Stock Analysis on Net

GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME)

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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.

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

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3 months ended: May 4, 2024 Feb 3, 2024 Oct 28, 2023 Jul 29, 2023 Apr 29, 2023 Jan 28, 2023 Oct 29, 2022 Jul 30, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 29, 2022 Oct 30, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 May 1, 2021 Jan 30, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Aug 1, 2020 May 2, 2020 Feb 1, 2020 Nov 2, 2019 Aug 3, 2019 May 4, 2019 Feb 2, 2019 Nov 3, 2018 Aug 4, 2018 May 5, 2018
Net income (loss) (32,300) 63,100 (3,100) (2,800) (50,500) 48,200 (94,700) (108,700) (157,900) (147,500) (105,400) (61,600) (66,800) 80,500 (18,800) (111,300) (165,700) 21,000 (83,400) (415,300) 6,800 (187,700) (488,600) (24,900) 28,200
Depreciation and amortization 16,800 18,600 11,300 12,600 13,700 14,200 15,100 15,300 17,100 24,000 16,900 17,600 18,700 19,600 19,400 20,200 21,500 26,100 23,900 22,900 23,300 29,500 30,500 32,500 34,400
Stock-based compensation expense 600 8,200 6,400 (300) 7,900 7,900 13,300 7,800 11,100 9,800 6,200 8,800 5,700 1,800 2,200 2,100 1,800 800 2,900 3,300 1,900 (2,100) 3,200 2,000 7,600
Gain on sale of digital assets (100) (200) (6,900)
Digital asset impairments 100 200 33,700
Asset impairments 4,800 200 2,500 6,100 600 10,700 900 3,900 10,400 11,300 363,900 428,400 587,500
(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment, net 300 6,500 (5,600) 600 (2,600) 3,500 1,200 400 3,500 1,400 100 400 3,300 (21,000) (9,900) 300 1,000 200 700 600 500 500 400
Loss (gain) on retirement of debt 18,200 (800) (700)
Deferred income taxes (100) (2,600) (16,300) 34,900 45,400 73,200 (11,800) 42,400 (46,500)
(Gain) loss on divestiture 7,800 1,300 (100,800)
Other, net (600) (2,100) 5,800 (3,100) 200 (5,700) 11,900 (200) (4,800) (2,100) (800) (100) (500) (1,700) 2,800 100 1,200 17,200 (5,100) (4,400) (3,600) (31,400) (500) (2,600) (1,700)
Receivables, net 33,400 (700) (13,300) 43,400 35,600 (30,100) (26,000) 3,000 36,300 (59,400) (15,200) 33,100 3,100 (26,000) 5,300 6,100 54,400 (4,200) (15,200) 1,600 6,900 (54,900) 10,800 (14,600) 24,300
Merchandise inventories, net (43,200) 397,000 (357,500) 83,500 (83,100) 474,600 (414,600) 179,500 (9,900) 215,600 (546,400) (31,200) 32,400 270,800 (382,600) 198,200 196,000 422,700 (332,100) 181,100 89,400 717,900 (807,900) 58,300 44,300
Prepaid expenses and other assets 8,500 4,700 1,700 8,000 (4,000) 13,500 (11,300) 2,900 (30,300) (1,400) (1,100) (1,100) (2,900) 11,300 (4,600) (4,100) 5,800 14,300 (3,300) (11,200) 3,800 22,300 (6,800) (12,500) (800)
Prepaid income taxes and income taxes payable (5,100) 2,700 (3,800) (1,100) (200) 171,500 (2,600) 3,500 (8,800) 900 (12,600) (1,200) (98,700) (58,100) 47,500 22,300 (31,700) 32,300 (75,500) (1,000) (17,300) 19,900 (33,500) 12,200
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (87,800) (512,200) 381,900 (245,100) (22,300) (354,900) 672,700 (204,200) (179,800) (152,500) 351,700 36,600 (11,400) (157,500) 272,600 80,400 (274,100) (320,600) 355,500 (45,500) (782,200) (348,100) 946,900 96,500 (678,200)
Operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities 1,100 (1,000) (3,700) (2,800) (600) 2,800 8,100 600 (16,400) 17,200 (2,000) (1,100) (15,000) 17,900 (1,700) (36,000) 38,800 3,400 2,900 8,800 (11,000)
