Name: Builders FirstSource Inc. (NYSE:BLDR) | Cash Flow Statement (Quarterly)
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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.

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Builders FirstSource Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended:	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	Jun 30, 2019	Mar 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2018	Sep 30, 2018	Jun 30, 2018	Mar 31, 2018
Net income	451,457)	404,619)	333,786)	384,513)	738,006)	987,210)	639,640)	442,456)	613,145)	497,235)	172,580)	139,914)	85,932)	78,924)	8,767)	41,367)	78,130)	66,604)	35,708)	52,021)	73,328)	56,622)	23,220)
Depreciation and amortization	140,611)	138,966)	136,549)	141,668)	125,667)	117,859)	111,946)	145,852)	139,947)	127,222)	134,331)	29,268)	29,423)	28,475)	29,400)	28,267)	24,381)	23,814)	23,576)	25,215)	25,104)	24,768)	22,819)
Deferred income taxes	(34,786)	(16,433)	(21,469)	(35,278)	(34,556)	(15,229)	(7,398)	31,123)	(32,943)	(23,896)	(8,857)	13,459)	907)	1,373)	875)	14,447)	15,157)	11,752)	9,638)	15,994)	16,966)	17,366)	1,497)
Stock-based compensation expense	12,128)	12,395)	11,026)	4,685)	8,496)	9,315)	8,841)	6,198)	6,421)	8,465)	10,402)	4,924)	5,378)	3,466)	3,254)	2,859)	3,342)	3,379)	2,659)	4,491)	3,501)	3,538)	2,890)
Other non-cash adjustments	(5,088)	(841)	1,645)	1,046)	20,599)	6,577)	2,037)	1,905)	(30,964)	660)	2,874)	2,670)	(277)	848)	5,900)	4,908)	3,605)	2,602)	5)	(2,920)	1,017)	1,078)	904)
Receivables	991)	(288,507)	108,561)	511,629)	545,630)	(87,403)	(549,712)	161,542)	137,867)	(459,191)	(294,129)	(28,916)	(160,636)	(7,993)	(61,998)	83,872)	6,030)	(69,816)	22,703)	141,871)	26,673)	(120,633)	(57,132)
Inventories	38,298)	(24,468)	101,745)	333,815)	357,634)	142,253)	(561,813)	38,903)	519,215)	(499,343)	(340,940)	(30,409)	(136,007)	24,906)	(78,591)	21,939)	42,894)	17,972)	(38,603)	81,214)	103,286)	(103,967)	(85,958)
Contract assets	2,528)	(14,398)	7,583)	56,647)	30,531)	(30,046)	(33,081)	37,732)	(27,235)	(23,829)	(89,994)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Other current assets	(2,355)	17,509)	8,143)	18,155)	3,808)	21,070)	(27,860)	(38,980)	59,163)	(26,008)	(27,664)	(14,667)	(8,063)	7,987)	(5,000)	(4,294)	1,697)	2,539)	4,732)	(8,570)	3,907)	3,788)	(9,481)
Other assets and liabilities	(2,577)	(15,549)	1,734)	9,882)	(18,400)	23,300)	407)	(17,808)	6,452)	8,202)	1,999)	(10,069)	20,987)	13,166)	26,286)	(145)	699)	2,376)	(1,319)	4,195)	(1,056)	946)	1,552)
Accounts payable	(30,396)	121,427)	139,545)	(282,744)	(199,404)	(302,054)	470,198)	88,879)	(345,521)	206,906)	241,621)	(44,623)	97,418)	(143)	108,295)	(69,843)	(16,137)	42,679)	47,371)	(76,600)	(79,921)	62,753)	4,376)
Accrued liabilities	89,352)	61,299)	(174,994)	(115,544)	(61,016)	67,557)	93,237)	(86,455)	23,540)	152,295)	2,039)	43,370)	50,198)	69,531)	(87,842)	20,405)	21,681)	68,809)	(100,395)	36,387)	5,696)	63,097)	(83,012)
Contract liabilities	(10,697)	(4,693)	527)	(57,109)	(16,199)	6,839)	33,380)	28,985)	37,906)	28,014)	(4,770)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of assets acquired and liabilities assumed	85,144)	(147,380)	192,844)	474,731)	642,584)	(158,484)	(575,244)	212,798)	411,387)	(612,954)	(511,838)	(85,314)	(136,103)	107,454)	(98,850)	51,934)	56,864)	64,559)	(65,511)	178,497)	58,585)	(94,016)	(229,655)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	198,009)	(13,293)	320,595)	586,852)	762,790)	(39,962)	(459,818)	397,876)	493,848)	(500,503)	(373,088)	(34,993)	(100,672)	141,616)	(59,421)	102,415)	103,349)	106,106)	(29,633)	221,277)	105,173)	(47,266)	(201,545)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	649,466)	391,326)	654,381)	971,365)	1,500,796)	947,248)	179,822)	840,332)	1,106,993)	(3,268)	(200,508)	104,921)	(14,740)	220,540)	(50,654)	143,782)	181,479)	172,710)	6,075)	273,298)	178,501)	9,356)	(178,325)
