Case Information: Aritzia Inc.

The objective of this exercise is to develop your ability to perform a comprehensive analysis on a set of financial statements. Use the $2022$ annual report of Aritzia Inc. $($year ended February $27,2022)$ from their website. Go to the Financial Reports section and click on Fiscal Year $2022.$

Evaluate Aritzia$$s cash flow.

$1.$ For $2022,$ is Aritzia$$s net cash flow from operations greater than or less than net income? What is the primary cause of the difference?

$2.$ For $2021$ and $2022,$ what is the primary source of cash from investing activities? What is the primary use of cash from investing activities for $2021$ and $2022?$

$3.$ For $2021$ and $2022,$ what is the primary source of cash from financing activities? What is the primary use of cash from financing activities for $2021$ and $2022?$

$4.$ What trend$($s$)$ do you detect from this analysis?