LECO: the cashflow

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For the quarter ending 2025-09-30, LECO had -$6,484K decrease in cash & cash equivalents over the period. $205,051K in free cash flow.

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

Cash Flow	2025-09-30	2025-06-30
Net income	384,511	-
Rationalization and asset impairment net charges	-536	-675
Depreciation and amortization	24,744	48,246
Deferred income taxes	97,737	-26,342
Stock-based compensation	3,633	12,277
Pension settlement net charges	0	-
Other, net	2,265	854
Decrease in accounts receivable	-61,638	52,208
Increase in inventories	39,574	47,648
Increase in other current assets	62,642	3,408
Increase (decrease) in trade accounts payable	22,463	68,092
Net income	-	261,883
Increase in other current liabilities	9,879	68,579
Net change in other assets and liabilities	2,090	-229
Net cash provided by operating activities	236,687	329,521
Capital expenditures	31,636	52,392
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired	104,346	32,309
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	1,177	5,231
Net cash used by investing activities	-134,805	-79,470
Proceeds from short-term borrowings	77,678	-
Payments on short-term borrowings	-	5,206
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	0	0
Payments on long-term borrowings	100,000	169
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	3,667	6,394
Purchase of shares for treasury	52,664	233,824
Cash dividends paid to shareholders	41,572	84,904
Net cash used by financing activities	-107,685	-317,709
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	-681	-10,123
(decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	-6,484	-77,781
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	377,262	-
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	292,997	-

Unit: Thousand (K) dollars