Cash used for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(52,347)	(11,589)	(78,970)	(8,463)	(426,606)	(192,945)	—)	(308,358)	(815,770)	(249,833)	167,490)	(16,750)	—)	—)	(15,893)	(58,924)	(33,931)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Proceeds from divestiture of business	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	76,162)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment	(145,486)	(125,465)	(105,645)	(134,911)	(85,703)	(69,063)	(50,475)	(67,712)	(61,886)	(59,030)	(39,263)	(28,574)	(28,699)	(26,311)	(28,498)	(34,933)	(32,545)	(23,868)	(21,524)	(22,718)	(28,745)	(29,835)	(20,113)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	33,548)	4,103)	5,755)	3,226)	2,066)	3,255)	2,140)	1,832)	2,407)	6,127)	3,194)	5,202)	1,847)	913)	538)	1,071)	854)	3,900)	720)	2,863)	815)	507)	568)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(164,285)	(132,951)	(178,860)	(140,148)	(510,243)	(258,753)	(48,335)	(374,238)	(799,087)	(302,736)	131,421)	(40,122)	(26,852)	(25,398)	(43,853)	(92,786)	(65,622)	(19,968)	(20,804)	(19,855)	(27,930)	(29,328)	(19,545)
Borrowings under revolving credit facility	1,224,000)	1,534,000)	1,267,000)	614,000)	1,668,000)	1,693,000)	1,906,000)	705,000)	651,000)	1,359,000)	410,000)	100,000)	—)	110,000)	681,000)	155,000)	291,000)	220,000)	374,000)	419,000)	339,000)	349,000)	555,000)
Repayments under revolving credit facility	(1,499,000)	(1,058,000)	(1,050,000)	(800,000)	(2,052,000)	(1,615,000)	(1,738,000)	(117,000)	(1,262,000)	(973,000)	(260,000)	(25,000)	—)	(420,000)	(398,000)	(128,000)	(364,000)	(369,000)	(331,000)	(644,000)	(468,000)	(322,000)	(399,000)
Proceeds from long-term debt and other loans	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	700,000)	301,500)	—)	1,000,000)	—)	—)	—)	—)	345,625)	550,000)	—)	78,375)	400,000)	—)	—)	3,818)	—)	—)
Repayments of long-term debt and other loans	(1,078)	(1,064)	(1,048)	(1,140)	(936)	(613,319)	(827)	(83,317)	(1,030)	(1,659)	(468,671)	(57,001)	(3,577)	(3,701)	(554,263)	(108,772)	(78,319)	(399,303)	(24,440)	(54,139)	(4,321)	(4,072)	(2,780)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	(20,672)	—)	(2,475)	—)	—)	(2,475)	—)	—)	—)	(22,686)	—)	(2,301)	—)	—)	(134)	—)	—)	—)
Payments of loan costs	—)	(717)	(1,180)	—)	(981)	(9,400)	(6,416)	(1,480)	(13,698)	—)	(4,272)	—)	—)	(5,468)	(8,332)	(52)	(1,288)	(7,278)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Exercise of stock options	133)	158)	315)	149)	6)	14)	420)	189)	202)	100)	235)	81)	635)	310)	398)	1,653)	1,337)	1,667)	216)	1,551)	182)	171)	2,041)
Repurchase of common stock	(210,456)	(787,843)	(626,646)	(648,763)	(685,845)	(938,735)	(354,965)	(1,149,143)	(547,911)	(7,289)	(10,418)	—)	—)	(319)	(3,834)	—)	(7,942)	—)	(2,450)	(40)	—)	—)	(4,855)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(486,401)	(313,466)	(411,559)	(835,754)	(1,071,756)	(804,112)	107,712)	(648,226)	(173,437)	377,152)	(335,601)	18,080)	(2,942)	26,447)	244,283)	(80,171)	(83,138)	(153,914)	16,326)	(277,762)	(129,321)	23,099)	150,406)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	(1,220)	(55,091)	63,962)	(4,537)	(81,203)	(115,617)	239,199)	(182,132)	134,469)	71,148)	(404,688)	82,879)	(44,534)	221,589)	149,776)	(29,175)	32,719)	(1,172)	1,597)	(24,319)	21,250)	3,127)	(47,464)

