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.

Hershey Co., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

US$ in thousands

3 months ended:	Jul 2, 2023	Apr 2, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Oct 2, 2022	Jul 3, 2022	Apr 3, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Oct 3, 2021	Jul 4, 2021	Apr 4, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Sep 27, 2020	Jun 28, 2020	Mar 29, 2020	Dec 31, 2019	Sep 29, 2019	Jun 30, 2019	Mar 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2018	Sep 30, 2018	Jul 1, 2018	Apr 1, 2018
Net income including noncontrolling interest	406,983)	587,185)	396,296)	399,487)	315,556)	533,478)	339,791)	444,927)	301,230)	396,871)	291,330)	447,258)	268,042)	268,783)	204,418)	325,182)	313,271)	303,881)	331,600)	265,413)	223,319)	350,719)
Depreciation and amortization	101,588)	98,199)	99,877)	94,200)	93,846)	91,036)	83,049)	78,024)	76,032)	77,897)	77,218)	75,165)	71,900)	70,624)	72,703)	74,495)	72,017)	72,329)	69,341)	74,807)	76,580)	74,416)
Stock-based compensation expense	16,849)	18,992)	15,351)	18,079)	17,224)	15,337)	15,702)	18,527)	16,826)	15,656)	19,687)	12,407)	12,915)	12,575)	12,320)	15,867)	13,156)	10,556)	13,618)	12,122)	13,088)	10,458)
Deferred income taxes	(16,044)	(11,250)	46,640)	(17,139)	2,324)	5,064)	12,612)	(5,027)	6,502)	(713)	19,643)	3,928)	10,312)	(7,003)	(21,523)	(2,332)	7,483)	1,300)	34,912)	263)	(1,441)	2,521)
Impairment of long-lived assets	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	1,600)	7,543)	107,744)	—)	4,741)	—)	28,912)	1,649)	27,168)	—)
Write-down of equity investments	77,360)	—)	117,532)	43,314)	14,848)	12,592)	85,022)	20,963)	4,880)	2,891)	96,322)	10,707)	7,447)	11,103)	31,893)	8,779)	8,633)	1,152)	27,262)	3,303)	19,330)	434)
Other	32,350)	22,347)	28,186)	26,397)	42,192)	24,043)	18,468)	26,193)	29,328)	22,027)	70,847)	15,312)	11,907)	15,404)	23,040)	10,269)	15,620)	8,497)	14,845)	8,221)	5,157)	9,055)
Accounts receivable, trade, net	97,459)	(140,962)	220,899)	(278,280)	208,837)	(189,621)	208,222)	(311,809)	111,044)	(22,099)	220,112)	(287,443)	164,880)	(153,086)	280,709)	(295,856)	155,390)	(99,991)	220,778)	(313,057)	110,746)	(9,882)
Inventories	(198,643)	(3,263)	14,462)	18,646)	(182,751)	(37,320)	60,321)	30,104)	(122,291)	53,323)	1)	42,477)	(166,489)	(27,907)	153,320)	(1,440)	(166,664)	(6,410)	99,155)	35,189)	(135,824)	(11,266)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(4,285)	(172)	26,058)	(36,977)	7,663)	(11,251)	(3,289)	(2,524)	(13,840)	28,272)	(5,136)	(8,101)	19,643)	(3,913)	17,138)	(21,720)	26,915)	(8,740)	19,283)	(33,216)	(33,275)	7,309)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(36,325)	16,054)	(31,751)	124,895)	25,308)	98,027)	(36,714)	109,684)	23,662)	(56,900)	(90,795)	151,569)	(19,940)	636)	(67,068)	141,966)	(30,999)	(2,798)	(98,587)	160,389)	(15,431)	(146,623)
Accrued income taxes	(177,875)	174,201)	(119,960)	73,038)	(75,331)	127,258)	(121,918)	23,919)	(36,360)	104,677)	(94,128)	12,801)	(6,094)	71,263)	(49,415)	55,370)	(71,781)	56,282)	(50,130)	71,619)	(28,152)	82,231)
Contributions to pension and other benefit plans	(8,241)	(6,532)	(61,908)	(2,308)	(5,873)	(8,458)	(12,524)	(29,238)	(4,325)	(5,013)	567)	(3,905)	(4,224)	(4,109)	(6,275)	(4,940)	(4,258)	(4,661)	841)	(12,626)	(6,630)	(7,449)
Other assets and liabilities	3,235)	598)	15,961)	(16,931)	(6,537)	(3,718)	30,425)	(17,678)	15,324)	(7,249)	(1,277)	9,044)	(3,945)	(15,820)	11,482)	8,419)	5,844)	(1,437)	(4,698)	15,903)	(3,810)	(9,866)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of business acquisition	(324,675)	39,924)	63,761)	(117,917)	(28,684)	(25,083)	124,523)	(197,542)	(26,786)	95,011)	29,344)	(83,558)	(16,169)	(132,936)	339,891)	(118,201)	(85,553)	(67,755)	186,642)	(75,799)	(112,376)	(95,546)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities	(112,572)	168,212)	371,347)	46,934)	141,750)	122,989)	339,376)	(58,862)	106,782)	212,769)	313,061)	33,961)	99,912)	(22,690)	566,068)	(11,123)	36,097)	26,079)	375,532)	24,566)	27,506)	1,338)
Net cash provided by operating activities	294,411)	755,397)	767,643)	446,421)	457,306)	656,467)	679,167)	386,065)	408,012)	609,640)	604,391)	481,219)	367,954)	246,093)	770,486)	314,059)	349,368)	329,960)	707,132)	289,979)	250,825)	352,057)
