Stock Analysis on Net

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE:ABC)

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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.

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

US$ in thousands

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3 months ended: 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 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017 Dec 31, 2016
Net income (loss) 479,213 428,213 476,170 298,676 363,203 555,245 449,416 436,448 295,448 434,005 378,707 (4,844,505) 287,268 971,111 186,568 132,307 302,002 28,073 391,753 194,004 277,875 282,160 861,853 (344,587) 50,352 411,473 247,246
Depreciation, including amounts charged to cost of goods sold 105,671 101,342 100,332 98,318 97,918 97,481 96,926 88,859 83,172 77,539 77,143 75,549 71,591 71,758 71,846 74,812 74,501 85,793 85,996 84,975 91,321 72,711 69,476 69,555 65,681 64,004 63,180
Amortization, including amounts charged to interest expense 171,335 143,428 75,080 75,951 77,612 82,153 83,476 85,438 47,952 27,543 27,140 23,511 27,194 29,065 37,499 38,575 37,795 50,804 49,236 42,482 54,097 52,799 42,248 42,516 42,201 42,123 43,071
Provision (benefit) for credit losses 11,802 10,948 (1,486) 5,930 12,717 5,215 2,191 (1,432) 6,677 404 6,452 (13,497) 3,265 19,955 2,189 10,151 4,153 2,885 8,007 11,168 7,031 1,849 (3,388) 283 3,267 5,072 312
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes (28,243) (49,399) (12,326) 139,121 5,313 21,238 30,512 31,229 162,036 68,689 72,912 (1,537,772) 14,369 (50,923) 29,355 (16,144) 19,732 (21,297) 46,246 (48,157) 51,068 42,044 (840,479) 93,121 66,551 109,906 49,491
Share-based compensation expense 20,567 23,499 55,633 16,440 14,395 19,645 42,920 18,129 14,355 18,793 48,317 16,832 11,816 14,389 31,374 10,443 10,562 6,101 31,768 8,712 9,396 11,600 32,608 10,614 10,342 12,058 29,192
LIFO expense (credit) 34,952 54,270 25,050 104,840 23,069 (16,059) (44,679) (42,463) (113,920) (20,918) (25,727) (35,773) 6,061 23,853 13,281 57,203 (9,913) (66,805) (3,029) 83,466 (16,142) (74,863) (24,723) (86,504) 28,308
Impairment of assets, including goodwill 4,946 70,990 4,946 31,697 223,652 138,000 570,000 59,684
Gain on sale of businesses 3,745 (59,973)
Turkey highly inflationary impact 66,022 18,542 33,424
Gain on sale of an equity investment (13,692)
Gain on remeasurement of equity investment (4,834) (64,721)
Impairment of non-customer note receivable 30,000
Loss on consolidation of equity investments 42,328
Loss on early retirement of debt 22,175 23,766
Other, net (10,143) 805 664 8,583 5,743 (7,905) 5,360 7,967 (15,478) 8,392 28,480 (13,285) 21,553 (28,788) 17,476 (11,590) 7 (291) (11,319) (3,519) (23,288) 7,518 211 8,511 6,042 6,343 (13,152)
Accounts receivable (1,388,679) (801,330) (59,872) (108,563) (1,023,441) (1,243,901) 716,380 (813,233) 76,925 712,725 (906,495) (1,192,754) 1,615,979 (1,745,012) (307,204) (569,148) 208,063 (221,915) (658,890) 449,861 (517,245) (682,010) 91,624 141,203 (1,001,394) 119,232 (536,937)
Inventories 43,538 (235,480) (1,178,035) 47,479 (497,370) 774,514 (989,993) (521,636) (280,414) 231,165 (545,459) (710,315) (758,469) 478,621 (630,980) 112,158 140,042 478,585 (898,775) 46,801 753,440 (345,037) (460,127) 398,449 (273,846) 157,496 (713,553)
Income tax receivable (2,131) 55,047 87,394 (44,592) 7,309 47,953 38,637 32,190 77,226 (13,635) 170,771 107,596 103,470 (692,161) (1,474) (3,356) 522
