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Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE:STZ)

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Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

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Constellation Brands Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Nov 30, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 Nov 30, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 May 31, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Nov 30, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 May 31, 2020 Feb 29, 2020 Nov 30, 2019 Aug 31, 2019 May 31, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 Nov 30, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 Nov 30, 2017 Aug 31, 2017 May 31, 2017 Feb 28, 2017 Nov 30, 2016 Aug 31, 2016 May 31, 2016
Net income (loss) 479,700 (1,140,700) 399,300 405,600 480,800 11,900 (897,300) 390,600 1,292,000 521,800 (172,600) 409,000 366,500 (517,000) (237,100) 1,249,400 312,100 1,151,300 746,300 928,800 494,700 502,000 405,300 461,900 405,000 353,200 319,100
Unrealized net (gain) loss on securities measured at fair value 7,400 9,300 22,400 109,900 199,700 590,000 745,100 (277,300) (769,600) 47,600 197,300 (74,500) 534,300 839,100 827,500 (1,184,700) 163,900 (692,100) (258,300) (247,500) (216,800) — — — — — —
Deferred tax provision (benefit) 9,800 187,100 21,500 26,300 77,700 79,500 (98,700) 49,400 90,900 97,200 98,900 39,100 (740,100) (207,300) (245,400) 218,800 5,800 86,100 116,200 23,500 77,800 22,100 (8,500) 14,000 (25,200) 83,900 56,000
Depreciation 94,900 90,800 92,700 88,700 86,300 86,300 76,000 74,600 76,500 71,700 71,000 77,600 79,800 82,500 86,600 83,000 81,300 84,600 84,200 79,400 73,500 70,800 70,100 62,200 61,400 58,100 55,800
Stock-based compensation 18,300 21,000 16,800 11,100 (2,200) 20,000 16,000 11,000 18,000 19,400 14,600 9,800 17,000 18,100 15,500 13,000 15,200 18,600 17,300 15,400 16,600 13,800 15,100 11,700 13,000 15,400 16,000
Equity in (earnings) losses of equity method investees and related activities, net of distributed earnings 29,800 650,100 165,500 55,600 (29,300) (118,800) 154,100 270,400 (5,100) 34,200 373,900 48,300 (67,800) 489,200 91,100 31,900 (20,500) 6,800 (4,700) 16,900 (20,500) — — — — — —
Noncash lease expense 22,300 22,800 21,600 21,000 20,800 20,400 19,700 20,300 21,700 20,400 20,900 21,700 21,800 22,000 22,800 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Impairment and amortization of intangible assets — — — 5,100 — — — 7,300 1,300 2,700 — 1,400 1,400 13,900 — 109,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 88,200 48,000 2,100 2,100 4,200
Amortization of debt issuance costs and loss on extinguishment of debt 2,900 10,500 17,700 2,400 2,400 32,400 2,700 6,600 4,000 13,700 — 3,100 3,300 9,700 — 3,600 16,900 5,900 3,000 81,100 13,200 4,600 9,800 3,100 3,200 3,200 3,200
Impairment of Canopy Equity Method Investment — 1,060,300 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Net (gain) loss on sale of unconsolidated investment — — — (51,000) — — — — — — — — (500) — 100 — — 1,600 (101,400) — — — — — — — —
Impairment of brewery construction in progress — — — — — — 665,900 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Gain (loss) on settlement of Pre-issuance hedge contracts — — 20,700 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Impairment of assets held for sale — — — — — — — — 21,000 (22,000) 25,000 32,700 390,000 27,000 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
(Gain) loss on sale of business — — — (1,700) — — — (18,900) 4,700 — — 1,900 (76,000) — — — — — — — — — — (262,400) — — —
Loss on inventory and related contracts associated with business optimization — — — — — — — — 700 800 24,300 300 61,700 16,500 44,500 — — — — — 59,000 — — — — — —
Loss on settlement of treasury lock contracts — — — — — — — — — — (29,300) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Net income tax benefit related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (37,600) — — (363,000) — — — — — — —
Accounts receivable 59,500 (102,000) 17,200 20,800 53,000 (51,100) (136,700) 103,700 12,000 (223,100) 167,000 (63,300) 147,500 (164,800) 58,600 (15,500) 117,400 (124,500) (49,300) 4,300 78,300 (19,900) (96,800) 72,100 (26,600) (55,900) (39,000)
Inventories (173,000) (3,300) (83,000) (42,900) (169,100) 33,000 (82,300) 118,500 2,200 24,400 48,600 105,000 (227,200) 143,000 (50,300) 65,800 (251,500) 113,200 10,600 97,900 (270,900) 30,800 18,400 42,900 (242,800) 67,900 (19,000)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 39,100 71,900 93,700 1,500 (124,800) 21,800 (11,700) (1,700) 16,100 10,800 40,500 (32,000) 7,900 40,900 (8,700) (46,400) (7,600) 5,100 (54,100) (33,200) 11,400 (53,700) (36,000) (41,200) (1,800) 3,000 (31,600)
Accounts payable (1,500) 94,400 94,500 (126,800) 94,600 21,800 224,100 (242,500) 30,100 145,100 (28,400) (118,800) 131,700 26,200 (22,300) (279,900) 190,300 96,100 14,900 (144,900) 117,500 53,800 (13,600) (174,100) 145,700 88,400 55,900
Deferred revenue (14,600) (16,700) 26,200 (6,300) (20,300) 14,100 130,500 (3,600) (18,200) (12,600) 34,400 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other accrued expenses and liabilities 40,700 (121,500) (166,200) (229,700) 204,700 57,900 (61,700) (45,300) 111,600 14,200 (155,500) (38,400) 6,900 (2,700) (24,300) (55,800) (17,500) 81,600 (30,400) (3,000) (62,900) 82,600 (88,300) 45,300 46,300 100,000 (69,400)
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from purchase and sale of business (49,800) (77,200) (17,600) (383,400) 38,100 97,500 62,200 (70,900) 153,800 (41,200) 106,600 (147,500) 66,800 42,600 (47,000) (331,800) 31,100 171,500 (108,300) (78,900) (126,600) 93,600 (216,300) (55,000) (79,200) 203,400 (103,100)
