Name: Monster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ:MNST) | Cash Flow Statement (Quarterly)
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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.

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Monster Beverage Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended:	Mar 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	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
Net income	442,049)	366,979)	452,694)	413,871)	397,444)	301,674)	322,387)	273,360)	294,203)	321,314)	337,205)	403,762)	315,194)	471,736)	347,654)	311,369)	278,835)	254,954)	298,923)	292,473)	261,485)
Depreciation and amortization	20,475)	18,534)	17,980)	15,576)	16,808)	15,201)	15,608)	15,833)	14,599)	12,301)	12,355)	12,674)	12,825)	15,094)	13,822)	15,511)	16,546)	16,971)	15,399)	17,574)	14,870)
Non-cash lease expense	3,185)	2,572)	3,643)	668)	2,160)	2,157)	1,958)	1,741)	1,481)	1,245)	872)	1,038)	952)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment	(177)	852)	81)	(382)	(385)	68)	(184)	(63)	(6)	(29)	(162)	(734)	(88)	(140)	(31)	(121)	(58)	(245)	(1,276)	1,384)	(115)
Gain on Bang Transaction	—)	—)	(45,382)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Loss on impairment of intangibles	—)	35,900)	—)	2,800)	—)	2,200)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	1,700)	3,000)	1,000)	3,000)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Loss on impairment of property and equipment	—)	4,336)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Stock-based compensation	22,472)	16,371)	17,862)	18,552)	16,051)	14,942)	16,558)	16,277)	16,332)	18,092)	16,700)	17,329)	18,362)	17,247)	20,008)	15,936)	17,098)	16,466)	15,991)	15,575)	15,324)
Deferred income taxes	9)	2,040)	—)	—)	—)	18,472)	7,776)	21,934)	—)	16,076)	—)	353)	—)	(156,873)	—)	—)	—)	723)	1)	67)	472)
Accounts receivable	(195,081)	55,646)	99,004)	(150,296)	(167,512)	73,466)	86,789)	(154,803)	(134,433)	(54,747)	40,059)	(92,088)	(147,452)	81,664)	30,258)	(84,110)	(147,484)	114,084)	25,841)	(86,363)	(113,503)
Inventories	22,708)	(61,898)	(23,281)	57,582)	35,495)	(50,572)	1,936)	(90,403)	(208,673)	(128,379)	(96,873)	(12,995)	(39,546)	(9,186)	25,309)	13,144)	1,037)	(40,275)	(23,442)	2,499)	(24,004)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(9,507)	57,153)	(30,589)	(38,052)	1,273)	936)	16,459)	(26,042)	(29,621)	11,821)	(12,930)	(9,745)	(18,487)	21,470)	2,948)	(5,313)	(18,081)	2,347)	683)	4,688)	(21,492)
Prepaid income taxes	11,840)	(26,865)	11,377)	(7,331)	3,986)	(12,306)	9,087)	4,665)	(5,885)	(3,554)	(9,817)	9,528)	(7,076)	(5,944)	4,215)	(833)	8,078)	3,307)	1,620)	29,778)	(25,224)
Accounts payable	(9,062)	2,963)	(22,350)	81,049)	51,124)	(2,898)	(32,836)	67,170)	18,329)	7,727)	42,951)	26,760)	36,859)	28,420)	(2,952)	(26,100)	19,328)	(40,648)	32,630)	18,285)	18,565)
Accrued liabilities	28,259)	(35,090)	4,206)	6,284)	14,207)	(27,847)	(1,783)	(21,392)	20,603)	32,199)	9,504)	(2,558)	32,441)	(27,238)	21,800)	(2,667)	34,218)	(4,432)	(8,601)	(8,995)	8,010)
Accrued promotional allowances	52,814)	(34,007)	18,782)	(24,622)	48,265)	(38,415)	11,490)	16,575)	61,171)	(19,524)	8,357)	28,700)	13,965)	(18,153)	28,836)	(6,360)	9,439)	(33,856)	2,231)	30,465)	23,103)
Accrued compensation	(35,653)	9,875)	21,139)	12,645)	(30,261)	10,365)	8,675)	16,811)	(32,122)	10,838)	7,894)	13,661)	(24,443)	8,715)	9,718)	13,875)	(24,807)	11,129)	6,607)	11,324)	(21,832)
Income taxes payable	60,512)	(2,469)	5,436)	(42,836)	41,617)	(4,037)	1,843)	(4,848)	(9,818)	7,335)	(7,810)	20,983)	(13,287)	(7,547)	9,691)	9,830)	(1,552)	(2,206)	5,352)	9,084)	(4,125)
