ASO: the cash flow

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For the year ending 2026-01-31, ASO had $41,391K increase in cash & cash equivalents over the period. $222,130K in free cash flow.

Cash Flow	2026-01-31
Net income	376,768
Depreciation and amortization	122,866
Non-cash lease expense	46,212
Equity compensation	21,176
Amortization of deferred loan and other costs	2,590
Deferred income taxes	43,839
Non-cash loss on early retirement of debt	0
Write-off of deferred loan costs	0
Gain on disposal of property and equipment	15,417
Accounts receivable, net	17,995
Merchandise inventories	194,916
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	-26,915
Other noncurrent assets	12,556
Accounts payable	27,335
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	17,128
Income taxes payable	-19,062
Other long-term liabilities	9,915
Net cash provided by operating activities	434,798
Capital expenditures	212,668
Purchases of intangible assets	759
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment	41,390
Net cash used in investing activities	-172,037
Proceeds from revolving credit facilities	0
Reduction in revolving credit facilities	0
Repayment of term loan	3,000
Debt issuance fees	0
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	4,399
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase program	5,185
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards	4,784
Repurchase of common stock for retirement	198,978
Dividends paid	34,657
Other financing activities	10,465
Net cash used in financing activities	-221,370
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	41,391
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	288,929
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	330,320

Unit: Thousand (K) dollars (except for numbers of shares and EPS).