HCKT: the cash flow

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For the year ending 2025-12-26, HCKT had $1,831K increase in cash & cash equivalents over the period. $32,437K in free cash flow.

Cash Flow	2025-12-26
Net income	12,943
Depreciation expense	4,184
Amortization expense	996
Amortization of debt issuance costs	90
Provision for doubtful accounts	479
Loss on foreign currency transactions	-190
Non-cash stock compensation expense	30,659
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)	2,309
Increase in accounts receivable and contract assets	2,479
Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets	2,862
Decrease in accounts payable	-231
(decrease) increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities	-2,122
Decrease in contract liabilities	174
Increase (decrease) in income tax payable	-3,678
Net cash provided by operating activities	40,304
Purchases of property and equipment	7,867
Cash consideration paid for acquisitions	767
Net cash used in investing activities	-8,634
Debt proceeds	73,000
Repayments of debt	10,000
Debt issuance costs	7
Dividends paid	12,903
Proceeds from espp	1,174
Taxes paid to satisfy employee withholding tax obligations	11,880
Repurchases of common stock	69,149
Net cash used in financing activities	-29,765
Effect of exchange rate on cash	-74
Net increase (decrease) in cash	1,831
Cash at beginning of year	16,366
Cash at end of year	18,197

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