THE KROGER CO. KR Cash Flow

The kroger co. (KR)

CashFlow / Quarterly

Feb'20	Nov'19	Aug'19	May'19	Feb'19	Oct'18	Aug'18	May'18	Feb'18	Oct'17	Jul'17	May'17	Jan'17	Oct'16	Jul'16	May'16	Jan'16	Oct'15	Jul'15	May'15	Jan'15	Nov'14	Aug'14	May'14	Feb'14	Oct'13	Aug'13	May'13	Feb'13	Oct'12	Jul'12	May'12	Jan'12	Oct'11	Jul'11	May'11	Jan'11	Oct'10	Jul'10	May'10	Jan'10	Oct'09	Jul'09	May'09
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net earnings including noncontrolling interests
319,000	143,000	287,000	763,000	251,000	308,000	501,000	2,018,000	853,000	388,000	351,000	297,000	502,000	382,000	378,000	695,000	565,000	427,000	433,000	624,000	523,000	365,000	350,000	509,000	427,000	300,000	320,000	484,000	469,000	318,000	280,000	441,000	-305,000	197,000	283,000	421,000	283,000	207,000	268,000	375,000	251,000	-876,000	251,000	431,000
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings including noncontrolling interests to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
655,000	624,000	591,000	779,000	581,000	569,000	574,000	741,000	565,000	572,000	563,000	736,000	572,000	549,000	525,000	694,000	508,000	484,000	477,000	620,000	467,000	456,000	444,000	581,000	402,000	395,000	387,000	519,000	387,000	381,000	383,000	501,000	392,000	373,000	374,000	499,000	386,000	368,000	368,000	478,000	368,000	356,000	348,000	453,000
Operating lease asset amortization
-	-	-	197,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LIFO charge (credit)
36,000	23,000	31,000	15,000	-10,000	12,000	12,000	15,000	-54,000	3,000	18,000	25,000	0	-8,000	12,000	15,000	-30,000	10,000	20,000	28,000	9,000	84,000	26,000	28,000	10,000	12,000	13,000	17,000	-41,000	15,000	35,000	46,000	74,000	61,000	35,000	46,000	18,000	12,000	12,000	15,000	1,000	10,000	15,000	23,000
Stock-based employee compensation
38,000	28,000	41,000	48,000	39,000	34,000	36,000	45,000	33,000	33,000	32,000	53,000	31,000	33,000	34,000	43,000	35,000	35,000	43,000	52,000	40,000	39,000	36,000	40,000	29,000	31,000	23,000	24,000	21,000	20,000	17,000	24,000	19,000	18,000	20,000	24,000	17,000	18,000	18,000	26,000	19,000	19,000	20,000	25,000
Expense for company-sponsored pension plans
7,000	10,000	11,000	11,000	22,000	16,000	11,000	27,000	523,000	8,000	25,000	35,000	32,000	19,000	18,000	25,000	24,000	23,000	26,000	30,000	25,000	9,000	9,000	12,000	17,000	17,000	15,000	25,000	21,000	20,000	17,000	31,000	16,000	10,000	21,000	23,000	15,000	16,000	12,000	22,000	7,000	5,000	7,000	12,000
Deferred income taxes
-10,000	3,000	24,000	-73,000	-193,000	56,000	75,000	17,000	-961,000	59,000	202,000	6,000	-	-	-	-	466,000	-67,000	-30,000	-52,000	212,000	-36,000	-47,000	-56,000	51,000	37,000	-2,000	-14,000	46,000	29,000	43,000	58,000	-283,000	409,000	-38,000	-57,000	32,000	21,000	-8,000	-8,000	171,000	-39,000	36,000	54,000
Gain on sale of businesses
0	0	0	176,000	0	0	11,000	1,771,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(Gain) loss on the sale of assets
8,000	-7,000	100,000	57,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark to market gain on Ocado securities
-9,000	105,000	-45,000	106,000	76,000	-100,000	216,000	36,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other
108,000	-22,000	-6,000	29,000	-	-	-	-	-34,000	5,000	-60,000	50,000	-25,000	-5,000	31,000	1,000	13,000	-13,000	-20,000	-34,000	3,000	-22,000	-29,000	-24,000	15,000	-22,000	-2,000	-38,000	14,000	-23,000	-17,000	3,000	51,000	0	-14,000	-40,000	3,000	-31,000	10,000	10,000	-68,000	-12,000	21,000	6,000
Changes in operating assets and liabilities net of effects from mergers and disposals of businesses:
Store deposits in-transit
145,000	50,000	-83,000	-115,000	83,000	81,000	-36,000	-108,000	-3,000	201,000	25,000	42,000	-133,000	84,000	67,000	-31,000	-69,000	28,000	-28,000	-26,000	46,000	-17,000	19,000	-21,000	49,000	31,000	-1,000	-104,000	35,000	21,000	60,000	53,000	-93,000	73,000	90,000	50,000	-89,000	7,000	74,000	20,000	-15,000	41,000	-29,000	26,000
