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lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU)

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.

lululemon athletica inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: May 3, 2026 Feb 1, 2026 Nov 2, 2025 Aug 3, 2025 May 4, 2025 Feb 2, 2025 Oct 27, 2024 Jul 28, 2024 Apr 28, 2024 Jan 28, 2024 Oct 29, 2023 Jul 30, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 29, 2023 Oct 30, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 May 1, 2022 Jan 30, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Aug 1, 2021 May 2, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Nov 1, 2020 Aug 2, 2020 May 3, 2020
Net income 195,048 586,871 306,835 370,905 314,572 748,403 351,870 392,922 321,421 669,468 248,714 341,603 290,405 119,811 255,470 289,521 189,998 434,504 187,788 208,074 144,956 329,837 143,643 86,801 28,632
Depreciation and amortization 135,335 134,525 127,459 119,715 114,529 133,593 113,599 103,573 95,759 103,290 97,969 94,009 84,116 80,162 79,188 67,971 64,470 62,120 57,963 53,638 50,485 52,269 49,033 40,644 43,532
lululemon Studio obsolescence provision 23,709 62,928
Impairment of assets and restructuring costs 74,501 407,913
Gain on disposal of assets (10,180)
Stock-based compensation expense 29,186 24,398 16,558 (1,844) 23,091 18,517 24,169 21,567 25,758 23,403 24,573 24,283 21,301 18,588 20,312 20,817 18,358 17,259 21,657 15,289 14,932 13,699 15,186 15,784 6,128
Derecognition of unredeemed gift card liability (37,766) (36,231) (28,547) (23,337) (18,699) (13,696)
Settlement of derivatives not designated in a hedging relationship 3,115 (16,475) (6,156) 35,599 (47,520) (28,118) (6,829) (12,500) (316) 3,028 10,629 19,591 (721) (19,447) (11,147) 2,323 (10,378) (15,236) (14,583) 23,495 21,515 14,326 3,697 (7,869) (5,669)
Deferred income taxes (53,379) 57,451 (28,383) 3,042 (5,180) 34,908
Accounts receivable 26,667 61,664 (111,490) 2,575 (18,504) 21,062 (16,808) (4) (2,624)
Inventories 23,642 328,774 (279,581) (63,584) (174,319) 321,597 (351,606) (89,651) (36,425) 368,385 (67,751) (78,876) (155,174) 258,586 (321,457) (189,960) (320,607) (34,788) (151,457) (63,146) (74,218) 137,606 (95,960) (15,384) (122,810)
Prepaid and receivable income taxes (69,333) 77,834 (107,076) (92,947) (48,027) 72,884 (46,361) (18,450) (10,104) 116,524 (75,341) (42,524) 3,249 10,744 (29,948) (50,156) 2,646 20,991 (22,646) 20,996 767 29,147 (43,253) (35,703) (4,157)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 6,159 1,082 (22,340) 46,361 22,676 (40,290) (18,159) 6,568 (19,908) 5,965 3,607 10,084 27,511 (23,308) (92,130) (2,678) 4,296 (39,009) (35,058) 2,767 (11,104) (4,221) (10,397) (6,445) (49,936)
Other non-current assets (33,472) (28,926) (8,095) (19,806) (13,524) (12,567) (11,870) (30,799) (17,969) (22,767) (13,959) (9,332) (7,222) (10,793) (10,679) (10,523) (4,523) (8,764) (3,305) (6,592) 1,105 (12,637) (15,989) (17,008) (3,422)
Accounts payable (37,691) (26,954) (18,344) 68,665 22,489 (102,623) 69,262 58,683 (82,366) 35,682 15,678 9,072 116,935 (133,817) 54,786 (48,879) 20,630 66,752 22,671 8,609 19,623 9,067 37,629 33,745 2,222
Accrued liabilities and other (67,927) 28,313 201,748 (88,669) (42,971) 21,573 111,443 22,589 37,534 (55,496) (24,776) 62,223 (53,685) 33,597 25,685 (22,031) 28,113 15,999 22,385 27,313 38,181 25,425 (5,454) 24,140 55,050
Accrued compensation and related expenses (16,054) (2,093) 38,605 4,386 (65,635) 21,520 14,180 42,703 (190,513) 71,823 54,220 64,983 (120,699) 60,948 36,493 33,936 (84,123) 24,836 31,177 (3,504) 22,764 30,385 11,960 11,100 (60,137)
Current income taxes payable 5,818 (23,732) 38,450 (4,919) (160,295) 86,590 79,277 (49,778) 41,116 (19,657) 13,677 (25,979) (141,237) 90,340 37,520 28,085 (119,959) 90,916 29,406 5,889 (5,433) 1,486 (69,537) 40,215 3,711
Unredeemed gift card liability (20,461) 98,523 2,346 (18,951) (40,665) 109,033 (12,397) (17,054) (37,172) 120,242 (550) (8,871) (26,506) 101,747 1,618 (11,283) (23,816) 90,410 408 (3,539) (15,838) 63,586 (1,776) (208) (13,640)