Prepaid expenses and other assets 38,648 64,208 (7,421) 43,014 (8,153) 48,933 18,914 54,517 67,901 21,760 (3,121) (707) 27,177 217 1,363 1,888 11,649 9,174 (26,610) 21,904 10,486 (81,083) (8,518) 9,802 (2,747) (30,455) 57,046
Accounts payable 1,122,514 1,010,093 1,381,079 1,246,113 1,476,201 (225,645) 824,056 1,806,748 534,974 (2,014,050) 1,721,495 2,476,727 (1,571,742) 1,608,810 787,037 596,381 (386,061) (147,915) 1,498,643 395,097 79,561 443,601 (59,223) 596,412 526,017 103,146 247,814
Accrued expenses 96,637 (26,657) (233,640) (188,288) (134,289) 180,076 (314,732)
Long-term accrued litigation liability 6,925 (14,620) 937 (447,868) (25,833) 23,985 (50,479) (309,323) 58,558 13,775 6,198,943
Income taxes payable and other liabilities (23,693) (134,859) 521 (153,083) (30,213) (96,343) (50,440) 169,403 192,207 (20,090) (147,562) 748,682 30,394 (71,650) (233,520) 239,142 155,337 (135,658) (34,058) (681,133) 45,685 33,952 260,275 429,438 287,557 (115,155) 67,627
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding the effects of acquisitions and divestitures (106,241) (83,598) (9,037) 394,212 (235,789) (490,428) 192,343 418,666 727,377 (1,068,350) 289,629 7,628,172 (553,191) (421,175) (384,778) 377,065 129,030 (17,207) (119,690) 232,530 371,927 (630,577) (175,969) 1,575,304 (464,413) 234,264 (878,003)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 265,722 201,295 233,910 865,794 45,419 (288,660) 413,995 573,369 912,171 (887,908) 524,346 6,143,737 (375,167) (118,214) (43,758) 540,515 265,867 596,291 87,215 471,341 545,410 (369,728) (851,527) 1,725,041 (295,052) 387,266 (677,601)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 744,935 629,508 710,080 1,164,470 408,622 266,585 863,411 1,009,817 1,207,619 (453,903) 903,053 1,299,232 (87,899) 852,897 142,810 672,822 567,869 624,364 478,968 665,345 823,285 (87,568) 10,326 1,380,454 (244,700) 798,739 (430,355)
Capital expenditures (104,281) (102,854) (75,727) (173,586) (113,389) (129,652) (79,691) (164,810) (121,795) (86,202) (65,410) (118,576) (106,719) (77,077) (67,305) (79,455) (69,279) (82,255) (79,233) (88,052) (79,543) (95,175) (73,641) (94,969) (108,728) (125,418) (137,282)
Cost of acquired companies, net of cash acquired 28,443 (1,438,124) (9,656) (61,517) (62,641) (26,323) (5,536,717) 93 (11,646) (52,398) (2,037) (6,177) (706,755) (70,330) (15) (59,230) (906) (1,497)
Cost of equity investments (737,025) (18,491) (162,620) (21,250) (4,250) (30,580) (3,047) (8,300)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 6,302 14,439 36,364
Proceeds from sale of businesses 14,504 258,082 12,094
Proceeds from sales of investment securities available-for-sale 4,770 33,880 22,207 13,921
Purchases of investment securities available-for-sale (14,756) (33,879)
Other, net 22,177 (14,326) 2,693 6,197 (1,236) (2,875) (788) 5,345 2,516 1,698 662 2,196 4,966 563 (4,881) (1,354) 4,013 4,847 (4,730) 8,831 1,648 (10,308) 5,286 6,256 1,880
Net cash used in investing activities (819,129) (88,737) (1,511,158) (174,730) 143,457 (194,044) (143,120) (171,349) (5,655,996) (248,822) (65,410) (101,764) (110,307) (105,461) (62,339) (78,799) (85,806) (83,609) (127,618) (85,242) (90,450) (793,099) (142,323) (91,475) (137,092) (112,617) (156,857)
Senior notes and loan borrowings 89,414 13,173 54,960 87,030 29,612 38,547 1,796 579,646 2,554,145 31,393 9,374 543,710 27,858 18,538 27,583 40,184 14,497 424,684 71,188 6,759 1,236,483