Capital additions, including software	(154,412)	(176,093)	(159,488)	(119,033)	(99,897)	(141,063)	(148,427)	(119,843)	(113,136)	(114,471)	(149,575)	(106,267)	(86,567)	(99,217)	(81,593)	(60,329)	(83,456)	(92,814)	(87,387)	(105,295)	(75,786)	(60,133)
Proceeds from sales of businesses, net of cash and cash equivalents divested	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	(4,902)	171,950)	—)	—)
Equity investments in tax credit qualifying partnerships	(6,768)	(12,309)	(115,821)	(43,522)	(93,688)	(22,503)	(52,500)	(18,472)	(32,381)	(25,064)	(40,773)	(20,046)	(14,919)	(11,473)	(27,572)	(22,388)	(11,386)	(18,884)	(18,471)	(5,143)	(22,746)	(6,281)
Business acquisitions, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired	(165,818)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	(1,181,572)	(1,310)	(418,191)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	(699)	(401,461)	—)	—)	(423,002)	—)	—)	(915,457)
Other investing activities	(714)	85)	(2,091)	3,564)	6,566)	(400)	(590)	6)	593)	2,530)	322)	(5,139)	2,353)	21)	27,025)	(7,077)	79)	75)	3,107)	30,529)	16,011)	112)
Net cash used in investing activities	(327,712)	(188,317)	(277,400)	(158,991)	(187,019)	(163,966)	(1,383,089)	(139,619)	(563,115)	(137,005)	(190,026)	(131,452)	(99,133)	(110,669)	(82,839)	(491,255)	(94,763)	(111,623)	(530,655)	92,041)	(82,521)	(981,759)
Net increase (decrease) in short-term debt	256,684)	(90,700)	(100,081)	(121,045)	41,133)	(65,640)	529,049)	202,954)	143,106)	(6,079)	28,361)	(152,619)	(641,273)	807,290)	(1,248,912)	391,890)	(282,193)	(28,990)	(247,560)	402,265)	(1,195,716)	1,686,816)
Long-term borrowings, net of debt issuance costs	744,092)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	989,876)	—)	984,502)	96)	3,650)	1,370)	(46)	(30)	1,199,921)	—)
Repayment of long-term debt and finance leases	(751,180)	(1,187)	(1,420)	(848)	(1,423)	(1,050)	(1,415)	(1,072)	(351,094)	(85,863)	(351,331)	(1,032)	(351,018)	(1,086)	(1,256)	(841)	(919)	(3,135)	7)	(304,311)	1,382)	(607,922)
Repayment of tax receivable obligation	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	(29,500)	(42,500)
Cash dividends paid	(206,190)	(207,356)	(207,041)	(207,005)	(179,900)	(181,084)	(180,793)	(180,890)	(161,565)	(162,739)	(162,714)	(163,739)	(156,476)	(157,803)	(157,102)	(157,727)	(149,020)	(146,463)	(147,343)	(147,299)	(133,579)	(134,300)
Repurchase of common stock	—)	(239,910)	(33,693)	—)	(151,921)	(203,350)	—)	(23,600)	(193,987)	(240,359)	—)	—)	(42,020)	(169,176)	(81,341)	(191,441)	(55,929)	(198,500)	(47,835)	—)	(21,592)	(178,073)
Proceeds from exercised stock options	6,827)	15,194)	3,334)	9,054)	5,059)	16,711)	10,322)	7,750)	16,632)	15,117)	6,421)	1,567)	1,144)	16,400)	5,478)	73,929)	126,826)	34,573)	29,869)	25,232)	6,338)	1,884)
Taxes withheld and paid on employee stock awards	(4,664)	(28,289)	(793)	(782)	(4,899)	(29,041)	(473)	(1,277)	(2,921)	(11,939)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	45,569)	(552,248)	(339,694)	(320,626)	(291,951)	(463,454)	356,690)	3,865)	(549,829)	(491,862)	(479,263)	(315,823)	(199,767)	495,625)	(498,631)	115,906)	(357,585)	(341,145)	(412,908)	(24,143)	(172,746)	725,905)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(26,453)	(18,375)	(14,401)	21,215)	23,331)	(20,258)	982)	(996)	(1,109)	(3,952)	3,747)	6,614)	1,320)	(18,671)	1,610)	(2,037)	2,978)	775)	642)	(1,442)	(4,640)	52)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents, including cash classified as held for sale	(14,185)	(3,543)	136,148)	(11,981)	1,667)	8,789)	(346,250)	249,315)	(706,041)	(23,179)	(61,151)	40,558)	70,374)	612,378)	190,626)	(63,327)	(100,002)	(122,033)	(235,789)	356,435)	(9,082)	96,255)
(Increase) decrease in cash and cash equivalents classified as held for sale	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	11,434)	(751)	—)	161)	(10,844)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(14,185)	(3,543)	136,148)	(11,981)	1,667)	8,789)	(346,250)	249,315)	(706,041)	(11,745)	(61,902)	40,558)	70,535)	601,534)	190,626)	(63,327)	(100,002)	(122,033)	(235,789)	356,435)	(9,082)	96,255)

