IDCC: the cashflow

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For the year ending 2025-12-31, IDCC had $202,721K increase in cash & cash equivalents over the period. $528,562K in free cash flow.

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

Cash Flow	2025-12-31
Net income	406,644
Depreciation and amortization	77,531
Change in deferred revenue	-33,524
Deferred income taxes	13,394
Share-based compensation	43,156
Other	-3,877
Receivables	-118,486
Deferred charges and other assets	55,548
Accounts payable	3,950
Customer deposit	0
Accrued compensation and other expenses	1,026
Net cash provided by operating activities	544,450
Purchases of short-term investments	480,086
Proceeds from maturities and sales of short-term investments	419,486
Purchases of property and equipment	15,888
Capitalized patent costs	54,627
Acquisitions	8,750
Long-term investments	415
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	-140,280
Payments on long-term debt	1,497
Payment for warrant unwind and settlement	0
Payments of debt issuance costs	0
Repurchase of common stock	102,319
Taxes paid on the repurchase of common stock	0
Net proceeds from exercise of stock options	7,330
Non-controlling interest contribution	0
Taxes withheld upon restricted stock unit vestings	44,281
Dividends paid	60,682
Net cash used in financing activities	-201,449
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	202,721
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	551,547
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	754,268

Unit: Thousand (K) dollars