Senior notes and loan repayments (1,898) (704,939) (52,756) (411,060) (510,595) (262,230) (55,069) (284,968) (26,628) (61,074) (462,643) (30,420) (521,886) (17,123) (29,023) (30,145) (24,127) (28,512) (428,079) (119,582) (126,939) (34,480) (400,000) (650,000) (50,000) (50,000)
Borrowings under revolving and securitization credit facilities 14,025,325 33,902,748 1,882,229 508,642 468,116 2,899,020 956,827 350,957 4,578,775 39,083 28,992 37,370 50,584 32,311 66,749 443,617 97,449 606,329 92,424 21,853,827 2,577,124 2,552,241 73,078 6,645,719 65,362
Repayments under revolving and securitization credit facilities (14,009,297) (33,885,565) (1,894,951) (444,382) (412,064) (2,868,706) (946,791) (471,548) (4,581,123) (31,259) (62,723) (33,177) (54,080) (32,329) (197,282) (454,061) (85,612) (621,399) (93,809) (21,842,816) (2,569,414) (2,544,542) (85,447) (6,638,473) (67,491)
Payment of premium on early retirement of debt (21,448) (22,348)
Purchases of common stock (100,000) (807,214) (235,282) (237,026) (11,396) (25,975) (56,175) (13,297) (272,024) (135,128) (151,253) (174,819) (108,951) (239,008) (338,791) (240,236) (37,712) (22,496) (100,001) (229,928)
Exercises of stock options 18,366 9,849 21,863 9,958 10,981 34,036 38,937 34,453 33,971 72,110 58,216 21,785 60,991 56,644 20,113 21,374 17,270 15,190 22,400 10,947 12,273 85,662 29,574 8,598 32,942 51,154 10,229
Cash dividends on common stock (98,934) (101,766) (99,713) (96,448) (97,316) (97,382) (100,541) (92,607) (91,676) (91,262) (91,103) (86,814) (86,223) (87,453) (83,088) (83,910) (84,636) (84,893) (85,535) (82,077) (83,431) (83,978) (83,555) (80,102) (80,075) (79,924) (80,169)
Profarma retail equity offering 66,355
Employee tax withholdings related to restricted share vesting (3,105) (2,737) (65,217) (2,803) (73) (646) (34,554) (17) (281) (23,249) (127) (75) 11 (9,596) (28) (292) (13) (5,654) (713) (26) (132) (7,375) (72) (371) (30) (8,938)
Other, net (1,744) (210) (3,145) (2,086) (3,785) (472) (3,779) 17,327 (4,025) (2,500) (910) (147) (1,501) (208) (381) (2,991) (1,301) (2,035) (4,355) (2,417) (2,281) (6,092) (3,364) (1,453) (1,301) (1,269) (2,551)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (81,873) (769,447) (963,944) (673,461) (694,732) (278,164) (106,423) (444,607) 488,940 2,452,987 (544,471) (19,994) (73,460) (288,102) (222,061) (219,388) (358,254) (205,161) (303,710) (476,515) (435,266) (65,721) 734,629 (165,331) (711,174) (72,823) (363,486)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 15,657 4,682 84,140 (24,794) (28,001) (2,401) (2,654) (3,725)
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including cash classified within assets held for sale (140,410) (223,994) (1,680,882) 291,485 (170,654) (208,024) 611,214 390,136 (3,959,437) 1,750,262 293,172 1,177,474 (271,666) 459,334 (141,590) 374,635 123,809 335,594 47,640 103,588 297,569 (946,388) 602,632 1,123,648 (1,092,966) 613,299 (950,698)
(Increase) decrease in cash classified within assets held for sale (94) (1,554) 1,038 (1,751)
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (140,410) (223,994) (1,680,882) 291,485 (170,748) (209,578) 612,252 388,385 (3,959,437) 1,750,262 293,172 1,177,474 (271,666) 459,334 (141,590) 374,635 123,809 335,594 47,640 103,588 297,569 (946,388) 602,632 1,123,648 (1,092,966) 613,299 (950,698)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-12-31).


