Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow−$264M in Q3 2026 · −$25.7M over twelve months
Operating cash flow−$211M
Capital spending−$53.2M
Free cash flow−$264M
Analysis
In Q3 2026, Allegiant Travel generated −$211M of operating cash flow and spent $53.2M on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of −$264M. That is $129M less than in Q3 2025 (−$135M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $215M; the largest uses were other financing ($832M), other investing ($288M), capital spending ($241M); besides operations, cash came from net borrowing (+) / repaid (−) ($1.1B), asset & business sales ($55.7M); the cash balance rose by $46.0M.
Operating cash flow was −$211M against net income of −$15.2M. The largest differences: depreciation & amortization +$81.2M.
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow −$211M, Capital spending $53.2M.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $2.0B; the largest uses were capital spending ($2.7B) and net borrowing ($757M). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$854M
Debt$2.9B
Net debt$2.1B
Due within a year$118M
Allegiant Travel's operations bring cash in ($215M over twelve months), and it spends more than that on capital projects: a gap of $25.7M funded from its $854M of cash and investments and from borrowing ($2.9B of debt, $118M due within a year). That is a choice to invest, not a cash runway running down.
Principal due in each year as disclosed in the annual report, against $854M of cash and investments now.
Where the cash came from and went
From profit to cash
Non-cash charges are added back; money tied up in receivables or inventory is subtracted.
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Buybacks
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
−$211M
−$53.2M
−$6.6M
$161M
$154M
−$264M
Q2 2026
$46.1M
−$121M
−$783K
$430M
−$240M
−$74.6M
Q1 2026
$268M
−$176M
−$55K
−$8.9M
−$114M
$92.1M
Q4 2025
$112M
−$56.7M
−$632K
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$154M
$55.5M
Q3 2025
−$6.1M
−$129M
−$1.5M
$101M
−$117M
−$135M
Q2 2025
$92.2M
−$139M
−$350K
−$52.7M
$74.9M
−$46.5M
Q1 2025
$191M
−$83.5M
−$11.1M
−$56.2M
−$469K
$108M
Q4 2024
$84.4M
−$60.3M
−$886K
$293M
−$11.4M
$24.0M
Allegiant Travel: income statement and cash flow
Allegiant Travel, Q3 2026: revenue $962M (+71% year over year), operating margin 1.1%. The chart follows the revenue to costs, profit and cash.
Read automatically from the company’s XBRL cash-flow statements; quarterly figures for the fourth quarter are the year less the first three. Errors are possible. Not investment advice.