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Home Depot, Lowe's and Wolseley are all companies in the hardware store business. Home Depot and Lowe's are primarily American while Wolseley has operations in a number of different companies but has its home market in the United Kingdom. All of these companies are highly susceptible to the economic conditions surrounding the housing market and the general health of the economy overall. This paper will focus on how these companies have fared in the past few years, specifically with reference to their statements of cash flows.

Cash Flow Analysis

For Home Depot, the most significant source of cash is from operations. Cash flow from operations contributed $6.651 billion in the 2012 fiscal year. Most of this derived from the net income. In all of the past five years, the company received most of its inbound cash from operations. In FY2008, this was the only year where Home Depot...
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