The data reflects substantial volatility and notable fluctuations across key financial metrics over the periods analyzed. Several trends and significant observations emerge from the various items reported.

Net income (loss)

There is a highly irregular pattern in net income, characterized by alternating periods of strong profitability and significant losses. For example, the company reported very high net income in December 2017 and March 2020 but experienced a sharp loss in September 2020, the largest negative figure in the series. Following this, positive net incomes resumed but with notable fluctuations quarter-to-quarter, indicating inconsistent earnings performance.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation expenses increased steadily over time with some variability, generally rising from about 63,000 to over 100,000 US$ thousands by mid-2023, reflecting growing asset bases or revised estimates of asset life. Amortization fluctuated more dramatically, initially stable, then sharply peaking in 2021 and 2023 periods. This suggests episodic recognition of intangible assets or changes in amortization schedules.

Provision for Credit Losses and Deferred Income Taxes

The provision for credit losses shows inconsistency, with positive and negative values, indicating fluctuating expectations of default risk or write-offs. The deferred income tax provision reveals extreme variation, including a large tax benefit in late 2017 and a dramatic tax-related expense or benefit in 2020, suggesting significant tax event impacts, possibly due to changes in tax law or one-time adjustments.

Impairment and Gains/Losses on Investments

Several large impairments are noted, including goodwill impairment in notable quarters around 2018 and substantial asset impairments in 2020 and 2022, indicating write-downs affecting earnings. Gains on sales of businesses and equity investments also appear sporadically, including significant gains in late 2022, signifying strategic divestitures. Offsetting these, there are losses related to equity investments and early retirement of debt, highlighting episodic non-operating financial impacts.

Operating Cash Flow and Working Capital

Net cash provided by operating activities generally trends positive, with occasional declines. Significant spikes in operating cash inflows correspond with periods of large net income gains or non-cash adjustments. Changes in working capital accounts (accounts receivable, inventories, and accounts payable) exhibit extremely high volatility, with recurring large positive and negative values each quarter. This reflects substantial fluctuations in operational liquidity and potential timing differences in cash collections and payments.

Capital Expenditures and Investing Activities

Capital expenditures consistently represent a considerable cash outflow each quarter, ranging mostly between 65,000 to 175,000 US$ thousands, evidencing sustained investment in property, plant, and equipment. Net cash used in investing activities also shows marked variation, including periods of very large outflows associated with acquisitions and investments, particularly around 2018-2020 and in 2022, balancing some cash inflows from asset sales.

Financing Activities

Cash flows from financing activities demonstrate active management of debt and equity. There are recurring borrowings and repayments under revolving credit facilities and term loans, with large borrowings notably in 2021 and 2023. The pattern of stock repurchases is evident with substantial outflows at various points, partially offset by proceeds from stock option exercises. Cash dividends paid steadily increase over time, signifying consistent shareholder returns despite fluctuations in other areas.

Balance Sheet-Related Operational Items

Accounts receivable and inventories fluctuate widely, indicating variability in billing, collections, and stock levels. Accounts payable shows occasional very large positive and negative swings linked possibly to supplier payment timings or adjustments. Some items like accrued expenses and long-term accrued litigation liabilities show periodic spikes, implying episodic financial obligations or settlements.

Foreign Exchange and Non-Recurring Items

Occasional quantifiable effects from exchange rate changes appear late in the data, likely impacting cash balances and earnings. Certain one-time items such as Turkey highly inflationary impacts and losses on consolidation of equity investments surface sporadically, pointing to exposure in specific markets or unique financial events.

Overall Cash Position Changes

The net increase or decrease in cash and cash equivalents experiences significant swings, sometimes exceeding one billion US$ in absolute terms. The data reveals cycles of strong cash inflow following operational profitability and investing divestitures, contrasted with steep declines related to investing outlays, debt repayments, and share repurchases.

In summary, the financial data illustrates a company with variable profitability affected by significant non-recurring events, such as impairments and gains/losses on investments, combined with active debt and equity financing strategies. Operational cash flow remains generally positive but influenced heavily by volatile working capital changes. Capital investment is sustained and substantial, while financing activities show strategic debt management and shareholder returns continuation. The overall financial profile suggests a dynamic environment with episodic challenges and capital allocation decisions affecting net income and cash flow results over the periods presented.