Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow$0 in Q3 2026 · −$4.0M over twelve months
Operating cash flow$15.0M
Capital spending−$15.0M
Free cash flow$0
Cash / net income0.0×
Cash conversion cycle2 days
Analysis
In Q3 2026, Union Carbide generated $15.0M of operating cash flow and spent $15.0M on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $0. That is $1.0M more than in Q3 2025 (−$1.0M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $48.0M; the largest uses were capital spending ($52.0M), net borrowing (+) / repaid (−) ($1.0M); besides operations, cash came from asset & business sales ($6.0M); the cash balance rose by $1.0M.
Operating cash flow was $15.0M against net income of $356M — 0.0× profit, less cash than reported earnings, worth checking against working capital. The largest differences: depreciation & amortization +$50.0M, deferred taxes +$47.0M, other operating capital +$12.0M.
Its cash conversion cycle was 2 days (receivables 1 + inventory 27 − payables 26).
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow $15.0M, Capital spending $15.0M.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $3.1B; the largest uses were dividends ($2.1B) and capital spending ($1.0B). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$12.0M
Debt$144M
Net debt$132M
Due within a year$2.0M
Union Carbide's operations bring cash in ($48.0M over twelve months), and it spends more than that on capital projects: a gap of $4.0M funded from its $12.0M of cash and investments and from borrowing ($144M of debt, $2.0M 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 $12.0M 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.
Quarter
Receivable days
Inventory days
Payable days
Cash conversion cycle
Q3 2026
1
27
26
2
Q2 2026
1
25
26
1
Q1 2026
2
23
22
3
Q4 2025
2
27
22
7
Q3 2025
2
26
27
1
Q2 2025
2
25
31
-4
Q1 2025
2
26
30
-3
Q4 2024
2
26
36
-8
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Dividends
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
$15.0M
−$15.0M
—
−$1.0M
—
$0
Q2 2026
$16.0M
−$17.0M
—
—
−$1.0M
−$1.0M
Q1 2026
$9.0M
−$12.0M
—
—
—
−$3.0M
Q4 2025
$8.0M
−$8.0M
—
$1.0M
—
$0
Q3 2025
$14.0M
−$15.0M
—
—
—
−$1.0M
Q2 2025
$172M
−$46.0M
—
—
—
$126M
Q1 2025
$38.0M
−$68.0M
−$28.0M
—
—
−$30.0M
Q4 2024
$77.0M
−$76.0M
—
—
—
$1.0M
Union Carbide: income statement and cash flow
Union Carbide, Q3 2026: revenue $1.5B (+38% year over year), operating margin 29.6%. 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.