Other 11,000 62,100 (2,400) (28,300) 43,900 (9,300) (29,700) (20,200) 8,800 (7,900) (44,100) 51,900 (1,300) (10,000) 34,500 79,700 65,700 (1,300) 8,200 5,800 (6,900) 12,900 17,900 (3,200) (9,500) (20,300) (5,300)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities 146,600 2,036,800 358,900 (144,300) 437,400 798,000 1,613,300 52,300 (373,300) 236,600 859,100 65,800 290,400 1,343,300 830,200 (977,000) 323,300 (316,800) (242,300) (465,800) (129,200) 219,300 (23,700) (181,600) (34,200) 345,800 26,800
Net cash provided by operating activities 626,300 896,100 758,200 261,300 918,200 809,900 716,000 442,900 918,700 758,400 686,500 474,800 656,900 826,300 593,100 272,400 635,400 834,500 504,000 463,000 365,500 721,300 381,600 280,300 370,800 699,000 345,900
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment (248,800) (238,400) (196,600) (428,100) (245,300) (239,500) (113,900) (396,900) (189,900) (133,600) (144,200) (188,200) (183,100) (199,500) (155,700) (266,000) (249,700) (202,400) (168,200) (352,000) (200,500) (288,000) (217,100) (315,800) (223,000) (199,200) (169,400)
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired 100 — (37,200) — (53,500) — — — — (19,900) — — — — (36,200) (300) (25,100) (19,400) (800) (18,200) (100) (131,800) — (568,800) (257,300) — (284,900)
Investments in equity method investees and securities (8,500) (21,000) — (8,000) — (20,100) (8,500) (5,000) — (4,000) (213,400) (14,500) (700) (13,000) (20,000) (4,200) (3,926,800) (149,000) (1,500) — (191,300) — — — — — —
Proceeds from sale of assets — 100 6,500 100 2,700 500 800 600 200 400 17,700 7,600 700 (300) 300 26,000 1,600 44,700 — 4,700 400 800 — — — — —
Proceeds from sale of unconsolidated investment — — — 74,400 — — — — — — — 1,500 — — — — — — 110,200 — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from (payments related to) sale of business 96,700 — — — — (400) 5,000 956,600 1,800 — 41,100 — 269,700 — — — — — — — — — (5,000) 575,300 — — —
Other investing activities (100) 100 500 — (1,000) (1,000) — — — 900 (300) (1,500) 3,200 600 (1,900) — 1,500 (9,200) 6,800 (19,300) (6,200) (300) 800 (3,400) (15,200) (500) 400
Net cash used in investing activities (160,600) (259,200) (226,800) (361,600) (297,100) (260,500) (116,600) 555,300 (187,900) (156,200) (299,100) (195,100) 89,800 (212,200) (213,500) (244,500) (4,198,500) (335,300) (53,500) (384,800) (397,700) (419,300) (221,300) (312,700) (495,500) (199,700) (453,900)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 999,000 — 1,846,800 — (6,300) 995,600 6,300 — 100 — 1,194,600 — — 1,291,300 — — 3,645,600 12,000 — 1,915,500 2,000,900 2,508,500 1,508,500 615,500 409,500 231,100 709,500
Principal payments of long-term debt (2,600) (570,000) (1,084,700) (1,800) (6,400) (1,349,700) (7,400) (507,300) (677,600) (576,900) (959,500) (134,300) (729,500) (1,308,600) (22,900) (17,500) (21,800) (17,600) (5,900) (605,900) (2,004,900) (2,604,500) (1,913,400) (64,100) (65,300) (748,200) (94,200)
Net proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings 211,700 539,900 (199,000) 80,000 (243,000) 486,000 — (40,000) 40,000 — (238,900) (42,600) 130,500 (435,500) (205,000) 60,000 17,900 45,100 (77,500) (467,700) 398,300 (174,700) 381,300 253,000 239,900 83,300 (379,100)
Dividends paid (145,800) (146,000) (149,300) (142,500) (141,200) (142,600) (146,700) (143,800) (143,600) (143,700) (143,900) (142,200) (142,000) (142,000) (143,000) (139,800) (138,800) (138,600) (140,500) (99,000) (100,100) (100,500) (100,500) (76,800) (79,500) (79,500) (79,300)
Purchase of treasury stock — (392,900) (1,007,600) — (85,500) (904,200) (400,800) — — — — — — (50,000) — — — (404,300) (100,000) (799,300) (224,900) (14,300) — (750,100) (367,100) (4,500) (1,000)
Proceeds from shares issued under equity compensation plans 6,200 16,500 14,000 17,900 136,800 10,400 12,500 15,700 11,200 27,600 4,400 39,300 6,000 22,500 10,400 30,600 11,100 13,900 7,600 11,900 5,500 15,400 16,600 20,400 6,000 17,400 15,900
Payments of minimum tax withholdings on stock-based payment awards — (100) (10,400) — — — (9,800) — (100) — (7,600) (100) — (300) (13,900) — (100) (600) (12,900) (8,800) (400) (200) (22,300) 2,000 (2,200) (19,200) (45,500)
Payments of debt issuance, debt extinguishment, and other financing costs (800) (7,500) (25,800) 400 (200) (34,800) — (4,000) (100) (100) (18,100) — (200) (8,000) — (1,300) (19,700) (13,600) — (89,800) (12,200) (8,400) (11,800) (7,500) (2,000) (1,400) (3,200)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests (15,000) (11,300) (11,200) (15,600) (15,700) (10,600) (10,600) (12,500) (12,500) (10,000) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Payment to holders of Class B Stock in connection with the Reclassification (1,500,000) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Payment of contingent consideration — — — — — — — — — — — (11,300) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Excess tax benefits from stock-based payment awards — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 19,200 11,300 32,100 68,800
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (447,300) (571,400) (627,200) (61,600) (361,500) (949,900) (556,500) (691,900) (782,600) (703,100) (169,000) (291,200) (735,200) (630,600) (374,400) (68,000) 3,494,200 (503,700) (329,200) (143,100) 62,200 (378,700) (141,600) 11,600 150,600 (488,900) 191,900
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 1,500 (2,200) (1,800) — (1,700) 100 300 1,400 100 2,700 3,000 (800) 900 (900) (100) 3,100 (6,600) 600 (1,600) 700 (1,100) 3,200 3,000 900 (5,900) (400) 300
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 19,900 63,300 (97,600) (161,900) 257,900 (400,400) 43,200 307,700 (51,700) (98,200) 221,400 (12,300) 12,400 (17,400) 5,100 (37,000) (75,500) (3,900) 119,700 (64,200) 28,900 (73,500) 21,700 (19,900) 20,000 10,000 84,200