Changes in other long-term liabilities (1,500) (500) (1,000) (1,400) 1,200 (700) (500) 1,500 100 (100) (2,100) (100) (600) (200) (100) (100) 200 5,500 1,700 300 (2,600)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (94,600) (110,000) 4,300 (115,500) (74,600) 278,600 228,200 (21,300) (196,600) 12,200 (212,000) 23,700 4,900 15,700 (169,200) 291,500 43,000 83,800 40,000 59,500 (694,100) 325,400 164,600 94,500 (600,800)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities (77,500) (74,100) 22,200 (106,300) (52,200) 290,000 272,000 5,300 (146,000) 37,200 (188,300) 50,100 48,000 84,300 (165,800) 304,100 116,400 219,300 75,300 433,600 (671,800) 692,000 739,300 126,900 (560,100)
Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities (109,800) (11,000) 19,100 (109,100) (102,700) 338,200 177,300 (103,400) (303,900) (110,300) (293,700) (11,500) (18,800) 164,800 (184,600) 192,800 (49,300) 240,300 (8,100) 18,300 (665,000) 504,300 250,700 102,000 (531,900)
Proceeds from sale of digital assets 1,500 1,300 4,500 100 400 76,900
Purchases of marketable securities (7,500) (13,800) (102,000) (211,000) (39,800) (237,000)
Proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities 201,900 42,100 58,300 212,200 27,500
Capital expenditures (4,900) (7,700) (8,000) (10,100) (9,100) (11,600) (13,000) (20,500) (10,800) (21,300) (12,500) (13,500) (14,700) (27,400) (15,100) (10,900) (6,600) (17,100) (20,200) (22,600) (18,600) (27,800) (25,800) (22,500) (17,600)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 13,100 43,700 51,800
Proceeds from divestitures, net of cash sold 5,200 727,900
Proceeds from company-owned life insurance, net 12,000
Other 300 100 (100) 300 300 (2,400) (300) (100) 1,000 (1,300) 1,200 500 1,100 300 (900) (100) 1,600 (2,600) 1,100 1,200
Net cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities 189,800 20,600 5,100 (52,200) (6,700) (19,100) (249,600) (20,100) 66,100 (23,700) (12,800) (13,600) (14,700) (26,400) 27,300 42,100 (6,100) (4,000) (14,700) (23,500) (18,700) 701,700 (28,400) (21,400) (16,400)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of costs 1,121,100 551,700
Repurchase of common shares (21,800) (114,000) (62,900)
Proceeds from French term loans 23,500 23,600
Repayments of French term loans (2,700) (2,700) (2,600) (2,700) (2,700) (3,900)
Dividends paid (300) (200) (40,300) (38,700) (38,800) (39,000) (40,900)
Borrowings from the revolver 150,000 154,000
Repayments of revolver borrowings (25,000) (10,000) (100,000) (15,000) (154,000)
Payments of senior notes (307,400) (125,000) (3,000) (2,300) (51,400) (353,100)
Repayment of acquisition-related debt (12,200)
Settlement of stock-based awards (800) (100) (700) (300) (1,900) (1,100) (200) (86,700) (49,900) 4,100 (500) (500) (200) (200) (600) (900) (4,200)
Payments of financing costs (3,000)
Other 100 (100)
Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities (2,700) (3,500) (2,600) (2,700) (2,800) (4,600) (300) (1,900) (1,100) (3,100) 1,034,400 169,300 (120,900) 13,500 (79,900) 131,900 (22,000) (114,000) (114,700) (394,000) (38,700) (39,700) (39,000) (57,300)
Exchange rate effect on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 1,300 3,600 (7,600) (600) (4,000) 22,000 (24,900) (1,200) 2,600 (11,100) (1,000) (4,500) 14,900 (12,200) 19,700 (6,100) (5,200) 3,400 1,300 (6,400) 3,700 (6,800) (9,400) (12,200)
(Increase) decrease in cash held for sale 100 (100) 5,900 900 (1,700) 5,100
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 78,600 9,700 14,000 (164,600) (116,200) 336,500 (97,500) (126,600) (236,300) (148,200) (307,500) 1,004,800 135,800 32,400 (156,000) 174,700 70,400 209,100 (133,300) (118,700) (1,084,100) 1,176,900 176,700 30,500 (612,700)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-05-05).


