How Burlington Stores uses its cash

Period

FY2025

Where does Burlington Stores's cash go? This Sankey traces cash from net income through operating cash flow into capex, free cash flow, dividends, buybacks, and debt paydown. Pick any fiscal year, recent quarter, or the trailing twelve months. Straight from SEC filings.

Burlington Stores Inc. · FY2025 · year ended 2026-01-31

Operating cash flow$1.2BNet income$610M · 50%D&A$418M · 34%Stock comp$107M · 9%Working capital$97M · 8%Capex$1.1B · 86%Free cash flow$172M · 14%Buybacks$278M · 23%Cash reserves$107M · 9%

Each fiscal year from SEC filings. Percentages are share of operating cash flow. Sources (net income + non-cash add-backs) flow into operating cash flow, which splits into capex and free cash flow; free cash flow goes to dividends, buybacks, debt paydown, and what's retained. Annual only. For informational purposes only.