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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: 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 Feb 2, 2020 Nov 3, 2019 Aug 4, 2019 May 5, 2019
Net income 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 28,632 298,021 125,982 124,990 96,603
Depreciation and amortization 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 47,489 44,022 37,599 32,823
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 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 9,523 14,065 11,848 10,157
Derecognition of unredeemed gift card liability (36,231) (28,547) (23,337) (18,699) (13,696) (11,939)
Settlement of derivatives not designated in a hedging relationship (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) 1,450 2,055 (447) (4,983)
Deferred income taxes 57,451 (28,383) 3,042 (5,180) 34,908 24,129
Accounts receivable (111,490) 2,575 (18,504) 21,062 (16,808) (4) (2,624)
Inventories (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) 107,533 (131,766) (50,502) (42,856)
Prepaid and receivable income taxes (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) 41,555 (14,143) (30,371) (32,816)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (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) (6,094) (2,121) (29,375) (16,164)
Other non-current assets (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) (12,405) (15,447)
Accounts payable (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 (35,895) 5,294 21,211 (5,420)
Accrued liabilities and other 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 4,132 4,248 3,192 (6,894)
Accrued compensation and related expenses 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) 35,549 (2,737) 25,012 (32,498)
Current and non-current income taxes payable 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 14,436 6,935 5,025 (60,533)
Unredeemed gift card liability 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) 57,472 (4,770) (5,772) (13,641)
Right-of-use lease assets and current and non-current lease liabilities 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) 7,628 169 1,440 8,185
Other current and non-current liabilities 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 (8,374) 13,278 (1,005) 5,234
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (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) 205,537 (141,060) (61,145) (197,403)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (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) 276,189 (80,918) (12,145) (159,406)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 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) 574,210 45,064 112,845 (62,803)
Purchase of property and equipment (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) (68,831) (78,453) (67,330) (68,434)
Settlement of net investment hedges (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 (3,031) (1,684) 405 4,657
Acquisition, net of cash acquired (23,150) (130,996) (452,581)
Other investing activities (487) (3,250) (5,009) (658) 5,259 15,657 (10,000) (118) 1,000 5,929 (369) (1,136) (131)
Net cash used in investing activities (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) (65,933) (80,506) (68,061) (63,908)
Proceeds from settlement of stock-based compensation 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 3,140 1,516 1,337 12,177
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of stock-based compensation (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) (451) (2,093) (461) (18,939)
Repurchase of common stock (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) (307) (7,993) (1,569) (163,530)
Other financing activities (3,090) (8,115) (32) (32) (32) (770)
Net cash used in financing activities (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) 2,382 (8,570) (693) (170,292)
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (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) (3,307) 6,427 3,406 (8,076)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (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) 507,352 (37,585) 47,497 (305,079)

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-05).


Net income
The net income demonstrates considerable volatility across the periods, with notable peaks in early 2020, early 2021, and early 2024, reaching several hundred thousand US dollars. There are intermittent declines, particularly mid-2020 and early 2023, indicating variability in profitability.
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense steadily increased over the timeline, roughly doubling from around 32,823 thousand US dollars in mid-2019 to over 127,459 thousand US dollars by late 2025, suggesting ongoing investments in fixed assets and intangibles.
Impairment and obsolescence provisions
There are significant one-time charges recorded in selected quarters, particularly a large impairment and restructuring cost in early 2023 (~407,913 thousand US dollars) and studio obsolescence provision in late 2022 and early 2023, reflecting asset writedowns and restructuring efforts.
Stock-based compensation expense
This expense fluctuates across periods without a clear trend, generally staying between approximately 6,000 and 25,000 thousand US dollars, with a rare negative value observed in late 2024, potentially due to accounting adjustments.
Working capital components
Inventories
Inventory levels display considerable variability with large negative and positive swings, notably extremely negative values in mid-2022 and early 2023, followed by substantial positive adjustments. This may indicate challenges in inventory management or seasonal fluctuations.
Accounts payable
Accounts payable figures experience large fluctuations, occasionally showing substantial negative or positive values, suggesting changing supplier payment patterns or credit terms possibly related to inventory management.
Accrued liabilities and accrued compensation
Both accrued liabilities and accrued compensation show frequent significant changes, including large positive and negative amounts, indicating variability in obligations and expense recognition possibly linked to compensation cycles and accrual adjustments.
Operating activities cash flow
Cash flow from operations is generally positive and has increased notably over time, with some periods of negative cash flow correlating with net income decreases. The highest inflows occur around early 2024, indicating strong operational cash generation despite income fluctuations.
Investing activities cash flow
Investing activities consistently consume cash each period, largely driven by significant purchases of property and equipment. The negative cash flows deepen over time, particularly notable in mid-2020 and from 2023 onward, consistent with business expansion or asset replacement.
Financing activities cash flow
Cash used in financing activities varies, with pronounced negative amounts reflecting significant common stock repurchases from 2021 to 2025. There are occasional positive inflows related to stock-based compensation proceeds and other financing actions.
Foreign currency effects
The effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash exhibits volatility, alternating between positive and negative impacts, suggesting exposure to exchange rate risk that influences reported cash balances.
Overall cash position changes
The increase or decrease in cash and cash equivalents shows considerable fluctuations, with several quarters of substantial cash inflows particularly in early 2020, early 2021, and early 2024. Conversely, some periods exhibit sharp decreases reflecting combined effects of investing and financing outflows.