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.
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- Common-Size Income Statement
- Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
- Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios
- Common Stock Valuation Ratios
- Enterprise Value to FCFF (EV/FCFF)
- Dividend Discount Model (DDM)
- Present Value of Free Cash Flow to Equity (FCFE)
- Selected Financial Data since 2005
- Total Asset Turnover since 2005
- Price to Sales (P/S) since 2005
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Lam Research Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)
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Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2026-06-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-12-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-27).
The cash flow profile exhibits a consistent pattern of strong operational cash generation used primarily to fund aggressive shareholder return programs and expanding capital investments. Net income demonstrates a general upward trajectory over the observed period, with significant growth accelerating toward 2026, despite periodic quarterly fluctuations.
- Operating Activities and Cash Generation
- Net cash provided by operating activities remains consistently positive, frequently exceeding net income. This is driven by steady depreciation and amortization expenses, which grew from approximately 73 million US$ in September 2020 to nearly 120 million US$ by June 2026. Significant volatility is observed in the changes in operating assets and liabilities, which periodically create substantial swings in quarterly operating cash flow, most notably a peak of 2.55 billion US$ in June 2025.
- Capital Expenditure and Investment Trends
- There is a clear long-term increase in capital expenditures and intangible asset investments. Spending rose from 62.8 million US$ in September 2020 to a peak of 331.6 million US$ in March 2026, suggesting a strategic increase in capacity or technology investments. Investing activities transitioned from a period of heavy available-for-sale securities management in 2020 and 2021 to a focus on internal capital expenditures and occasional business acquisitions, such as the 120 million US$ outlay in December 2022.
- Shareholder Returns and Financing Strategy
- Financing activities are characterized by a heavy commitment to returning capital to shareholders. Treasury stock purchases are a primary outflow, with several quarters exceeding 1 billion US$, including a peak of 1.47 billion US$ in December 2025. Simultaneously, dividend payments have grown steadily from 167.1 million US$ in September 2020 to approximately 325 million US$ per quarter by 2026. Debt management is handled through episodic principal payments, with notable reductions in June 2021, September 2023, March 2025, and March 2026.
- Liquidity and Cash Position
- The net change in cash is highly variable, reflecting the timing of large-scale share repurchases and fluctuations in working capital. While operating cash flow is robust, the combination of escalating capital expenditures and aggressive financing outflows results in periodic net decreases in cash, balanced by quarters of significant accumulation.