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Super Micro Computer Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI)

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.

Super Micro Computer Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Dec 31, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 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
Net income 400,564 168,285 195,154 108,777 320,596 424,327 297,244 402,459 295,968 156,995 193,569 85,846 176,167 184,416 140,822 76,972 41,932 25,437 39,162 18,428 27,674 26,601 18,450 15,807 23,706 26,345
Depreciation and amortization 13,013 12,341 18,636 10,745 14,883 14,080 9,519 10,399 9,620 9,155 8,972 8,736 8,649 8,547 8,422 8,368 8,133 7,548 6,881 6,877 6,910 7,517 7,500 7,083 7,063 6,826
Amortization of right-of-use (ROU) assets 9,404 8,266
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs 4,763 4,743 10,268 2,292
Inventory valuation adjustment write-down 132,901 36,199
Stock-based compensation expense 90,485 89,139 83,612 84,704 82,122 64,014 74,960 56,107 43,061 57,379 12,786 13,652 16,981 11,014 8,884 7,741 9,176 7,015 7,432 7,494 6,453 7,170 5,366 4,805 4,964 5,054
Impairment loss 1,747 12,000
Share of (income) loss from equity investee 492 106 8,264 445 (2,517) 19 526 (373) (2,024) 50 380 1,013 1,351 889 (324) (255) (239) (388) (582) 264 1,475 (1,330) (3,468) 1,057 1,020 (1,011)
Unrealized foreign currency exchange (gain) loss 1,176 (1,017) 16,090 3,042 (1,224) 924 (249) (5,962) 11,872 (6,192) (122) 2,117 4,589 (9,203) (5,590) (5,419) (2,783) 45 1,385 (1,808) 2,287 618 697 (117) 989 (561)
Loss on extinguishment of convertible notes 30,251
Deferred income taxes, net (39,674) (12,201) (80,237) (58,323) (29,526) (46,552) (24,014) (88,865) (32,599) (23,021) (14,340) (52,817) (6,586) (19,226) (3,587) (4,681) 1,432 19 (5,664) (1,843) (659) (224) (9,336) (3,547) (304) (585)
Other non-cash income (expense), net (1,166) (7,539) (8,654) 9,702 (779) (3,346) 9,157 486 43 2,657 (19) (219) (124) (306) (639) (38) 1,040 5 (252) (93) 20 (719) 259 524 292 289
Accounts receivable, net (8,471,584) (321,244) 438,559 414,156 (334,662) 15,288 (1,081,317) (153,185) (657,186) 302,501 (477,780) 97,847 (27,052) 95,088 (155,159) (183,152) (39,862) 5,735 (56,480) (84,345) (201) 80,881 (70,583) 26,992 (3,909) 37,396
Inventories (5,001,809) (1,087,010) (813,503) (275,748) 1,331,362 (597,717) (220,973) (1,657,590) (414,192) (607,241) 94,855 (118,602) 314,238 (190,449) 42,936 (194,870) (209,099) (143,609) (137,061) (96,472) (33,575) 77,642 14,728 (161,796) (19,199) (15,043)
Prepaid expenses and other assets (192,942) 134,087 55,249 114,413 (485,543) 86,774 (18,973) (29,016) (16,647) 19,990 (6,775) 14,570 12,509 (11,991) 3,956 (8,269) (30,590) 6,109 19,748 (52,465) (16,298) 43,724 4,921 660 (4,362) (31,088)
Accounts payable 12,465,867 901 630,722 95,226 (1,127,269) 220,353 369,577 (170,000) 176,640 302,973 136,255 81,788 (223,210) 132,302 (122,886) 89,843 137,531 (54,343) 144,008 70,597 60,408 (85,704) (43,991) 71,465 57,280 (24,865)
Accrued liabilities 219,689 (259,350) 219,690 112,368 (85,628) 25,974 (30,995) 74,958 61,998 (13,019) 12,328 (18,547) (44,100) 8 31,247 7,151 (1,177) (1,330) 30,512 14,812 15,838 (36,457) (22,059) 32,114 5,117 12,693
Income taxes payable 63,063 4,978 26,678 (91,480) 35,405 61,440 (11,073) (17,111) (114,942) 32,229 36,568 53,885 (29,698) 26,668 24,330 2,949 191 1,532 3,125 (939) 4,230 1,625 2,721 (1,550) (277) (9,215)
Deferred revenue 274,751 296,622 65,585 67,145 40,470 141,806 (20,116) 52,815 43,173 36,055 (5,475) 29,819 (39,746) 85,989 4,110 (22,801) 37,120 13,115 12,274 (4,862) (6,918) (1,946) (1,713) (10,129) 13,721 (1,529)
Other long-term liabilities 5,362 3,171 (2,500) 1,341 2,553 1,520 2,621 5,340 130 (46) (541) (843) (2,881) (159) (1,665) (1,475) (5,956) (1,461) (925) (55) (4,397) 1,157 458 (4,805) (4,508) 854
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (637,603) (1,227,845) 620,480 437,421 (623,312) (44,562) (1,011,249) (1,893,789) (921,026) 73,442 (210,565) 139,917 (39,940) 137,456 (173,131) (310,624) (111,842) (174,252) 15,201 (153,729) 19,087 80,922 (115,518) (47,049) 43,863 (30,797)
Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (424,462) (1,085,808) 668,459 517,987 (560,353) (15,423) (939,058) (1,921,997) (891,053) 113,470 (202,908) 112,399 (15,080) 129,171 (165,965) (304,908) (95,083) (160,008) 24,401 (142,838) 35,573 93,954 (114,500) (37,244) 57,887 (20,785)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (23,898) (917,523) 863,613 626,764 (239,757) 408,904 (641,814) (1,519,538) (595,085) 270,465 (9,339) 198,245 161,087 313,587 (25,143) (227,936) (53,151) (134,571) 63,563 (124,410) 63,247 120,555 (96,050) (21,437) 81,593 5,560
Purchases of property, plant, and equipment (21,221) (32,270) (22,678) (32,700) (27,536) (44,300) (13,983) (92,945) (14,720) (2,631) (8,175) (7,987) (9,885) (10,746) (11,025) (10,951) (12,404) (10,802) (13,389) (19,076) (13,700) (11,851) (9,452) (10,797) (10,764) (13,325)
Investment in equity securities (25,000) (56,000) (48,000) (16,489) (184) (5,000) (500) (1,100)
Acquisition, net of cash acquired (296) (2,193)
Proceeds from sale of investment in a privately-held company 750
Net cash used in investing activities (46,221) (32,270) (78,678) (32,700) (27,536) (44,300) (62,279) (109,434) (14,904) (7,631) (10,868) (7,987) (9,885) (10,746) (11,025) (10,951) (12,404) (11,902) (13,389) (19,076) (13,700) (11,851) (9,452) (10,797) (10,014) (13,325)
Proceeds from lines of credit and term loans 210,212 28,588 30,000 51,214 121,743 1,185,034 337,679 961,167 857,683 929,534 20,289 64,896 79,141 215,242 350,356 317,913 269,806 64,834 47,556 8,261 6,408 154,791 10,000
Repayment of lines of credit and term loans (111,851) (11,540) (37,284) (157,307) (467,881) (1,106,178) (27,955) (1,162,603) (638,049) (138,938) (823,945) (5,784) (149,925) (414,737) (159,900) (113,500) (277,819) (89,476) (53,329) (6,763) (266) (271) (159,191)
Net borrowings (repayment) on asset-backed revolving line of credit, net of costs (1,116)
Payment of debt issuance costs (9,785) (592) (561) (650)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 5,003 7,922 6,446 7,583 342 6,527 4,339 15,540 5,286 4,288 5,644 9,495 7,183 8,144 5,043 4,363 5,570 6,018 8,043 9,577 5,747 5,020 5,290 20,349 2,704
Payment for withholding taxes related to settlement of equity awards (27,424) (43,642) (23,497) (41,924) (41,499) (35,537) (55,069) (78,391) (15,593) (25,301) (8,755) (8,938) (6,788) (3,716) (3,274) (2,006) (2,732) (2,069) (2,941) (2,062) (1,713) (2,005) (1,809) (2,860) (2,994) (580)
Stock repurchases (200,000) (3,472) (146,526) (12,032) (43,144) (46,371) (28,453)
Issuances of common stock in a public offerings, net of issuance costs (7) 1,731,186 582,804
Debt issuance costs in connection with amended 2029 Convertibles Notes (31,217)
Proceeds from issuance of 2029 Convertible Notes, net of issuance costs 1,695,768
Proceeds from issuance of 2028 Convertible Notes, net of issuance costs 683,696
Proceeds from issuance of 2030 Convertible Notes, net of issuance costs 2,255,973
Purchase of capped calls (182,215) (142,140)
Other 7 7 4 7 7 8 (46) 62 4 10 (8) (6) (4) (15) (13) (21) (21) (17) (9) 88 (28) (26) (16) (32) (71) (19)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 66,162 (18,665) 1,849,427 512,052 (387,288) 49,854 258,941 3,020,589 792,135 (159,941) 98,998 (131,470) (84,638) (331,183) 56,506 239,192 42,911 184,262 4,005 5,252 (34,370) (19,327) (1,585) 27,457 (361) (1,715)
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash (1,573) (4,588) 847 (11) (3,663) 4,500 (557) (1,804) 373 (203) (1,131) (576) (222) (1,471) (374) (295) 2 (11) 198 (178) 355 185 213 (12) 213 (38)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (5,530) (973,046) 2,635,209 1,106,105 (658,244) 418,958 (445,709) 1,389,813 182,519 102,690 77,660 58,212 66,342 (29,813) 19,964 10 (22,642) 37,778 54,377 (138,412) 15,532 89,562 (106,874) (4,789) 71,431 (9,518)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30).