Right-of-use lease assets and current and non-current lease liabilities 18,158 4,864 4,796 148 (2,924) 7,267 (2,644) 17,781 1,097 17,637 5,849 8,794 5,255 8,620 6,510 1,660 7,115 7,176 5,053 (555) 1,820 6,690 (811) 24,256 (16,868)
Other current and non-current liabilities 16,250 (14,652) 66,169 (28,958) (1,927) 1,729 3,533 (5,010) 2,236 3,501 (896) 7,650 1,975 (60) 13,596 (985) (15,476) 21,697 6,893 (3,071) 4,554 55 7,371 (12,763) 16,121
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (148,244) 504,697 (194,812) (195,699) (523,626) 507,775 (182,150) (62,422) (315,098) 641,839 (90,242) (2,776) (349,598) 396,604 (278,006) (272,814) (505,704) 256,216 (94,473) (14,833) (17,779) 286,589 (186,217) 45,945 (193,866)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 19,392 556,000 (56,951) (42,229) (433,526) 652,987 (51,211) 50,218 (193,897) 714,630 141,139 135,107 (244,902) 926,453 (189,653) (191,883) (433,254) 296,480 (29,436) 77,589 69,153 388,095 (118,301) 94,504 (149,875)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 214,440 1,142,871 249,884 328,676 (118,954) 1,401,390 300,659 443,140 127,524 1,384,098 389,853 476,710 45,503 1,046,264 65,817 97,638 (243,256) 730,984 158,352 285,663 214,109 717,932 25,342 181,305 (121,243)
Purchase of property and equipment (127,380) (183,200) (167,441) (177,898) (152,263) (234,982) (178,483) (145,086) (130,681) (206,512) (162,900) (145,511) (136,942) (206,980) (175,607) (144,718) (111,352) (127,511) (122,497) (80,269) (64,225) (58,396) (66,107) (52,622) (52,101)
Settlement of net investment hedges (11,470) 14,923 (1,169) (35,220) 48,671 35,172 890 15,007 (856) (2,295) 1,235 728 (1,277) 18,646 13,689 5,445 10,024 13,058 10,552 (25,760) (21,239) (20,474) (5,114) 4,506 6,475
Acquisition, net of cash acquired (23,150) (130,996) (452,581)
Other investing activities (4,784) (487) (3,250) (5,009) (658) 5,259 15,657 (10,000) (118) 1,000
Net cash used in investing activities (138,850) (173,061) (169,097) (213,118) (106,842) (222,960) (308,589) (135,088) (131,537) (208,807) (161,665) (145,441) (138,219) (183,075) (161,918) (123,616) (101,328) (114,453) (111,945) (116,029) (85,464) (78,988) (71,221) (499,697) (45,626)
Proceeds from settlement of stock-based compensation 2,828 71 5,257 221 12,536 1,514 2,370 3,393 17,493 8,836 4,228 11,873 1,461 4,057 1,043 5,143 574 7,907 5,218 4,495 1,121 1,679 9,328 3,135
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of stock-based compensation (12,019) (612) (246) (873) (25,641) (1,151) (888) (829) (32,542) (1,697) (1,142) (942) (28,793) (463) (1,917) (719) (32,059) (328) (3,914) (2,668) (42,899) (505) (926) (898) (30,059)
Repurchase of common stock (361,756) (271,769) (190,908) (281,233) (434,439) (335,351) (412,593) (589,456) (299,479) (54,009) (212,626) (193,538) (98,479) (69,025) (16,992) (125,340) (232,644) (321,266) (236,423) (171,082) (83,831) (63,663)
Other financing activities (4,750) (107) (3,090) (8,115) (32) (32) (32) (770)
Net cash used in financing activities (378,525) (269,660) (194,173) (276,849) (467,974) (323,998) (411,967) (587,915) (328,628) (38,245) (204,932) (190,252) (115,399) (68,059) (14,852) (125,016) (259,560) (321,790) (232,430) (168,532) (122,235) 616 753 8,430 (90,587)
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 10,462 71,190 (6,546) (8,187) 34,706 (58,515) (1,796) (10,697) (10,658) 15,787 (39,648) 15,906 3,855 7,113 (35,254) 809 (6,711) (28,461) 9,573 (10,800) 22,812 29,376 3,709 9,954 (13,043)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (292,473) 771,340 (119,932) (169,478) (659,064) 795,917 (421,693) (290,560) (343,299) 1,152,833 (16,392) 156,923 (204,260) 802,243 (146,207) (150,185) (610,855) 266,280 (176,450) (9,698) 29,222 668,936 (41,417) (300,008) (270,499)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-05-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2026-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-03).