Receivables
129,000	-49,000	-11,000	-33,000	113,000	22,000	-50,000	123,000	-16,000	-20,000	124,000	-149,000	158,000	65,000	-28,000	-85,000	60,000	-27,000	69,000	-43,000	113,000	-19,000	67,000	-20,000	13,000	102,000	-19,000	-88,000	-5,000	105,000	29,000	-3,000	84,000	-11,000	-13,000	3,000	9,000	35,000	-21,000	-12,000	17,000	43,000	-21,000	-18,000
Inventories
-285,000	910,000	-150,000	-124,000	-247,000	853,000	-118,000	-134,000	-443,000	620,000	23,000	-177,000	-416,000	833,000	66,000	-101,000	-509,000	785,000	-154,000	62,000	-433,000	682,000	-127,000	25,000	-393,000	686,000	-109,000	-53,000	-453,000	729,000	-107,000	-91,000	-320,000	803,000	-36,000	-86,000	-271,000	617,000	-110,000	-148,000	-389,000	620,000	-161,000	-25,000
Prepaid and other current assets
99,000	2,000	18,000	-86,000	136,000	-15,000	-58,000	-307,000	385,000	2,000	-19,000	-409,000	391,000	12,000	1,000	-232,000	270,000	-7,000	14,000	-249,000	300,000	-28,000	14,000	-288,000	311,000	-16,000	30,000	-276,000	225,000	-5,000	-19,000	56,000	-74,000	-17,000	-9,000	48,000	-20,000	-15,000	0	-255,000	279,000	-19,000	-38,000	-171,000
Trade accounts payable
-466,000	599,000	-155,000	364,000	-453,000	572,000	-251,000	345,000	-462,000	434,000	-74,000	260,000	-493,000	528,000	-123,000	104,000	-374,000	604,000	-170,000	380,000	-347,000	288,000	-181,000	375,000	-206,000	222,000	-99,000	279,000	-198,000	414,000	-242,000	214,000	-369,000	345,000	39,000	68,000	27,000	235,000	-103,000	156,000	-297,000	200,000	-94,000	245,000
Accrued expenses
3,000	195,000	122,000	-18,000	146,000	70,000	157,000	43,000	-66,000	10,000	102,000	-86,000	26,000	-82,000	258,000	-320,000	-49,000	184,000	293,000	-237,000	-57,000	192,000	173,000	-111,000	-65,000	141,000	227,000	-226,000	10,000	-79,000	185,000	-49,000	-25,000	2,000	207,000	31,000	-143,000	81,000	188,000	-55,000	-45,000	77,000	19,000	-97,000
Income taxes receivable and payable
3,000	-111,000	-97,000	63,000	30,000	-138,000	-161,000	558,000	-239,000	10,000	-20,000	153,000	-6,000	-46,000	-37,000	350,000	-404,000	77,000	-42,000	10,000	-36,000	15,000	-19,000	-28,000	-58,000	-71,000	-7,000	89,000	49,000	39,000	-18,000	94,000	5,000	-313,000	50,000	152,000	-5,000	-42,000	15,000	165,000	-180,000	43,000	10,000	176,000
Contribution to company-sponsored pension plan
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	42,000	72,000	27,000	0	465,000	0	-200,000
Operating lease liabilities
-162,000	-164,000	-167,000	-146,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Proceeds from contract associated with sale of business
0	0	0	295,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other
52,000	-24,000	5,000	20,000	-92,000	-3,000	129,000	60,000	94,000	-20,000	90,000	-187,000	69,000	10,000	-68,000	-25,000	29,000	-2,000	92,000	-10,000	65,000	24,000	6,000	-73,000	-105,000	-1,000	-18,000	139,000	209,000	93,000	22,000	43,000	-335,000	-15,000	15,000	-3,000	209,000	6,000	-1,000	-1,000	-102,000	-19,000	4,000	28,000
Net cash provided by operating activities
616,000	771,000	1,009,000	2,268,000	431,000	473,000	892,000	2,368,000	359,000	-271,000	1,016,000	2,309,000	816,000	424,000	953,000	2,079,000	988,000	1,013,000	1,077,000	1,755,000	779,000	792,000	841,000	1,751,000	656,000	304,000	996,000	1,617,000	686,000	237,000	732,000	1,299,000	248,000	217,000	958,000	1,235,000	832,000	215,000	766,000	1,553,000	547,000	209,000	878,000	1,288,000
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Payments for property and equipment, including payments for lease buyouts
765,000	782,000	680,000	901,000	710,000	770,000	729,000	758,000	672,000	615,000	705,000	817,000	674,000	979,000	956,000	1,090,000	817,000	836,000	817,000	879,000	761,000	723,000	617,000	730,000	544,000	676,000	492,000	618,000	591,000	486,000	443,000	542,000	493,000	481,000	403,000	521,000	496,000	471,000	410,000	542,000	531,000	556,000	575,000	635,000
