US public company free cash flow
What is in it
Operating cash flow less capital expenditure, per company and period, with the label saying how it was arrived at and the formula used. Companies are identified by CIK and ticker so it joins to anything else keyed on either.
What it shows
No filer tags free cash flow. Not one value in this file was reported: every figure is computed from two that were, which is why the formula travels with each row. Free cash flow published anywhere is somebody’s arithmetic, and most sources do not say whose or how.
Rows by period
| Period | Rows |
|---|---|
| FY | 28,172 |
| Q1 | 10,559 |
| Q4 | 10,431 |
| Q2 | 10,099 |
| Q3 | 8,856 |
| TTM | 2,525 |
Files
- free-cash-flow.csv.gz — 578 KB, 66,636 rows
- companies.csv.gz — company names, tickers and industries, 5,060 rows, joins on
cik - README.md — the column meanings, the metric dictionary and the licence, written by the same pass that writes the data. Include it when redistributing these files.
What it is good for
- Screening on cash generation rather than reported earnings
- Checking a vendor’s FCF against a stated formula
- Studying how far cash flow and net income diverge
Citing it
SequelSEC (2026). US public company free cash flow [Data set]. Retrieved from https://sequelsec.com/datasets/free-cash-flow
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