The financial trajectory of the organization is characterized by strong net income growth and substantial operating cash flow generation, although the latter is subject to significant quarterly volatility driven primarily by working capital fluctuations. A consistent pattern of expanding capital expenditures and aggressive shareholder returns through stock repurchases is evident across the analyzed period.

Operating Cash Flow and Earnings Trends
Net income exhibits a general upward trend with pronounced seasonality, frequently peaking in the January/February quarters. Operating cash flow remains robust, reaching peaks above 1.3 billion US dollars in several periods, such as January 2024 and February 2025. The disparity between net income and net cash provided by operating activities is largely attributed to non-cash adjustments, including steady increases in depreciation and amortization, which grew from approximately 43 million US dollars in early 2020 to over 135 million US dollars by May 2026.
Working Capital Dynamics
Inventory management represents the most significant source of volatility within operating activities. Substantial cash outflows for inventory accumulation are frequently offset by large inflows during liquidation phases, as seen in the swings between 2022 and 2025. Other notable fluctuations are observed in accrued liabilities and current income taxes payable, which contribute to the irregular quarterly movement of cash from operations.
Investment and Capital Expenditure
Investment activities are consistently negative, reflecting a commitment to long-term infrastructure and growth. Expenditures on property and equipment have scaled upward, rising from a range of 50-60 million US dollars per quarter in 2020 to levels often exceeding 150 million US dollars in later periods. Strategic acquisitions were noted as significant cash outflows, most prominently in August 2020 and October 2024.
Financing Activities and Shareholder Returns
Financing cash flows are dominated by a sustained and aggressive program of common stock repurchases. Outflows for buybacks intensified significantly over time, peaking at nearly 590 million US dollars in July 2024 and remaining a primary use of cash throughout 2025 and 2026. This indicates a strategic priority to return capital to shareholders, funded by the strong cash yields from operating activities.
Non-Recurring Items and Adjustments
The period is marked by specific one-time events, including substantial impairment of assets and restructuring costs and obsolescence provisions related to lululemon Studio, particularly evident in January 2023 and October 2023. Additionally, the derecognition of unredeemed gift card liabilities has provided periodic positive adjustments to cash flow.

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