Other liabilities	335)	26,587)	(3,379)	494)	(751)	(1,048)	(281)	(2,615)	(596)	(82)	(47)	117)	504)	206)	(645)	275)	(192)	(399)	(462)	(1,507)	1,338)
Deferred revenue	(3,036)	(5,152)	(6,959)	(7,315)	(5,046)	(3,845)	(6,959)	(3,186)	(5,915)	(4,874)	(6,862)	(5,672)	(5,250)	(6,244)	(4,853)	(6,110)	(4,273)	(5,227)	(5,213)	(4,942)	(9,476)
Effect on cash of changes in operating assets and liabilities	(75,871)	(13,257)	73,386)	(112,398)	(7,603)	(56,201)	94,420)	(198,068)	(326,960)	(141,240)	(25,574)	(23,309)	(171,772)	66,163)	124,325)	(94,369)	(124,289)	3,824)	37,246)	4,316)	(168,640)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(29,907)	67,348)	67,570)	(75,184)	27,031)	(3,161)	136,136)	(142,346)	(294,554)	(93,555)	4,191)	7,351)	(139,721)	(56,809)	161,124)	(62,043)	(87,703)	37,739)	67,361)	38,916)	(138,089)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	412,142)	434,327)	520,264)	338,687)	424,475)	298,513)	458,523)	131,014)	(351)	227,759)	341,396)	411,113)	175,473)	414,927)	508,778)	249,326)	191,132)	292,693)	366,284)	331,389)	123,396)
Sales of available-for-sale investments	382,125)	483,699)	508,235)	515,302)	522,501)	428,412)	414,236)	904,899)	504,808)	472,043)	355,591)	335,214)	325,751)	124,338)	76,242)	206,082)	513,534)	293,308)	211,664)	114,077)	232,387)
Purchases of available-for-sale investments	(342,228)	(215,485)	(314,107)	(572,375)	(518,751)	(453,157)	(429,643)	(522,342)	(441,925)	(1,069,792)	(547,884)	(354,897)	(440,570)	(450,705)	(423,303)	(211,276)	(214,697)	(231,772)	(455,113)	(205,537)	(175,314)
Acquisition of Bang Energy	—)	—)	(363,385)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Acquisition of CANarchy, net of cash	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	884)	(330,356)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Purchases of property and equipment	(66,044)	(111,204)	(27,799)	(42,325)	(40,100)	(52,568)	(36,712)	(77,935)	(21,511)	(15,737)	(12,609)	(7,122)	(8,400)	(6,660)	(12,946)	(17,997)	(11,119)	(57,269)	(23,315)	(12,592)	(8,485)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	422)	767)	718)	471)	564)	710)	231)	358)	14)	82)	222)	793)	231)	113)	290)	373)	217)	429)	369)	257)	184)
Additions to intangibles	(8,612)	(4,186)	(3,184)	(1,974)	(3,952)	(19,849)	6,316)	(1,475)	(8,419)	(8,374)	4,715)	(2,687)	(7,239)	1,136)	(6,601)	(6,274)	(6,811)	(3,259)	(5,478)	(298)	298)
Increase in other assets	(985)	13,037)	(2,292)	(4,542)	(13,028)	(7,172)	(6,433)	(6,497)	(6,241)	11,456)	(1,573)	(2,380)	(18,856)	(195)	(24,890)	(190)	(1,148)	24)	(270)	1,272)	(2,291)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(35,322)	166,628)	(201,814)	(105,443)	(52,766)	(103,624)	(52,005)	297,892)	(303,630)	(610,322)	(201,538)	(31,079)	(149,083)	(331,973)	(391,208)	(29,282)	279,976)	1,461)	(272,143)	(102,821)	46,779)
Borrowings (payments) on debt	(2,896)	(2,641)	(4,612)	610)	(7,271)	794)	(5,643)	1,470)	3,454)	4,742)	(5,438)	2,667)	957)	(586)	(820)	(947)	(733)	(728)	(3,766)	(8,682)	(393)
Issuance of common stock	38,392)	64,707)	5,894)	23,318)	36,348)	29,256)	12,137)	18,112)	4,510)	8,563)	12,674)	17,725)	6,761)	7,396)	21,698)	29,867)	13,975)	7,118)	4,111)	45,971)	35,163)
Purchases of common stock held in treasury	(120,245)	(170,872)	(397,255)	(55,699)	(35,126)	(277,713)	(196,816)	(284,312)	(12,187)	(12)	—)	(399)	(13,419)	—)	(148)	(36,560)	(559,210)	(229,579)	(254,308)	(621)	(222,792)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(84,749)	(108,806)	(395,973)	(31,771)	(6,049)	(247,663)	(190,322)	(264,730)	(4,223)	13,293)	7,236)	19,993)	(5,701)	6,810)	20,730)	(7,640)	(545,968)	(223,189)	(253,963)	36,668)	(188,022)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(13,222)	31,677)	(18,402)	(4,359)	(141)	56,867)	(45,187)	(46,923)	(3,472)	(16,939)	(18,662)	5,333)	(22,223)	15,919)	15,104)	7,086)	(21,261)	9,375)	(10,808)	4,667)	(1,322)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	278,849)	523,826)	(95,925)	197,114)	365,519)	4,093)	171,009)	117,253)	(311,676)	(386,209)	128,432)	405,360)	(1,534)	105,683)	153,404)	219,490)	(96,121)	80,340)	(170,630)	269,903)	(19,169)

