W.w. grainger, inc. (GWW)
CashFlow / Yearly
Dec'19Dec'18Dec'17Dec'16Dec'15Dec'14Dec'13Dec'12Dec'11Dec'10Dec'09Dec'08Dec'07
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net earnings

895,000

823,000

623,000

633,000

785,174

812,296

807,749

698,849

666,412

513,582

430,772

475,355

420,120

Provision for credit losses

12,000

7,000

16,000

16,000

10,181

12,945

8,855

9,504

4,761

6,718

10,748

12,924

15,436

Deferred income taxes and tax uncertainties

4,000

7,000

-5,000

-6,000

4,076

-13,732

-9,319

12,343

-1,666

5,553

-21,683

5,182

-18,632

Depreciation and amortization

229,000

257,000

264,000

249,000

227,967

208,326

180,613

159,049

149,200

149,678

147,531

139,570

131,999

Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets

123,000

156,000

28,000

52,000

0

16,652

26,284

4,945

0

-

-

-

-

Net (gains) losses from sales of assets and business divestitures

6,000

6,000

-28,000

19,000

-2,765

-41,037

22,155

-2,609

-8,069

-

-

-

-

Stock-based compensation

40,000

47,000

33,000

36,000

46,861

49,032

55,590

55,500

54,020

49,796

43,301

47,870

35,551

Tax benefit of stock incentive plans

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,193

Net losses (gains) on property, buildings and equipment

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-7,254

Losses from equity method investment

-

-

-

-31,000

-11,740

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

2,016

Subtotal

402,000

468,000

364,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gain on sale of investment in unconsolidated entity

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7,639

0

47,343

-6,031

0

Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable

42,000

79,000

103,000

46,000

3,085

122,580

126,465

45,953

85,083

127,790

-2,794

-5,592

-41,814

Inventories

106,000

129,000

5,000

4,000

37,737

92,443

23,636

14,872

219,680

80,545

-175,286

-92,518

-97,234

Prepaid expenses and other assets

33,000

2,000

5,000

-19,000

-15,788

24,550

-16,873

-8,346

24,228

8,806

11,180

-33,629

-2,342

Trade accounts payable

32,000

-51,000

72,000

73,000

23,130

32,019

71,118

-54,314

86,395

36,219

-16,736

-6,960

-39,436

Accrued liabilities

-84,000

18,000

113,000

-4,000

-24,101

8,693

-707

-58,673

50,718

49,576

-52,944

199

54,457

Income taxes - net

-3,000

36,000

4,000

-4,000

6,943

-1,487

-4,813

-9,349

16,827

-1,503

2,472

-7,784

2,304

Other non-current liabilities

-19,000

-27,000

-6,000

8,000

-27,721

35,027

9,872

45,795

45,680

18,128

22,080

3,216

17,705

Other – net

-

-

-

10,000

5,872

1,421

3,361

-2,416

1,010

3,055

-3,932

-13,798

-3,162

Net cash provided by operating activities

1,042,000

1,057,000

1,057,000

1,024,000

1,036,109

959,814

986,498

816,195

746,108

596,445

732,396

530,066

468,875

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to property, buildings, equipment and intangibles

221,000

239,000

237,000

284,000

373,868

387,390

272,145

249,860

196,942

127,124

142,414

181,355

-197,423

Proceeds from sales of assets

17,000

86,000

120,000

55,000

14,857

26,755

26,701

8,530

7,278

6,508

1,684

-

12,084

Equity method proceeds (investment)

2,000

13,000

35,000

34,000

20,382

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cash paid for business acquisitions

-

-

-

-

464,431

30,713

153,915

64,808

359,296

62,072

123,093

34,290

-9,480

Other

0

0

-6,000

-1,000

-466

-7,290

68

-482

-13,892

-13,529

-1,260

-13,010

-

Investments in unconsolidated entities

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-2,138

Net cash used in investing activities

-202,000

-166,000

-146,000

-262,000

-843,358

-384,058

-399,427

-305,656

-535,068

-169,159

-262,563

-202,635

-196,957

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net decrease in commercial paper

0

0

-370,000

40,000

325,000

5,000

0

-

-

-

-

-95,947

95,947

Borrowings under lines of credit

20,000

26,000

74,000

36,000

54,770

108,721

144,805

161,160

218,885

35,297

46,125

29,959

14,107

Payments against lines of credit

15,000

31,000

43,000

37,000

78,559

117,277

154,450

205,006

194,325

29,799

43,583

15,437

-7,751

Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt

0

0

401,000

516,000

1,307,183

150,504

0

300,000

172,464

200,000

0

500,000

0

Payments of long-term debt

42,000

96,000

39,000

263,000

52,838

170,907

16,681

219,950

179,296

239,122

18,856

0

0

Proceeds from stock options exercised

49,000

181,000

47,000

34,000

60,885

48,579

69,412

72,084

84,337

86,528

91,165

46,833

113,500

Payments for employee taxes withheld from stock awards

-

-

-

21,000

46,205

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Payments for employee taxes withheld from stock awards

-11,000

-12,000

-28,000

12,000

27,553

33,772

59,984

57,885

52,098

25,650

19,030

13,533

30,696

Purchases of treasury stock

700,000

425,000

605,000

790,000

1,400,071

525,120

438,473

340,532

151,082

504,803

372,727

394,247

-647,293

Cash dividends paid

328,000

316,000

304,000

303,000

306,474

291,395

255,466

220,077

180,527

152,338

134,684

121,504

-113,093

Other - net

4,000

3,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

-1,023,000

-670,000

-867,000

-776,000

-108,756

-758,123

-590,869

-394,436

-177,446

-578,587

-413,530

-36,810

-513,887

Exchange rate effect on cash and cash equivalents

5,000

-10,000

9,000

-2,000

-20,503

-21,633

-17,621

469

-11,557

4,884

7,278

-7,768

6,935

NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:

-178,000

211,000

53,000

-16,000

63,492

-204,000

-21,419

116,572

22,037

-146,417

63,581

282,853

-235,034

Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash payments for interest (net of amounts capitalized)

84,000

86,000

78,000

63,000

31,591

10,172

12,954

16,028

8,996

8,188

8,766

14,508

4,409

Cash payments for income taxes

322,000

229,000

335,000

360,000

442,486

509,378

414,363

383,698

312,616

319,754

235,043

306,960

244,541