National instruments corporation (NATI)
CashFlow / Yearly
Dec'19Dec'18Dec'17Dec'16Dec'15Dec'14Dec'13Dec'12Dec'11Dec'10Dec'09Dec'08
Cash flow from operating activities:
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent

162,151

155,057

52,411

82,734

95,262

126,333

80,513

90,137

94,072

109,116

17,085

84,827

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization

73,541

70,667

72,695

73,390

73,329

70,206

67,974

58,686

49,897

37,872

38,365

37,103

Stock-based compensation

51,438

37,616

29,145

25,832

25,489

25,759

28,992

27,796

23,219

18,795

20,299

19,854

Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment

26,842

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Tax benefit from deferred income taxes

-12,680

-11,738

-5,774

-5,430

11,019

-3,240

-4,353

1,853

-8,581

3,668

17,196

-4,475

Tax benefit from stock option plans

-

-

-

-

-

1,242

2,407

2,198

5,151

96

-1,450

-1,213

Purchase price adjustment

-

-

-

1,585

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Changes in operating assets and liabilities (net of effects of acquisitions):
Accounts receivable

7,193

-8,446

15,269

14,131

10,709

21,649

-6,820

26,007

21,957

22,923

-17,591

12,159

Inventories

6,773

10,642

-10,154

9,205

9,342

943

1,563

36,154

11,817

30,930

-20,843

-24,578

Prepaid expenses and other assets

7,926

-12,628

-1,971

-17,421

11,111

16,864

1,767

7,037

1,350

20,411

-12,740

-10,340

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

4,034

-3,976

1,584

-2,506

-9,828

1,989

-8,604

23,419

5,573

9,630

-7,374

-5,648

Deferred revenue

5,579

19,061

1,791

8,864

6,493

14,910

6,346

21,050

16,953

14,408

11,728

9,423

Taxes, accrued compensation, and other current liabilities

10,924

2,539

-75,734

-21,645

1,537

149

2,472

19,029

-29,041

-25,929

14,272

4,706

Net cash provided by operating activities

224,405

274,580

224,442

200,199

169,065

195,110

169,479

132,516

169,899

145,058

135,651

121,818

Cash flow from investing activities:
Capital expenditures

60,857

34,659

30,256

44,425

33,987

44,944

47,796

89,073

54,830

28,397

20,847

25,771

Proceeds from sale of assets

32,492

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Capitalization of internally developed software

9,065

14,208

41,662

31,859

31,356

25,781

14,883

11,721

12,065

-15,759

-12,583

-9,487

Additions to other intangibles

1,209

5,399

2,384

2,342

2,811

2,834

5,182

1,890

5,035

4,151

4,602

3,010

Acquisitions of equity-method investments

13,670

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Payments to acquire equity-method investments

0

5,534

0

549

125,612

-

-

25,481

73,558

4,218

0

17,310

Purchases of short-term investments

185,267

313,726

87,735

39,097

36,063

123,849

70,354

188,098

257,449

126,691

93,087

9,061

Sales and maturities of short-term investments

219,628

163,530

39,627

47,769

151,437

89,835

80,371

238,436

166,104

82,672

19,204

86,179

Purchases of foreign currency option contracts

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-2,784

Net cash used in investing activities

-17,948

-209,996

-122,410

-70,503

-78,392

-107,573

-57,844

-77,827

-236,833

-96,544

-111,915

18,756

Cash flow from financing activities:
Proceeds from revolving line of credit

-

-

-

15,000

54,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Principal payments on revolving line of credit

0

0

25,000

27,000

17,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

33,191

31,601

29,094

28,907

27,785

31,275

39,319

30,902

32,905

51,852

21,672

31,150

Repurchase of common stock

171,316

0

0

5,635

75,255

-

-

-

-

41,862

34,585

103,641

Deferred acquisition payments

-

-

-

-

-

-

15,318

-

-

-

-

-

Dividends paid

131,855

121,537

109,551

102,897

97,643

76,287

69,776

68,401

47,961

40,618

37,308

34,735

Other

-837

-907

-842

0

0

1,242

2,407

2,198

5,151

96

-1,450

1,213

Net cash used in financing activities

-270,817

-90,843

-106,299

-91,625

-108,113

-43,770

-43,368

-35,301

-9,905

-30,532

-51,671

-106,013

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

-410

-4,519

9,148

-3,917

-5,461

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

-64,770

-30,778

4,881

34,154

-22,901

43,767

68,267

19,388

-76,839

17,982

-27,935

34,561

Supplemental disclosures:
Equity consideration issued in business combinations

-

-

-

-

13,778

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Interest paid

0

78

478

520

287

144

110

68

14

82

23

116

Income taxes paid

46,096

32,786

38,033

2,902

29,038

28,003

10,510

25,059

2,393

14,807

14,608

17,214