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Albemarle Corp. (NYSE:ALB)

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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.

Albemarle Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: 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 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018
Net income (loss) 1,276,703 1,161,786 931,206 440,592 281,547 10,469 (374,433) 446,208 117,698 102,177 117,045 103,758 123,635 106,243 171,618 174,970 151,526 146,049 143,479 310,686 138,925
Depreciation and amortization 87,271 85,561 77,713 70,993 66,574 68,235 62,082 61,423 62,260 61,770 58,679 57,841 53,694 56,766 54,487 52,948 49,283 50,187 49,707 50,474 50,330
(Gain) loss on sale of investment in properties — — — — 8,400 132,453 984 (429,408) — (7,168) — — — — — — — 8,277 — (218,705) —
Gain on sale of property — — — — — — — — — — — — — (3,332) — — (11,079) — — — —
Stock-based compensation and other 10,540 5,825 9,417 10,987 4,245 5,452 6,243 5,865 2,560 6,973 6,099 7,264 2,501 4,511 5,033 4,580 5,556 3,443 3,709 5,207 2,869
Equity in net income of unconsolidated investments, net of tax (396,188) (322,799) (258,884) (128,156) (62,436) (33,555) (27,706) (17,998) (16,511) (43,649) (26,154) (31,114) (26,604) (22,841) (33,236) (38,310) (35,181) (27,537) (22,081) (18,969) (20,677)
Dividends received from unconsolidated investments and nonmarketable securities 547,552 450,344 193,931 117,796 39,168 35,017 15,954 22,470 4,950 26,852 48,325 12,984 — 8,764 2,691 57,257 3,034 24,621 2,749 4,583 25,462
Pension and postretirement (benefit) expense 1,954 (39,955) (4,026) (4,023) (4,250) (61,559) (3,986) (4,239) (4,226) 50,633 (1,663) (1,593) (1,719) 29,874 586 477 578 13,118 (915) (903) (890)
Pension and postretirement contributions (2,825) (5,183) (3,244) (3,795) (3,890) (6,108) (3,879) (4,937) (15,329) (6,111) (3,631) (579) (6,113) (5,750) (2,950) (4,223) (3,555) (4,168) (3,979) (3,541) (3,548)
Unrealized (gain) loss on investments in marketable securities (45,732) (585) 803 1,592 1,469 94 (1,528) (622) (1,762) (1,258) (2,099) (651) (627) (1,108) (1,124) (101) (476) 1,088 (990) (232) (393)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt — — — 19,219 — — — 1,157 27,798 — — — — 4,829 — — — — — — —
Deferred income taxes 14,098 15,371 38,492 11,729 27,747 424 (66,632) 47,092 (19,384) (9,896) (1,070) 4,200 4,790 6,668 4,156 (4,010) 7,580 5,764 12,692 1,641 29,067
Working capital changes (764,071) (410,466) (116,200) (668,639) (219,397) (344,683) 448,463 57,127 (49,185) 80,904 (10,857) (174,309) 17,730 175,248 (66,349) (100,299) (122,939) (20,152) (40,624) 3,861 (95,050)
Non-cash transfer of 40% value of construction in progress of Kemerton plant to MRL 7,665 6,713 19,655 31,214 65,100 — 39,743 52,962 43,223 47,508 44,179 51,027 36,723 — — — — — — — —
Other, net (15,987) 5,635 6,428 (45,374) 1,899 47,432 9,428 (9,196) 5,857 28,465 24,944 24,035 (48,956) 13,864 11,438 1,083 10,589 (31,466) 9,337 (31,799) (4,541)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash flows from operating activities (555,723) (209,539) (35,915) (586,457) (75,371) (156,798) 479,166 (218,304) 40,251 235,023 136,752 (50,895) 31,419 267,493 (25,268) (30,598) (96,610) 23,175 9,605 (208,383) (17,371)
Net cash provided by operating activities 720,980 952,247 895,291 (145,865) 206,176 (146,329) 104,733 227,904 157,949 337,200 253,797 52,863 155,054 373,736 146,350 144,372 54,916 169,224 153,084 102,303 121,554
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired — (162,239) — — — — — — — — — — (22,572) (820,000) — — — — (3,760) (7,643) —
Capital expenditures (415,608) (445,712) (313,327) (270,909) (231,698) (300,928) (255,824) (217,232) (179,683) (229,106) (202,380) (204,462) (214,529) (243,340) (192,830) (199,494) (216,132) (228,316) (190,730) (149,130) (131,815)
Cash proceeds from divestitures, net — — — — — — (676) 290,467 — — — — — — — — — 90 (3,232) 416,711 —
Proceeds from sale of joint venture — — — — — — — — — 11,000 — — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 10,356 — — — —
(Purchases) sales of marketable securities, net (122,267) (1,190) (270) (349) 3,751 (633) (146) (692) 5,245 (305) (288) (1,093) 2,589 (793) 269 (182) 1,090 491 (322) (449) 10
Investments in equity and other corporate investments (1,133) (199) 260 (621) (146) (6,202) — — (286) (1,641) (300) (130) (356) — (20) (40) (2,509) (254) (3,367) (1,244) (735)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (539,008) (609,340) (313,337) (271,879) (228,093) (307,763) (256,646) 72,543 (174,724) (220,052) (202,968) (205,685) (234,868) (1,064,133) (192,581) (199,716) (207,195) (227,989) (201,411) 258,245 (132,540)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock — — — — — — — — 1,453,888 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Repayments of long-term debt and credit agreements — (250,000) — (455,000) — — — 1,157 (1,174,980) — (250,000) — — (175,215) — — — — — — —
Proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt and credit agreements — — — 1,684,216 280,000 — — — — — — 202,163 250,000 1,597,807 — — — — — — —
Other debt borrowings (repayments), net (713) (595) (466) (223,986) (166,615) 388,283 (1,976) (157) (325,159) (65,151) 189,830 164,828 (151,872) (358,547) 49,131 64,829 118,223 20,938 77,328 169,326 (381,159)
Fees related to early extinguishment of debt — — — (9,767) — — — (1,158) (23,719) — — — — (4,419) — — — — — — —
Dividends paid to shareholders (46,282) (46,264) (46,271) (46,257) (45,637) (45,617) (45,599) (45,507) (41,130) (40,982) (40,927) (40,927) (38,982) (38,883) (39,008) (38,926) (35,387) (35,674) (36,438) (37,102) (35,382)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests (53,145) — (17,683) (26,525) — (34,958) (17,480) (17,479) (26,219) (17,775) — — (14,286) (25,975) (18,250) (38,962) — — (7,378) — (7,378)
Repurchases of common stock — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (250,000) (250,000) —
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 81 1,193 735 436 419 2,172 1,885 13,152 1,183 23,512 6,116 614 10,195 — 1,609 529 2,676 1,331 1,014 642 646
Withholding taxes paid on stock-based compensation award distributions (18,617) (1,188) (1,567) (161) (10,422) (385) (708) (187) (6,860) (340) (784) (194) (3,825) (257) (204) (315) (10,255) (193) (587) (1,451) (15,009)
Other — (2,510) (26) (4,046) (126) (846) (25) (1,106) (253) (1,201) (82) (2,455) (214) (7,069) — (445) — — — — —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (118,676) (299,364) (65,278) 918,910 57,619 308,649 (63,903) (51,285) (143,249) (101,937) (95,847) 324,029 51,016 987,442 (6,722) (13,290) 75,257 (13,598) (216,061) (118,585) (438,282)
Net effect of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents 24,296 72,796 (64,469) (33,895) (11,649) (10,334) (12,707) 4,551 (16,841) 29,440 10,395 12,261 (31,084) (1,758) (27,407) 1,543 (13,024) (13,543) (2,530) (26,007) 4,153
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 87,592 116,339 452,207 467,271 24,053 (155,777) (228,523) 253,713 (176,865) 44,651 (34,623) 183,468 (59,882) 295,287 (80,360) (67,091) (90,046) (85,906) (266,918) 215,956 (445,115)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).


