Custom Truck One Source cash flow, quarter by quarter
Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow$163M in Q3 2026 · $279M over twelve months
Operating cash flow$163M
Free cash flow+$163M
Cash / net income70.9×
Cash conversion cycle261 days
Analysis
In Q3 2026, Custom Truck One Source generated $163M of operating cash flow. That is $82.0M more than in Q3 2025 ($81.5M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $279M; the largest uses were other investing ($282M); besides operations, cash came from net borrowing (+) / repaid (−) ($1.5M), other financing ($1.3M); the cash balance rose by $1.5M.
Operating cash flow was $163M against net income of $2.3M — 70.9× profit, cash ran ahead of reported earnings. The largest differences: depreciation & amortization +$69.0M, receivables +$46.2M, inventory +$29.2M.
Its cash conversion cycle was 261 days (receivables 42 + inventory 248 − payables 29).
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow $163M, Capital spending $0.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $586M; the largest uses were acquisitions ($1.4B) and buybacks ($111M). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$14.6M
Debt$1.7B
Net debt$1.6B
Due within a year$1.2M
Custom Truck One Source funds itself: free cash flow was $279M over the last twelve months, and $14.6M of cash and investments stands against $1.7B of debt ($1.2M due within a year, 11.8× covered by cash).
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
42
248
29
261
Q2 2026
36
214
25
225
Q1 2026
39
245
27
257
Q4 2025
33
223
22
234
Q3 2025
35
256
28
263
Q2 2025
35
241
28
248
Q1 2025
45
284
28
300
Q4 2024
35
257
20
272
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Buybacks
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
$163M
—
−$4.9M
−$4.3M
$163M
Q2 2026
$44.4M
—
$26.9M
−$679K
$44.4M
Q1 2026
$23.8M
—
−$10.0M
−$3.3M
$23.8M
Q4 2025
$47.3M
—
−$10.5M
$6.8M
$47.3M
Q3 2025
$81.5M
—
$38.0M
−$7.8M
$81.5M
Q2 2025
$126M
—
−$56.7M
$121K
$126M
Q1 2025
$55.6M
−$32.6M
$72.6M
−$1.6M
$55.6M
Q4 2024
$82.1M
—
−$45.0M
$4.6M
$82.1M
Custom Truck One Source: income statement and cash flow
Custom Truck One Source, Q3 2026: revenue $495M (+3% year over year), operating margin 7.7%. 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.