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Etsy Inc. (NASDAQ:ETSY)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since November 3, 2022.

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.

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

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3 months ended: 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 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Net income (loss) (963,068) 73,123 86,109 161,557 89,930 98,254 143,766 148,538 91,761 96,425 12,522 31,291 14,801 18,223 31,579 41,251 19,894 3,379 12,967 44,750 25,802 11,669 (421)
Stock-based compensation expense 52,905 64,357 49,271 49,863 42,256 27,440 20,351 17,450 17,128 16,725 13,811 13,339 12,137 10,837 8,082 14,244 8,916 8,617 6,454 5,991 7,521 8,162 4,885
Depreciation and amortization expense 24,127 25,027 24,754 24,991 23,211 12,985 13,080 13,101 15,754 14,171 15,163 15,271 12,808 9,810 10,142 7,626 6,439 6,357 6,320 6,577 7,022 6,660 6,938
Provision for expected credit losses 2,212 2,300 3,109 3,038 3,103 5,289 4,601 5,461 3,668 2,220 3,684 3,499 3,318 2,964 1,182 507 1,656 1,049 912 438 1,196 531 332
Foreign exchange (gain) loss (7,421) (4,597) (5,567) (6,912) (3,853) 1,089 (4,395) (1,210) (1,835) 2,237 8,157 (5,733) 1,265 (1,069) (171) 3,280 (132) 4,951 (2,102) (2,153) (8,069) (16,103) (2,780)
Asset impairment charges — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3,162 — — —
Deferred provision (benefit) for income taxes (11,014) (4,424) (10,517) (10,321) (57,503) (18,060) (3,068) (3,553) (1,634) 10,218 (2,829) (8,540) (4,712) (1,854) (142) (18,376) (3,661) (468) 91 (24,921) (23,051) — —
Goodwill impairment 1,045,022 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Loss on extinguishment of debt — — — — — — — — 16,855 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other non-cash (income) expense, net 1,861 1,337 3,321 1,366 2,717 1,438 1,455 11,214 10,686 9,771 9,100 8,763 3,522 3,386 2,928 2,494 3,000 2,799 1,115 (3,169) 2,826 2,342 2,527
Current assets (8,730) (12,047) 32,195 (98,285) (55,697) 18,179 (11,580) (54,118) (23,551) (49,191) (2,784) (26,858) 28,153 (2,991) (48,293) 60,740 (23,069) 2,512 (4,317) (8,676) (1,456) (8,957) (7,643)
Non-current assets 3,983 726 1,711 (21,092) (7,823) 2,525 1,231 1,421 (1,599) 4,079 915 1,206 802 1,029 1,008 11 — 25 7 20 6 (26) (28)
Current liabilities 58,704 (21,487) (126,048) 161,421 35,806 (24,628) (16,597) 108,003 55,927 117,942 (27,235) 46,077 (23,878) 11,811 25,815 (14,149) 16,639 9,221 2,627 7,881 5,965 7,287 (1,178)
Non-current liabilities 7,983 1,439 1,206 24,833 18,783 (2,814) (379) (2,640) 2,034 (4,166) (840) 266 (1,171) (2,310) (672) 4,421 433 2,150 2,095 5,198 (888) 574 677
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of impact of business combinations 61,940 (31,369) (90,936) 66,877 (8,931) (6,738) (27,325) 52,666 32,811 68,664 (29,944) 20,691 3,906 7,539 (22,142) 51,023 (5,997) 13,908 412 4,423 3,627 (1,122) (8,172)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities 1,169,632 52,631 (26,565) 128,902 1,000 23,443 4,699 95,129 93,433 124,006 17,142 47,290 32,244 31,613 (121) 60,798 10,221 37,213 13,202 (9,652) (8,928) 470 3,730
Net cash provided by operating activities 206,564 125,754 59,544 290,459 90,930 121,697 148,465 243,667 185,194 220,431 29,664 78,581 47,045 49,836 31,458 102,049 30,115 40,592 26,169 35,098 16,874 12,139 3,309
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired — — — (9,151) (1,690,823) — — — — — — 944 (271,353) — — — — — — — — — —
Cash paid for intangible assets (6,400) — — (75) (1,862) — — (880) — — — (65) (1,898) — — (171) — (35,323) — — — — —
Purchases of property and equipment (2,718) (2,421) (3,212) (5,508) (3,823) (1,391) (526) (1,057) (179) 358 (567) (1,639) (2,142) (3,064) (683) (577) (138) (112) (192) (76) (279) (893) (2,700)
Development of internal-use software (5,345) (5,562) (6,005) (5,403) (4,435) (3,858) (3,226) (1,980) (1,642) (782) (1,261) (1,508) (1,573) (1,279) (3,390) (5,863) (5,528) (5,049) (3,097) (1,166) (1,438) (2,648) (3,956)
Purchases of marketable securities (72,199) (57,226) (76,416) (74,616) (74,930) — (268,972) (198,357) (119,682) (79,697) (101,501) (343,600) (12,830) (146,508) (158,883) (155,104) (125,033) (174,338) (59,811) (15,540) (17,346) (6,222) (23,240)
Sales and maturities of marketable securities 83,198 48,892 75,478 71,645 321,215 106,056 91,714 149,252 140,414 96,760 109,422 65,750 129,496 124,900 140,952 120,500 113,971 33,025 17,447 40,800 27,250 27,000 42,290
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (3,464) (16,317) (10,155) (23,108) (1,454,658) 100,807 (181,010) (53,022) 18,911 16,639 6,093 (280,118) (160,300) (25,951) (22,004) (41,215) (16,728) (181,797) (45,653) 24,018 8,187 17,237 12,394
Payment of tax obligations on vested equity awards (8,231) (27,499) (12,288) (49,020) (12,654) (41,691) (14,802) (27,905) (9,260) (6,353) (4,198) (8,942) (7,448) (10,485) (5,672) (6,929) (9,238) (6,118) (1,780) (1,520) (2,869) (1,231) (797)
Repurchase of stock (150,572) (62,168) (62,568) (68,347) (54,427) (180,000) — (77,491) (166,170) — (24,992) (22,195) (127,298) — (27,492) (44,986) — (21,075) (68,586) (10,301) — — —
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 2,754 2,064 3,394 11,839 2,830 4,107 3,930 6,833 6,309 7,281 4,896 857 1,094 1,910 5,930 2,680 4,848 476 10,249 11,902 15,560 5,776 600
Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes — — — — — 1,000,000 — — 650,000 — — — 650,000 — — — — — 345,000 — — — —
Payment of debt issuance costs — — (25) (451) (283) (12,541) (25) (767) (9,750) — (14) (762) (9,750) (200) (1,192) — (401) (434) (9,127) — — — —
Purchase of capped calls — — — — — (85,000) — — (74,685) — — — (76,180) — — — — — (34,224) — — — —
Settlement of convertible senior notes (1) (27) (5) (37) (10) (16,534) (27,319) (2) (137,166) — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Payments on finance lease obligations (1,567) (1,590) (1,598) (1,543) (2,434) (2,466) (2,421) (2,155) (2,129) (2,361) (2,566) (2,656) (2,702) (2,730) (2,745) (1,309) (1,327) (1,571) (1,850) (1,960) (2,096) (1,907) (1,835)
Payments on facility financing obligation — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (2,347) (2,348) (2,347) (3,122) (1,553) (3,106) (1,224) —
Other financing, net 1,852 (5,142) 807 2,141 (165) (1,187) 1,259 195 1,928 (4,392) (5,804) 5,117 1,076 208 1,864 (4,105) 2,954 3,747 (2,724) — — — —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (155,765) (94,362) (72,283) (105,418) (67,143) 664,688 (39,378) (101,292) 259,077 (5,825) (32,678) (28,581) 428,792 (11,297) (29,307) (56,996) (5,512) (27,322) 233,836 (3,432) 7,489 1,414 (2,032)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (16,219) (12,438) (1,065) (1,139) (3,609) 3,012 (8,498) 9,772 4,268 3,925 (4,018) 1,642 (2,927) 897 (1,458) 420 (2,968) (7,508) 4,061 (530) 853 1,288 (456)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 31,116 2,637 (23,959) 160,794 (1,434,480) 890,204 (80,421) 99,125 467,450 235,170 (939) (228,476) 312,610 13,485 (21,311) 4,258 4,907 (176,035) 218,413 55,154 33,403 32,078 13,215