Operating cash flows exhibit a significant expansion in the latter part of the analyzed period, transitioning from a range of 50 million to 370 million US dollars between 2018 and 2020 to peak values exceeding 900 million US dollars in late 2022. This growth is primarily driven by a substantial increase in net income, which reached 1.27 billion US dollars by March 2023, despite periods of extreme volatility throughout 2021.

Operating Activity and Working Capital
A recurring pattern of volatility is observed in working capital changes, which have become increasingly impactful over time. Significant cash outflows were recorded in June 2022 and March 2023, suggesting a substantial increase in operational asset requirements. This is contrasted by the overall upward trajectory of net cash provided by operating activities, which reflects a strong ability to generate cash from core business operations in recent quarters.
Investment Strategy and Capital Expenditure
Capital expenditures show a consistent upward trend, increasing from an average of approximately 180 million US dollars per quarter in 2018 to over 400 million US dollars by early 2023. This indicates an aggressive investment phase in fixed assets. These outflows are occasionally offset by large divestitures, such as the significant proceeds recorded in June 2018 and June 2021, which provided periodic liquidity injections.
Financing and Capital Structure
Financing activities are characterized by strategic shifts in capital sourcing. A major equity infusion occurred in March 2021 through the issuance of common stock totaling 1.45 billion US dollars. Debt management is marked by periodic large-scale borrowings, notably the 1.68 billion US dollars in June 2022, which appear to have supported operational needs or strategic expansion. Dividend payments to shareholders have remained stable and gradually increased, reflecting a consistent commitment to shareholder returns despite fluctuations in quarterly net income.
Net Cash Position and Liquidity
The net change in cash and cash equivalents has fluctuated significantly, reflecting the timing of large capital investments and financing events. However, a trend of increasing cash accumulation is evident in the final three quarters of the data set, coinciding with the surge in operating cash flows and the strategic management of debt and equity.

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