Stock Analysis on Net

Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ:COST)

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.

Costco Wholesale Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Feb 18, 2024 Nov 26, 2023 Sep 3, 2023 May 7, 2023 Feb 12, 2023 Nov 20, 2022 Aug 28, 2022 May 8, 2022 Feb 13, 2022 Nov 21, 2021 Aug 29, 2021 May 9, 2021 Feb 14, 2021 Nov 22, 2020 Aug 30, 2020 May 10, 2020 Feb 16, 2020 Nov 24, 2019 Sep 1, 2019 May 12, 2019 Feb 17, 2019 Nov 25, 2018 Sep 2, 2018 May 13, 2018 Feb 18, 2018 Nov 26, 2017
Net income including noncontrolling interests 1,743 1,589 2,160 1,302 1,466 1,364 1,878 1,372 1,320 1,345 1,694 1,233 971 1,181 1,404 852 947 856 1,110 916 901 777 1,053 762 713 651
Depreciation and amortization 514 501 688 472 470 447 594 438 436 432 559 402 416 404 505 382 389 369 473 336 352 331 431 327 344 335
Non-cash lease expense 74 74 112 84 105 111 137 95 73 72 97 65 61 63 78 39 38 39
Stock-based compensation 136 444 131 94 147 402 118 90 128 388 115 87 122 341 111 89 118 301 113 93 119 270 113 85 112 234
Impairment of assets and other non-cash operating activities, net (50) 43 54 296 24 121 (8) (42) (20) 109 141 30 (16) (11) 174 (43) (6) 21 179 (2) 14 (35) (31) 30 (47) (7)
Merchandise inventories 959 (1,384) (368) (253) 2,586 (737) (370) (1,311) 438 (2,760) (361) (51) 1,100 (2,580) (1,056) 659 1,990 (2,384) (127) 40 875 (1,324) (485) (26) 613 (1,415)
Accounts payable (2,850) 2,854 490 545 (1,904) 487 125 796 (2,419) 3,389 582 1,065 (2,594) 2,785 2,832 (34) (3,201) 2,664 322 684 (2,506) 1,822 401 674 (1,572) 2,058
Other operating assets and liabilities, net 205 530 458 (999) 298 415 32 (211) 445 283 113 502 (22) 464 194 (46) 344 236 223 38 26 336 72 253 (54) 150
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (1,686) 2,000 580 (707) 980 165 (213) (726) (1,536) 912 334 1,516 (1,516) 669 1,970 579 (867) 516 418 762 (1,605) 834 (12) 901 (1,013) 793
Adjustments to reconcile net income including noncontrolling interests to net cash provided by operating activities (1,012) 3,062 1,565 239 1,726 1,246 628 (145) (919) 1,913 1,246 2,100 (933) 1,466 2,838 1,046 (328) 1,246 1,183 1,189 (1,120) 1,400 501 1,343 (604) 1,355
Net cash provided by operating activities 731 4,651 3,725 1,541 3,192 2,610 2,506 1,227 401 3,258 2,940 3,333 38 2,647 4,242 1,898 619 2,102 2,293 2,105 (219) 2,177 1,554 2,105 109 2,006
Purchases of short-term investments (519) (200) (675) (551) (143) (253) (533) (263) (67) (258) (529) (418) (111) (273) (592) (398) (315) (321) (341) (296) (141) (316) (381) (272) (135) (272)
Maturities of short-term investments 151 878 343 82 238 274 305 87 309 444 491 132 339 484 529 372 380 397 431 179 281 340 335 155 277 311
Additions to property and equipment (1,031) (1,040) (1,556) (820) (890) (1,057) (1,259) (854) (723) (1,055) (1,094) (1,028) (573) (893) (852) (698) (545) (715) (1,009) (672) (587) (730) (1,056) (585) (508) (820)
Acquisitions (30) (1,133)
Other investing activities, net 13 (4) 63 7 (13) (21) (5) (43) (23) (29) (10) 4 7 10 9 (1) 15 13 (31) 7 8 (7) (4)
Net cash used in investing activities (1,386) (366) (1,825) (1,282) (808) (1,057) (1,487) (1,035) (481) (912) (1,155) (1,343) (355) (682) (941) (1,850) (470) (630) (920) (774) (434) (737) (1,095) (694) (373) (785)
Repayments of short-term borrowings (236) (173) (237) (178) (443) (77) 189 (108) (87)
Proceeds from short-term borrowings 239 144 250 188 450 29 (122) 95 80
Proceeds from issuance of long-term borrowings 498 3,992 298
Repayments of long-term borrowings (75) (760) (40) (94) (1,500) (500) (1,200) (89) (28) (58)
Tax withholdings on stock-based awards (292) (1) (1) (301) (3) (1) (4) (355) (1) (311) (2) (1) (1) (326) (1) (1) (270) (1) (216)
Repurchases of common stock (160) (162) (230) (162) (143) (141) (185) (139) (78) (37) (129) (181) (106) (80) (85) (34) (47) (30) (52) (46) (117) (32) (90) (54) (60) (124)
Cash dividend payments (7,107) (905) (452) (399) (400) (797) (351) (350) (698) (310) (4,430) (310) (619) (287) (573) (286) (251) (501) (250) (219) (220)
Financing lease payments (12) (82) (291) (176)
Dividend to noncontrolling interest (208)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest (842)
Other financing activities, net (2) 297 (109) (215) 27 204 (172) 21 (57) 202 73 (114) 1 288 (171) (144) 93 40 (99) 68 192 101 8 (410) 340
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (7,276) (974) (664) (735) (352) (863) (1,940) (676) (828) (839) (719) (419) (4,650) (700) (1,918) 2,999 (1,392) (836) (1) (397) (49) (700) (267) (266) (690) (58)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 15 (29) (1) 82 (37) (69) (142) (24) (14) (34) 18 14 48 68 (7) 2 7 (1) (1) 4 (17) (14) (49) 46 (20)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (7,916) 3,311 1,207 (477) 2,114 653 (990) (626) (932) 1,493 1,032 1,589 (4,953) 1,313 1,451 3,040 (1,241) 643 1,371 933 (698) 723 178 1,096 (908) 1,143

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-18), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-09-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-05-07), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-12), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-20), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-08-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-08), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-13), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-21), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-08-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-09), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-14), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-22), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-08-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-10), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-16), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-12), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-17), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-09-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-05-13), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-02-18), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-26).

Cash flow statement item Description The company
Net cash provided by 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. Costco Wholesale Corp. net cash provided by operating activities increased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
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. Costco Wholesale Corp. net cash used in investing activities increased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 not reaching Q4 2023 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. Costco Wholesale Corp. net cash provided by (used in) financing activities decreased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.