Net income exhibits a significant upward trajectory over the analyzed period, transitioning from a quarterly range of approximately 23 million to 78 million USD between 2018 and 2019 to a peak of 987 million USD in the second quarter of 2022. Despite this growth, net cash provided by operating activities demonstrates extreme volatility, frequently diverging from net income due to substantial swings in working capital.

Operating Cash Flow and Working Capital Dynamics: Operating cash flows are characterized by periodic oscillations between significant deficits and substantial surpluses. This volatility is primarily driven by fluctuations in receivables and inventories. For instance, the first quarter of 2022 saw combined cash outflows for receivables and inventories exceeding 1.1 billion USD, which severely constrained operating cash flow despite strong net income. Conversely, the third quarter of 2022 recorded combined inflows from these same items totaling approximately 903 million USD, contributing to a peak operating cash flow of 1.5 billion USD. This pattern suggests a cyclical or strategic approach to inventory management and credit extensions.
Investment and Expansion Strategy: A strategic shift toward aggressive expansion is evident in investing activities. Cash used for acquisitions increased dramatically starting in 2021, with a peak expenditure of 815 million USD in the third quarter of 2021. Simultaneously, capital expenditures for property, plant, and equipment have scaled steadily, rising from approximately 20 million USD per quarter in 2018 to 145 million USD by the third quarter of 2023, indicating a long-term commitment to increasing productive capacity.
Financing and Capital Allocation: Financing activities reveal a heavy reliance on revolving credit facilities to manage liquidity and fund growth. Frequent, large-scale borrowings and repayments under these facilities are observed throughout the period. A notable shift in capital allocation occurred in late 2021, marked by a surge in common stock repurchases. Spending on buybacks escalated from modest amounts in 2018-2020 to several hundred million USD per quarter between 2021 and 2023, including a peak of 1.15 billion USD in the fourth quarter of 2021, signaling a transition toward returning capital to shareholders.
Non-Cash Adjustments and Tax Impacts: Depreciation and amortization remained relatively stable until 2021, after which they stepped up to a higher baseline, reflecting the increased asset base from acquisitions and capital spending. Deferred income taxes have shifted from consistent positive adjustments in the early years to recurring negative adjustments starting in 2021, impacting the reconciliation between net income and cash flow from operations.

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Builders FirstSource Inc. (NYSE:BLDR)

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