ROST: the cashflow

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For the quarter ending 2025-11-01, ROST had $214,842K increase in cash & cash equivalents over the period. $617,827K in free cash flow.

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

Cash Flow	2025-11-01	2025-08-02	2025-05-03	2025-02-01
Net earnings	511,935	507,995	479,249	586,784
Depreciation and amortization	132,187	126,399	115,938	117,204
Stock-based compensation	44,943	43,943	39,296	39,086
Gain on sale of property	-	-	-	61,575
Deferred income taxes	11,291	29,736	22,209	-9,543
Merchandise inventory	520,486	-61,364	225,336	-414,593
Other current assets	-16,341	33,623	58,426	-35,474
Accounts payable	435,622	34,755	67,182	-235,734
Other current liabilities	155,391	90,811	-173,946	-40,256
Income taxes	42,869	-193,225	139,086	36,559
Operating lease assets and liabilities, net	3,521	-2,950	-1,351	-1,570
Other long-term, net	-516	2,743	-3,112	1,605
Net cash provided by operating activities	827,088	668,362	409,715	882,557
Additions to property and equipment	209,261	201,727	207,378	205,982
Proceeds from sale of property	-	-	-	82,642
Net cash used in investing activities	-209,261	-201,727	-207,378	-123,340
Issuance of common stock related to stock plans	6,530	6,237	6,143	6,316
Treasury stock purchased	15,458	4,289	60,131	0
Repurchase of common stock	262,500	262,500	262,521	262,500
Excise tax paid on repurchase of common stock	0	9,443	-	0
Dividends paid	131,557	132,337	133,300	121,229
Payment of long-term debt	0	0	700,000	0
Net cash used in financing activities	-402,985	-402,332	-1,149,809	-377,413
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents	214,842	64,303	-947,472	381,804
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	3,913,293	3,848,990	4,796,462	4,414,658
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	4,128,135	3,913,293	3,848,990	4,796,462

Unit: Thousand (K) dollars