Cash Flow

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Dec. 31, 2020
Dec. 31, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net income $ 219,273 $ 92,938 $ 101,015
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:      
Depreciation and amortization 16,334 17,629 17,851
Non-cash stock-based expense 14,799 9,483 9,469
Loss on extinguishment of debt 8,349 0 2,944
Impairments of goodwill and intangible assets 0 58,252 0
Gain on sale of assets (724) (1,114) (42)
Deferred income taxes 14,464 (673) (11,198)
Distributions from investments 134 54,004 17,940
Equity in earnings from investments (2,675) (56,268) (17,000)
Net gains on investment securities (9,648) (1,818) (7,440)
Equity in (earnings) losses from real estate ventures (9,972) 44,698 19,288
Distributions from real estate ventures 25,326 1,903 7,028
Non-cash interest expense 4,838 4,331 2,052
Non-cash lease expense 21,941 20,496 21,088
Non-cash portion of restructuring charges 0 1,214 0
Excess tax benefit of stock compensation   264 1,488
Provision for credit losses 3,331 14,288 1,206
Other 393 (581) 0
Changes in assets and liabilities:      
Receivables (9,630) (8,371) (7,950)
Inventories 2,930 1,217 (7,767)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 196 3,237 (3,983)
Payments due under the Master Settlement Agreement (31,590) 5,309 (1,553)
Investments in real estate, net 5,652 12,449 0
Other assets and liabilities, net (18,502) (5,370) (20,365)
Net cash provided by operating activities 255,219 267,547 124,071
Cash flows from investing activities:      
Sale of investment securities 45,627 30,458 21,879
Maturities of investment securities 71,505 61,230 68,859
Purchase of investment securities (124,080) (99,871) (87,766)
Proceeds from sale or liquidation of long-term investments 11,509 32,572 8,256
Purchase of long-term investments (14,316) (9,687) (9,223)
(Increase) decrease in restricted assets (5) 436 994
Investments in real estate ventures (47,863) (14,922) (52,529)
Distributions from investments in real estate ventures 11,848 18,818 41,300
Cash acquired in purchase of subsidiaries 0 2,760 0
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets 17 5,162 17
Capital expenditures (13,506) (19,063) (12,575)
Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies (1,219) (642) (719)
Purchase of subsidiaries (500) (722) (380)
Pay downs of investment securities 525 812 1,083
Investments in real estate, net 0 0 (2,295)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (61,970) 7,341 (23,099)
Cash flows from financing activities:      
Proceeds from issuance of debt 875,000 0 230,000
Repayments of debt (862,973) (174,989) (293,419)
Deferred financing costs (20,109) 0 (9,802)
Borrowings under revolver 27,892 130,741 243,688
Repayments on revolver (27,868) (165,693) (239,526)
Dividends and distributions on common stock (131,798) (128,231) (238,249)
Distributions to non-controlling interest 0 (448) (286)
Contributions from non-controlling interest 1,625 0 0
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock 0 52,563 0
Tax withholdings related to net share settlements (13,145) (2,630) (5,415)
Cash transferred to Douglas Elliman Inc. at spin-off (212,571) 0 0
Other (130) 0 (216)
Net cash used in financing activities (364,077) (288,687) (313,225)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (170,828) (13,799) (212,253)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year 365,677 379,476 591,729
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year $ 194,849 $ 365,677 $ 379,476