The financial statement information reveals significant fluctuations in cash flow patterns over the observed period. Net income demonstrates a generally increasing trend, particularly from 2021 onwards, with substantial peaks in late 2023 and early 2024. However, this growth is punctuated by periods of decline, notably in the first half of 2023 and the first quarter of 2025. Operating cash flow exhibits considerable volatility, mirroring the net income trends but with amplified swings. Financing activities show the most dramatic changes, driven by substantial debt issuance and stock offerings, especially in 2024 and 2025.

Net Income and Operating Cash Flow
Net income generally increased from 2019 to 2023, peaking at US$295,968 thousand in the December 2023 quarter. Operating cash flow, while positive for much of the period, experienced significant negative values in several quarters, particularly in the June 2020, June 2022, and December 2023 periods. The divergence between net income and operating cash flow suggests potential issues with working capital management, specifically related to accounts receivable and inventories. A substantial increase in inventory valuation write-downs in the March 2023 and June 2023 quarters further contributed to the negative operating cash flow.
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities remained relatively consistent, primarily driven by purchases of property, plant, and equipment. There were minor fluctuations related to investments in equity securities and acquisitions, but these were less impactful than the consistent capital expenditures. A significant increase in purchases of capped calls occurred in the December 2024 quarter.
Financing Activities
Financing activities were highly dynamic. The period from 2021 to 2025 saw a surge in net cash provided by financing, largely due to proceeds from lines of credit, term loans, and multiple convertible note issuances in 2024 and 2025. This was offset by substantial repayments of debt and significant stock repurchases, particularly in the March 2025 quarter. Proceeds from the exercise of stock options also contributed positively to cash flow from financing, though to a lesser extent than debt activities. The issuance of convertible notes in 2024 and 2025 dramatically increased cash inflows from financing.
Working Capital
Significant changes in accounts receivable, inventories, and accrued liabilities heavily influenced operating cash flow. Accounts receivable increased substantially in several periods, followed by large decreases, indicating potential challenges in collecting payments. Inventory levels fluctuated considerably, with large increases in some quarters and significant write-downs in others. Accrued liabilities also exhibited substantial volatility. These working capital fluctuations contributed significantly to the overall volatility in operating cash flow.
Non-Cash Items
Depreciation and amortization consistently contributed positively to cash flow from operations, increasing gradually over time. Stock-based compensation also provided a consistent, though smaller, positive contribution. However, deferred income taxes consistently represented a significant cash outflow, particularly in later periods. The inventory valuation adjustment write-down in 2023 had a substantial negative impact on cash flow. Unrealized foreign currency exchange gains and losses introduced further variability.

Overall, the cash flow statement reveals a company experiencing rapid growth, funded largely through debt and equity financing. While net income has generally increased, operating cash flow has been volatile, influenced by significant fluctuations in working capital. The substantial reliance on financing activities suggests a need to carefully manage debt levels and ensure sustainable operating cash flow generation.

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