The financial data reveals a strong operational core characterized by consistent net income growth and robust cash generation from operations, despite periodic volatility in investing and financing activities. Cash flows are heavily influenced by strategic acquisitions, aggressive share repurchase programs, and active management of available-for-sale investments.

Operational Performance and Cash Generation: Net income has demonstrated a general upward trajectory over the analyzed period, increasing from 261 million in the first quarter of 2019 to 442 million by the first quarter of 2024. Net cash provided by operating activities typically remains positive and substantial, peaking at 520 million in the third quarter of 2023. A notable anomaly occurred in the first quarter of 2022, where operating cash flow turned slightly negative due to significant outflows in accounts receivable and inventories, though operational cash flow recovered strongly in subsequent quarters.
Investing Activities and Strategic Expenditures: Investing activities are characterized by high turnover in available-for-sale investments, with frequent large-scale purchases and sales. Capital expenditures, reflected in the purchases of property and equipment, have generally increased over time, reaching a peak of 111 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. Strategic growth is evident through the acquisition of CANarchy in the first quarter of 2022 and the acquisition of Bang Energy in the third quarter of 2023, the latter representing a significant cash outlay of 363 million.
Financing and Capital Allocation: A primary feature of the financing strategy is the aggressive return of capital to shareholders through the purchase of common stock held in treasury. These buybacks are frequent and substantial, with significant outflows observed in the first quarter of 2020 (559 million) and the third quarter of 2023 (397 million). The company maintains a low-leverage profile, as evidenced by minimal borrowing and repayment activities on debt. Common stock issuance provides a steady but smaller offset to the treasury stock purchases.
Working Capital Dynamics: Operating assets and liabilities exhibit significant quarterly fluctuations, suggesting seasonal impacts on the business cycle. Accounts receivable and inventories show recurring patterns of expansion and contraction; for instance, accounts receivable frequently see large outflows in the first quarter of the year followed by inflows in later quarters. Accrued promotional allowances also fluctuate significantly, reflecting the timing of marketing expenditures and obligations.
Cash Position and Liquidity: The net increase or decrease in cash and cash equivalents is highly volatile, driven less by operational instability and more by the timing of investment liquidations and share repurchases. The company demonstrates an ability to pivot between accumulating cash reserves and deploying them for strategic acquisitions or shareholder returns, maintaining liquidity through the active management of its investment portfolio.

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