Proceeds from sale of assets
16,000	10,000	130,000	117,000	9,000	9,000	20,000	47,000	18,000	26,000	11,000	83,000	18,000	15,000	28,000	71,000	11,000	10,000	20,000	4,000	13,000	6,000	9,000	9,000	9,000	8,000	1,000	6,000	26,000	1,000	13,000	9,000	8,000	38,000	2,000	3,000	21,000	17,000	9,000	8,000	13,000	1,000	0	6,000
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	7,000	-	-	-	-
Purchases of stores
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	44,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net proceeds from sale of businesses
0	0	1,000	326,000	0	0	27,000	2,142,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other
38,000	13,000	26,000	6,000	90,000	-3,000	-50,000	38,000	18,000	-4,000	-4,000	10,000	-54,000	-32,000	-39,000	32,000	16,000	44,000	55,000	-17,000	-	-	2,000	-18,000	74,000	13,000	20,000	14,000	20,000	14,000	20,000	-6,000	4,000	-1,000	16,000	-9,000	86,000	7,000	-6,000	3,000	1,000	8,000	0	5,000
Net cash used by investing activities
-787,000	-785,000	-575,000	-464,000	-556,000	-758,000	-1,221,000	1,349,000	-672,000	-585,000	-706,000	-744,000	-602,000	-1,333,000	-889,000	-1,051,000	-990,000	-870,000	-852,000	-858,000	-762,000	-985,000	-610,000	-703,000	-2,953,000	-681,000	-511,000	-626,000	-695,000	-499,000	-462,000	-527,000	-489,000	-493,000	-417,000	-509,000	-561,000	-461,000	-395,000	-544,000	-532,000	-573,000	-588,000	-634,000
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
752,000	8,000	44,000	9,000	1,203,000	17,000	6,000	1,010,000	20,000	1,000	1,501,000	1,000	996,000	1,766,000	8,000	11,000	1,123,000	34,000	20,000	4,000	24,000	504,000	31,000	17,000	2,523,000	14,000	1,009,000	2,000	13,000	4,000	0	846,000	450,000	0	0	3,000	80,000	0	298,000	3,000	6,000	502,000	0	3,000
Payments on long-term debt including obligations under finance leases
764,000	515,000	12,000	1,013,000	1,114,000	9,000	35,000	214,000	19,000	614,000	71,000	84,000	23,000	1,262,000	16,000	54,000	698,000	513,000	21,000	13,000	337,000	12,000	12,000	14,000	629,000	12,000	10,000	409,000	524,000	27,000	367,000	527,000	5,000	9,000	26,000	507,000	-17,000	10,000	16,000	544,000	6,000	13,000	388,000	25,000
Net proceeds (payments) on commercial paper
585,000	565,000	-100,000	-700,000	165,000	460,000	174,000	-2,120,000	741,000	1,380,000	-880,000	-545,000	-765,000	915,000	29,000	256,000	-385,000	447,000	-62,000	-285,000	380,000	-195,000	-155,000	-5,000	825,000	375,000	-1,050,000	-545,000	531,000	754,000	360,000	-370,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dividends paid
130,000	130,000	113,000	113,000	113,000	113,000	101,000	110,000	110,000	112,000	110,000	111,000	113,000	114,000	100,000	102,000	102,000	102,000	90,000	91,000	91,000	81,000	82,000	84,000	86,000	78,000	77,000	78,000	78,000	61,000	63,000	65,000	66,000	62,000	64,000	65,000	67,000	60,000	62,000	61,000	62,000	59,000	58,000	59,000
Excess tax benefits on stock-based awards
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14,000	10,000	36,000	37,000	13,000	7,000	20,000	12,000	8,000	4,000	13,000	7,000	-	4,000	0	1,000	-	0	4,000	2,000	-	0	1,000	1,000	-	-	-	-
Borrowings (payments) on credit facility
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	258,000	0	0	-129,000
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock
23,000	14,000	6,000	12,000	10,000	15,000	30,000	10,000	20,000	3,000	11,000	17,000	17,000	7,000	29,000	15,000	26,000	20,000	28,000	46,000	26,000	18,000	33,000	33,000	10,000	31,000	60,000	95,000	38,000	30,000	4,000	38,000	25,000	2,000	31,000	60,000	5,000	8,000	4,000	12,000	21,000	22,000	6,000	2,000
Treasury stock purchases
431,000	11,000	8,000	15,000	14,000	17,000	170,000	1,809,000	341,000	262,000	258,000	772,000	365,000	330,000	44,000	1,027,000	44,000	31,000	43,000	585,000	33,000	29,000	78,000	1,143,000	225,000	148,000	90,000	146,000	57,000	333,000	526,000	345,000	273,000	471,000	259,000	544,000	253,000	64,000	148,000	80,000	88,000	50,000	60,000	20,000
