Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow$7.6M in Q3 2026 · −$20.6M over twelve months
Operating cash flow$9.7M
Capital spending−$2.1M
Free cash flow+$7.6M
Cash / net income0.3×
Cash conversion cycle57 days
Analysis
In Q3 2026, PC Connection generated $9.7M of operating cash flow and spent $2.1M on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $7.6M. That is $54.6M less than in Q3 2025 ($62.3M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was −$12.4M; the largest uses were dividends ($18.9M), buybacks ($13.2M), operating cash flow ($12.4M); besides operations, cash came from shares issued ($1.2M); the cash balance fell by $63.2M.
Operating cash flow was $9.7M against net income of $31.5M — 0.3× profit, less cash than reported earnings, worth checking against working capital. The largest differences: receivables −$64.2M, payables +$35.2M, accrued liabilities +$23.1M.
Its cash conversion cycle was 57 days (receivables 80 + inventory 28 − payables 51).
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow $9.7M, Capital spending $2.1M.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $530M; the largest uses were buybacks ($94.0M) and dividends ($69.4M). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$343M
Debtnone
Net cash$343M
Cash runwaymore than 10 years
PC Connection is burning cash: its operations consume cash, a free cash flow of −$20.6M a year at the current rate against $343M of cash and investments: a runway of more than ten years at that rate before any new financing.
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
28
51
57
Q2 2026
74
26
51
49
Q1 2026
82
26
56
51
Q4 2025
83
23
53
53
Q3 2025
81
22
50
53
Q2 2025
74
21
42
53
Q1 2025
78
19
45
52
Q4 2024
78
17
47
47
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Buybacks
Dividends
Shares issued
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
$9.7M
−$2.1M
—
−$5.0M
—
−$880K
$7.6M
Q2 2026
−$63.8M
−$1.9M
—
−$5.0M
—
$72.5M
−$65.7M
Q1 2026
$14.3M
−$2.0M
−$2.5M
−$5.0M
—
−$3.0M
$12.3M
Q4 2025
$27.4M
−$2.2M
−$10.7M
−$3.8M
$615K
−$5.4M
$25.2M
Q3 2025
$64.1M
−$1.9M
−$5.1M
−$3.8M
—
−$1.1M
$62.3M
Q2 2025
$26.3M
−$1.6M
−$16.7M
−$3.8M
—
−$4.3M
$24.6M
Q1 2025
−$52.4M
−$1.7M
−$43.7M
−$3.9M
—
−$4.1M
−$54.1M
Q4 2024
$25.2M
−$2.4M
−$4.6M
−$2.6M
$571K
−$10.8M
$22.9M
PC Connection: income statement and cash flow
PC Connection, Q3 2026: revenue $874M (+23% year over year), operating margin 4.7%. 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.