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).


The financial data reveals a period of significant expansion in operating cash flows, punctuated by extreme volatility in net income and investing activities between 2017 and September 2022. A distinct surge in liquidity is observed starting in 2020, coinciding with a substantial increase in net income that persisted until a massive non-cash impairment event in the final reported quarter.

Operating Activities and Net Income Trends
Net cash provided by operating activities demonstrated a strong upward trajectory, growing from approximately $3.3 million in March 2017 to peaks exceeding $290 million by December 2021. While net income followed a similar growth pattern during the 2020-2021 period, it experienced a severe decline in September 2022, reporting a loss of $963 million. This loss was primarily driven by a one-time goodwill impairment charge of $1.045 billion, which acted as a non-cash add-back, allowing net cash from operations to remain positive at $206.5 million despite the reported net loss.
Non-Cash Expenditure and Adjustments
Stock-based compensation expenses showed a consistent and significant increase over the analyzed period, rising from $4.8 million in early 2017 to a range between $49 million and $64 million by 2022. Similarly, depreciation and amortization expenses grew from roughly $6-7 million per quarter in 2017 to approximately $24-25 million per quarter by 2022, reflecting an increase in the company's asset base.
Investing Activity and Capital Allocation
Investing activities were characterized by high volatility and strategic shifts. A massive cash outflow of $1.69 billion occurred in September 2021 for the acquisition of businesses. Marketable securities management remained a primary driver of investing cash flows, with frequent large-scale purchases and sales. Capital expenditures for property, equipment, and internal-use software remained relatively modest and stable, typically ranging from $1 million to $6 million per quarter, indicating a light-asset operating model.
Financing Strategy and Liquidity Management
The company utilized a combination of debt issuance and equity repurchases to manage its capital structure. Significant liquidity injections were realized through the issuance of convertible senior notes, most notably a $1 billion inflow in June 2021. Simultaneously, a consistent stock repurchase program was maintained from 2018 onward, with quarterly outflows often exceeding $60 million, peaking at $180 million in September 2021 and $150 million in September 2022.

Overall, the cash flow profile suggests a company that successfully leveraged a period of high profitability to fund aggressive share buybacks and a major acquisition. The divergence between net income and operating cash flow in the final quarter underscores the impact of accounting impairments rather than a collapse in core operational cash generation.

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