Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow$6.7M in Q3 2026 · $2.3M over twelve months
Operating cash flow$8.4M
Capital spending−$1.7M
Free cash flow+$6.7M
Cash conversion cycle263 days
Analysis
In Q3 2026, Anika Therapeutics generated $8.4M of operating cash flow and spent $1.7M on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $6.7M. That is $1.7M more than in Q3 2025 ($5.0M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $7.5M; the largest uses were buybacks ($15.1M), capital spending ($5.2M), taxes on employees’ shares ($1.7M); besides operations, cash came from other investing ($1.1M), other financing ($437K); the cash balance fell by $13.0M.
Operating cash flow was $8.4M against net income of −$311K. The largest differences: receivables +$4.8M, stock-based pay +$4.2M, inventory −$2.9M.
Its cash conversion cycle was 263 days (receivables 80 + inventory 231 − payables 48).
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow $8.4M, Capital spending $1.7M.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $27.6M; the largest uses were capital spending ($32.6M) and buybacks ($25.4M). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$70.7M
Debtnone
Net cash$70.7M
Anika Therapeutics funds itself: free cash flow was $2.3M over the last twelve months, with $70.7M of cash and investments and no debt on the balance sheet.
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.
Quarter
Receivable days
Inventory days
Payable days
Cash conversion cycle
Q3 2026
80
231
48
263
Q2 2026
77
206
50
232
Q1 2026
75
176
52
199
Q4 2025
69
141
43
167
Q3 2025
76
125
36
165
Q2 2025
74
126
33
167
Q1 2025
78
177
43
213
Q4 2024
78
217
42
252
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Buybacks
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
$8.4M
−$1.7M
—
−$6.5M
$6.7M
Q2 2026
−$684K
−$1.4M
−$853K
$2.6M
−$2.1M
Q1 2026
−$4.8M
−$1.4M
−$8.7M
$16.5M
−$6.3M
Q4 2025
$4.6M
−$648K
−$5.5M
$509K
$4.0M
Q3 2025
$6.9M
−$1.9M
—
−$4.8M
$5.0M
Q2 2025
−$189K
−$1.5M
—
$204K
−$1.7M
Q1 2025
−$130K
−$2.8M
−$4.0M
$3.8M
−$3.0M
Q4 2024
$1.6M
−$1.3M
−$5.6M
$5.2M
$275K
Anika Therapeutics: income statement and cash flow
Anika Therapeutics, Q3 2026: revenue $30.6M (+10% year over year), operating margin -2.3%. 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.