Net Income (Loss)
The company's net income exhibits significant volatility across the periods, with large losses recorded particularly between late 2018 and 2020. Notable losses were seen in November 2018 (-488.6 million) and August 2019 (-415.3 million). Positive net income occurred sporadically, with the highest quarter in May 2018 (28.2 million) and January 2021 (80.5 million). The trend indicates continued instability in profitability up to mid-2024, with somewhat improved but still inconsistent earnings.
Depreciation and Amortization
This expense decreases gradually over the periods, from 34.4 million in May 2018 to a low around 11.3 million in late 2023, then slightly increasing to 18.6 million by May 2024. The general decline suggests reduced capital asset base or changes in accounting estimates.
Stock-based Compensation Expense
Expenses exhibit fluctuations, initially low (2 to 3 million range) with occasional negative amounts indicating reversals. There is an upward trend starting in early 2021 with peaks around 11 million in early 2022, followed by variable but generally lower values thereafter. This volatility may reflect changes in equity compensation programs or accounting treatment.
Asset Impairments and Gains/Losses on Disposal
Significant impairments were recognized notably in November 2018 (587.5 million) and August 2019 (363.9 million), indicating large write-downs of assets during these periods. Gains and losses on disposal of property and equipment fluctuate without a clear trend, showing both gains (negative losses) and losses sporadically, with notable losses in late 2020.
Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities
These changes show pronounced volatility, with large positive and negative swings, such as a large negative change of -694.1 million in May 2019 and a positive 325.4 million in February 2019. This variable pattern indicates uneven working capital management and likely reflects inventory, payables, and receivables fluctuations.
Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Consistent with net income volatility, operating cash flows are highly inconsistent. There are periods of strong inflows (e.g., February 2019 with 504.3 million) and significant outflows (e.g., May 2019 with -665 million). The pattern suggests unstable operating performance and cash conversion issues over the reviewed timeframe.
Merchandise Inventories, Net
Inventories vary widely, reflecting erratic inventory management or large write-downs. Negative values appear in periods such as November 2018 (-807.9 million) and October 2020 (-382.6 million), indicating inventory reductions or impairments, while positive spikes suggest restocking or accumulation.
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
These liabilities exhibit substantial fluctuations. Extremely large negative balances in May 2018 (-678.2 million) contrast with large positive values in November 2018 (946.9 million) and October 2022 (672.7 million), signifying inconsistent payables management or timing differences in expenses recognition.
Investing Activities
Cash flows from investing activities show variability, including an unusually large inflow of 701.7 million in February 2019, likely linked to divestiture proceeds. Capital expenditures remain relatively steady, averaging about 10 to 25 million per quarter with a slight declining trend over time. Proceeds from sales of assets and marketable securities fluctuate greatly, indicating sporadic investment and divestment activity.
Financing Activities
There is a significant surge in proceeds from issuance of common stock starting in late 2020, with over one billion raised in some quarters, reflecting equity financing efforts. Repurchases of common shares are notable during mid to late 2019, indicating active share buybacks. Borrowings and repayments on revolver and term loans show fluctuating balances, consistent with ongoing debt management. Dividend payments appear sporadic and decrease over time.
Cash Position Variability
The company’s cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash show marked volatility with large decreases such as -612.7 million in May 2018 and increases including 1.17 billion in February 2019. This reflects the combined effects of fluctuating operational, investing, and financing cash flows, reinforcing the pattern of inconsistent liquidity management.