Investment in the remaining equity of a noncontrolling interest
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	26,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net decrease in book overdrafts
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	96,000	-133,000	93,000	-	85,000	49,000	-19,000	44,000	60,000	-15,000	-70,000	-	93,000	-9,000	-83,000	-	112,000	-63,000	-53,000
Investment in the remaining interest of a variable interest entity
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	-86,000	-	-	-	-
Other
-10,000	-1,000	-31,000	-4,000	-12,000	0	95,000	-140,000	-3,000	-7,000	-40,000	-37,000	-13,000	-18,000	-42,000	-13,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-16,000	-1,000	-14,000	-1,000	9,000	3,000	0	-8,000	-	-	0	1,000	17,000	0	-4,000	7,000	19,000	-3,000	3,000	2,000
Net cash used by financing activities
25,000	-70,000	-214,000	-1,824,000	125,000	353,000	-1,000	-3,373,000	308,000	389,000	153,000	-1,531,000	-266,000	964,000	-136,000	-914,000	5,000	-137,000	-209,000	-913,000	-13,000	209,000	-248,000	-1,184,000	2,354,000	281,000	-292,000	-982,000	-188,000	459,000	-543,000	-449,000	213,000	-151,000	-329,000	-1,120,000	-204,000	-33,000	64,000	-831,000	-108,000	512,000	-559,000	-279,000
Net (decrease) increase in cash and temporary cash investments
-146,000	-84,000	220,000	-20,000	0	68,000	-330,000	344,000	-5,000	-467,000	463,000	34,000	-52,000	55,000	-72,000	114,000	-	-	-	-16,000	4,000	16,000	-17,000	-136,000	57,000	-96,000	193,000	9,000	-197,000	197,000	-273,000	323,000	-28,000	-427,000	212,000	-394,000	67,000	-279,000	435,000	178,000	-93,000	148,000	-269,000	375,000
Reconciliation of capital investments:
Payments for property and equipment, including payments for lease buyouts
765,000	782,000	680,000	901,000	710,000	770,000	729,000	758,000	672,000	615,000	705,000	817,000	674,000	979,000	956,000	1,090,000	817,000	836,000	817,000	879,000	761,000	723,000	617,000	730,000	544,000	676,000	492,000	618,000	591,000	486,000	443,000	542,000	493,000	481,000	403,000	521,000	496,000	471,000	410,000	542,000	531,000	556,000	575,000	635,000
Payments for lease buyouts
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19,000	0	0	16,000	92,000	15,000	45,000	-17,000	216,000	-89,000	-13,000	-6,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Changes in construction-in-progress payables
94,000	-67,000	-4,000	-25,000	7,000	6,000	-48,000	91,000	39,000	47,000	-2,000	104,000	-58,000	-161,000	92,000	55,000	-7,000	-5,000	-5,000	52,000	21,000	-28,000	67,000	-4,000	-27,000	54,000	28,000	28,000	-10,000	-6,000	2,000	15,000	-64,000	26,000	39,000	59,000	-	-	-	1,000	-47,000	20,000	27,000	18,000
Total capital investments, excluding lease buyouts
801,000	691,000	676,000	876,000	712,000	776,000	681,000	849,000	707,000	659,000	697,000	921,000	616,000	818,000	1,043,000	1,145,000	791,000	831,000	812,000	915,000	690,000	680,000	673,000	709,000	4,093,000	-641,000	-507,000	-640,000	-532,000	-475,000	-426,000	-557,000	-369,000	-507,000	-442,000	-580,000	-449,000	-496,000	-409,000	-543,000	-484,000	-576,000	-602,000	-653,000
Disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for interest
116,000	101,000	191,000	115,000	190,000	112,000	188,000	124,000	187,000	127,000	154,000	188,000	95,000	119,000	124,000	167,000	77,000	118,000	123,000	156,000	104,000	91,000	148,000	134,000	93,000	83,000	111,000	114,000	118,000	99,000	108,000	113,000	118,000	98,000	107,000	134,000	115,000	122,000	100,000	149,000	108,000	131,000	140,000	163,000
Cash paid during the year for income taxes
73,000	179,000	223,000	231,000	224,000	113,000	227,000	36,000	180,000	145,000	12,000	11,000	107,000	208,000	235,000	7,000	137,000	213,000	330,000	321,000	155,000	204,000	231,000	351,000	190,000	140,000	168,000	181,000	134,000	112,000	128,000	94,000	1,000	9,000	137,000	149,000	330,000	153,000	127,000	54,000	11,000	4,000	78,000	37,000