CATO: the cashflow

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For the quarter ending 2025-11-01, CATO had -$11,456K decrease in cash & cash equivalents over the period. -$12,925K in free cash flow.

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

Cash Flow	2025-11-01	2025-08-02
Net income (loss)	-5,189	10,141
Depreciation	2,443	5,089
Provision for customer credit losses	213	442
Purchase premium and premium amortization of investments	-191	-464
Gain on sale of assets held for investment	0	34
Share-based compensation	550	587
(gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment	806	37
Accounts receivable	154	2,054
Merchandise inventories	-3,208	-13,466
Prepaid and other assets	112	1,756
Accrued income taxes	-	0
Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities	-51	357
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	-12,408	-9,383
Net cash provided (used) in operating activities	-12,395	15,640
Expenditures for property and equipment	530	2,362
Purchase of short-term investments	6,855	12,906
Sales of short-term investments	7,412	14,349
Sales of other assets	830	34
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities	857	-885
Dividends paid	0	0
Repurchase of common stock	0	995
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan	82	62
Net cash used in financing activities	82	-933
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	-11,456	13,822
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	23,078	-
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	25,444	-

Unit: Thousand (K) dollars