Ulta beauty, inc. (ULTA)
CashFlow / Yearly
Feb'20Feb'19Feb'18Jan'17Jan'16Jan'15Feb'14Jan'13Jan'12Jan'11Jan'10
Operating activities
Net income

705,945

658,559

555,234

409,760

320,008

257,135

202,849

172,549

120,264

71,030

39,356

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

295,599

279,472

252,713

210,295

165,049

131,764

106,283

88,233

75,931

64,936

62,166

Non-cash lease expense

278,820

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Deferred income taxes

-5,503

-34,080

27,095

-26,971

5,809

9,246

3,868

8,673

10,827

7,741

3,143

Stock-based compensation expense

25,045

26,636

24,399

19,340

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Non-cash stock compensation charges

-

-

-

-

15,594

14,923

16,003

13,375

11,605

11,155

5,949

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation

-

-

-

9,053

9,497

3,229

13,378

47,345

25,899

10,640

476

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

-5,850

-2,885

-7,518

-9,140

-3,690

-4,468

-3,902

-1,074

-1,324

519

51

Change in operating assets and liabilities
Receivables

20,637

36,387

11,088

23,639

12,552

5,391

5,534

15,362

3,861

8,815

-4,791

Merchandise inventories

79,372

122,019

152,449

182,182

180,564

123,296

96,808

116,478

26,131

11,568

-6,654

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

-9,289

39,450

10,045

16,073

6,000

10,555

5,541

9,888

10,640

2,518

5,978

Income taxes

610

-29,609

3,641

5,322

2,795

7,284

18,673

53,397

40,585

-10,354

19,885

Accounts payable

9,993

78,256

66,240

63,344

5,396

42,496

29,396

32,444

-651

30,706

8,576

Accrued liabilities

28,183

29,265

-30,695

71,057

37,926

37,644

14,215

13,789

-1,358

14,535

16,382

Deferred revenue

38,481

50,684

67,586

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Operating lease liabilities

-256,910

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Deferred rent

-

27,064

41,725

44,402

27,662

32,497

53,627

44,540

28,891

20,854

12,430

Other assets and liabilities

-54,894

3,309

8,318

-5,701

-558

-1,606

-170

-

-

-

-

Net cash provided by operating activities

1,101,293

956,127

779,366

634,385

375,874

396,592

327,725

239,001

220,887

176,543

172,827

Investing activities
Purchases of short-term investments

110,000

386,193

330,000

90,000

130,000

200,209

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from short-term investments

-

506,193

240,000

190,000

150,209

50,000

-

-

-

-

-

Capital expenditures

298,534

319,400

440,714

373,447

299,167

249,067

226,024

188,578

128,636

97,115

68,105

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

-

13,606

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Purchases of equity investments

62,946

2,101

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net cash used in investing activities

-471,480

-215,107

-530,714

-273,447

-278,958

-399,276

-226,024

-188,578

-128,636

-97,115

-68,105

Financing activities
Repurchase of common shares

680,979

616,194

367,581

344,275

167,396

39,923

37,337

-

-

-

-

Dividends paid

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

62,482

-

-

-

Stock options exercised

43,780

13,121

16,190

16,293

19,646

10,639

21,890

31,530

27,639

17,100

1,228

Purchase of treasury shares

9,540

6,141

4,243

2,839

1,972

1,588

631

79

3,236

-

-

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation

-

-

-

9,053

9,497

3,229

13,378

47,345

25,899

10,640

476

Debt issuance costs

-

-

583

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds on long-term borrowings

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,161,673

Payments on long-term borrowings

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,267,720

Net cash used in financing activities

-646,739

-609,214

-356,217

-321,768

-140,225

-27,643

-2,700

16,314

50,302

27,740

-104,343

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

-16,926

131,806

-107,565

39,170

-43,309

-30,327

99,001

66,737

142,553

107,168

379

Supplemental information
Cash paid for interest

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,440

Income taxes paid, net of refunds

133,861

195,869

254,619

212,514

179,248

137,180

101,598

45,354

24,162

49,871

3,706

Change in property and equipment included in accrued liabilities

26,901

28,746

43,471

2,446

13

8,588

-3,161

6,803

-495

2,540

-7,353

Unrealized gain on interest rate swap hedge, net of tax

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

631