EBF: the cash flow

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The latest financial statement is for the quarter ending 2025-11-30.

Cash Flow	2025-11-30	2025-08-31
Net earnings	10,826	22,953
Depreciation	2,256	4,519
Amortization of intangible assets	2,034	3,973
(gain) loss from disposal of assets	19	0
Amortization of discount on short-term investments	0	25
Bad debt expense, net of recoveries	22	118
Stock based compensation	583	1,346
Net pension expense	458	913
Accounts and other receivables	-5,903	1,937
Prepaid expenses and income taxes	762	78
Inventories	-2,012	20,767
Cash paid to pension plan	0	0
Other assets	-25	-31
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	-6,906	7,320
Other liabilities	2	59
Net cash provided by operating activities	16,434	18,425
Capital expenditures	719	2,793
Purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired	3,999	34,931
Purchase of short-term investments	0	0
Maturity of short-term investments	0	5,500
Proceeds from disposal of plant and property	19	270
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	-4,699	-31,954
Dividends paid	6,434	13,076
Common stock repurchases	5,903	8,553
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	-1	44
Net cash used in financing activities	-12,338	-21,585
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	-603	-35,114
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	31,886	67,000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	31,283	31,886

Unit: Thousand (K) dollars (except for numbers of shares and EPS). Numbers labeled with * are estimated quarterly values.