Coupang, Inc.
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 6, 2025.
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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 6, 2025
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
Liquidity is a measure of our ability to access sufficient cash flows to meet the short-term and long-term cash requirements of our business operations. Our primary sources of liquidity are cash on hand, supplemented through various debt financing arrangements and sales of our equity securities. We had total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $6.2 billion as of March 31, 2025, the majority of which was held by foreign subsidiaries and may not be freely transferable to the United States due to local laws or other restrictions. Additionally, we had $902 million available under our revolving credit facilities as of March 31, 2025.
The ability of certain subsidiaries to transfer funds or pay dividends to Coupang, Inc. is also restricted due to terms which require the subsidiaries to meet certain financial covenants, including requirements to maintain a positive net equity balance or having current period income.
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had stockholders’ equity of $4.4 billion and $4.1 billion, respectively. We may incur losses in the future. We expect that our investment into our growth strategy will continue to be significant, particularly with respect to our Developing Offerings segment, which will continue to focus on our newer offerings and entrance into new geographies, as well as overall expansion of our fulfillment, logistics, and technology capabilities. As part of this expansion to fulfill anticipated future customer demand and planned expansion of services, we plan to acquire and build new fulfillment centers. We have entered into various new construction contracts for capital projects which are expected to be completed over the next three years. These contracts have remaining capital expenditures commitments of $286 million as of March 31, 2025. We expect that our future expenditures for both infrastructure and workforce-related costs will exceed several billion dollars over the next several years.
Stock Repurchase Program
In May 2025, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program for up to $1 billion of our outstanding shares of our Class A common stock. We may repurchase shares of Class A common stock from time to time through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means in accordance with applicable securities laws and other restrictions. The program has no expiration date, and we are not obligated to repurchase any portion of our total authorization.
Changes in our cash flows were as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $354 | $212 | $142 |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (213) | (117) | (96) |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 16 | 52 | (36) |
Operating Activities
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
| Net income (loss) | $114 | $(24) | $138 |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities | 427 | 420 | 7 |
| Change in operating assets and liabilities | (187) | (184) | (3) |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $354 | $212 | $142 |
The year-over-year change in operating cash flow was driven by a $138 million increase in net income, which resulted in net income for the current period, compared to a net loss for the prior-year period.
Investing Activities
The increase in cash outflow was mainly driven by a $132 million increase in purchases of property and equipment, primarily related to investments made in our fulfillment and logistics infrastructure.
Financing Activities
The cash inflow was primarily driven by a $281 million increase in proceeds from the issuance of debt and short-term borrowings, partially offset by a $250 million increase in repayments of debt and short-term borrowings, both of which were due to the timing of maturities.
| Coupang, Inc. | Q1 2025 Form 10-Q | 25 |
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We believe that our liquidity requirements, including our operating, investing and financing needs, will be met by our cash flow from operations, as well as by our balance of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and our credit facilities for at least the next 12 months. However, we may need additional cash resources in the future if we find and pursue other opportunities for investment, acquisition, strategic cooperation, or other similar actions, which may include investing in technology, our logistics and fulfillment infrastructure, or related talent. If we determine that our cash requirements exceed our amounts of cash on hand or if we decide to change our capital structure, we may seek to issue additional debt or equity securities or obtain credit facilities or other sources of financing. This financing may not be available on favorable terms, or at all.
Capital Resources
We have entered into material unconditional purchase obligations. These contractual commitments primarily relate to the purchase of technology related services, fulfillment center construction contracts, and content and software licenses, and during the three months ended March 31, 2025, we entered into a new purchase obligation with remaining payments of $328 million through 2030.
We generally enter into term loan facility agreements to finance the acquisition of property or construction of our fulfillment centers. These agreements may require that we provide for collateral equal to or greater than the amount borrowed under the arrangement. As we continue to build additional fulfillment centers, we expect our borrowings under debt financing arrangements to continue to increase.
Refer to Note 14 — "Commitments and Contingencies" of our consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of our 2024 Form 10-K for disclosure of our minimum contractual commitments.
Our short-term and long-term borrowings generally include lines of credit with financial institutions available to be drawn upon for general operating purposes.
Farfetch Term Loans
In January 2025, the syndicated term loans assumed by Surpique LP (the “Limited Partnership”) as part of the Farfetch Acquisition (“Farfetch Term Loans”) were amended to (i) waive technical defaults that resulted from our restructuring actions related to Farfetch subsidiaries in Italy and (ii) require loan prepayment (not to exceed $125 million) from restricted cash proceeds received for Italian VAT receivables and the Limited Partnership in turn extended its commitment to provide the remaining $148 million cash contribution to the earlier of the loan repayment date or April 2028. Coupang, Inc. has not provided any security or guaranty of repayment of the Farfetch Term Loans and is not obligated to provide additional cash funding to Farfetch beyond the Limited Partnership’s remaining commitment.
Refer to Note 13 — "Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt" of our consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of our 2024 Form 10-K for disclosure of our debt obligations and collateral.
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