showed recurring charges throughout the periods, indicating ongoing asset writedowns or disposals. The presence of bond amortization and issuance costs starting in later years suggests activity related to debt issuance and related financing instruments.