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-05-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-05-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-05-31).


The financial trajectory of the entity is characterized by a significant divergence between reported net income and actual cash generated from operations. While net income exhibits extreme volatility, with substantial quarterly swings between gains exceeding 1.2 billion USD and losses surpassing 1.1 billion USD, the cash flow from operating activities remains consistently positive and relatively stable, typically ranging between 260 million USD and 920 million USD per quarter. This indicates that the net income volatility is primarily driven by non-cash adjustments, such as unrealized gains or losses on securities and large-scale impairment charges.

Operating Cash Flow Dynamics
Net cash provided by operating activities demonstrates resilience across the analyzed period. Despite quarters of negative net income—most notably in early 2019 and mid-2022—operating cash flows remained positive. This stability is supported by steady depreciation charges and the management of operating assets and liabilities. The reconciliation adjustments frequently offset net income losses, suggesting that the core business model generates reliable liquidity regardless of accounting-based profit fluctuations.
Investing Activities and Capital Allocation
A consistent commitment to capital expenditure is evident, with quarterly purchases of property, plant, and equipment generally fluctuating between 130 million USD and 430 million USD. A major strategic outlier occurred in November 2018, marked by a substantial cash outflow of approximately 3.9 billion USD for investments in equity method investees and securities. More recently, the investment profile has been impacted by significant non-cash impairments, including a 1.06 billion USD impairment of the Canopy Equity Method Investment in August 2022, reflecting a devaluation of strategic external holdings.
Financing Strategy and Shareholder Returns
The financing profile is defined by active debt management and a steady increase in shareholder distributions. Long-term debt is utilized cyclically, with large issuances—such as the 3.6 billion USD inflow in November 2018—offset by periodic principal repayments. Dividend payments have shown a disciplined upward trend, growing from approximately 80 million USD per quarter in 2016 to roughly 145 million USD per quarter by late 2022. Treasury stock repurchases are executed opportunistically, with significant spikes in spending, such as the 1 billion USD buyback in May 2022.
Liquidity and Extraordinary Events
The net change in cash and cash equivalents is heavily influenced by financing decisions rather than operating performance. A notable liquidity event occurred in November 2022, where a 1.5 billion USD payment was made to holders of Class B Stock in connection with a reclassification. This event, combined with the general trend of aggressive share repurchases and debt repayments, indicates a strategic shift toward restructuring the company's equity and debt obligations.

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