The cash flow profile exhibits a pattern of robust operating performance used to fund steady shareholder returns, aggressive capital expansion, and strategic business acquisitions. Operating cash flows consistently exceed net income, driven largely by non-cash charges and favorable working capital adjustments during peak quarters.

Operating Cash Flow and Profitability: Net income demonstrates a general upward trajectory with significant quarterly volatility. Growth is evident when comparing the 2018 baseline to the 2022-2023 period, where quarterly net income frequently exceeded 400 million USD. Net cash provided by operating activities remains consistently strong, with notable peaks in December 2019 (770 million USD) and December 2022 (767 million USD). This stability is supported by a steady increase in depreciation and amortization expenses, which rose from approximately 74 million USD per quarter in 2018 to over 100 million USD by mid-2023, reflecting a growing asset base.
Investment Strategy and Capital Expenditure: A clear trend of increasing capital investment is observed. Capital additions for software and equipment have expanded from a range of 60 million to 105 million USD per quarter in 2018 to a higher range of 150 million to 176 million USD in 2023. Strategic growth is further highlighted by periodic large-scale business acquisitions, most notably a 1.18 billion USD expenditure in December 2021 and a 915 million USD expenditure in April 2018. Regular investments in tax credit qualifying partnerships are maintained, typically ranging between 10 million and 50 million USD per quarter.
Financing and Shareholder Returns: Cash dividends are characterized by extreme stability and incremental growth, rising from approximately 134 million USD per quarter in early 2018 to roughly 206 million USD by mid-2023. Stock repurchases are conducted opportunistically rather than consistently, with significant outflows occurring in April 2021 and April 2023. Debt management is dynamic, utilizing short-term debt fluctuations to manage liquidity and long-term borrowings to fund major investments, as seen in the 744 million USD borrowing in July 2023.
Working Capital and Liquidity Trends: Changes in assets and liabilities show high seasonality, particularly within accounts receivable and inventories. Large swings in accrued income taxes also contribute to quarterly cash flow volatility. The net increase or decrease in cash and cash equivalents varies widely, primarily due to the timing of major acquisitions and debt repayments, though the strong operating cash flow provides a consistent buffer for these activities.

Overall, the financial data reveals a company in a growth phase, leveraging its strong operational cash generation to increase internal capacity and expand its market footprint through acquisitions, while maintaining a disciplined and growing dividend policy.

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