Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow$760M in Q3 2026 · $1.5B over twelve months
Operating cash flow$797M
Capital spending−$37.2M
Free cash flow+$760M
Cash / net income2.0×
Cash conversion cycle61 days
Analysis
In Q3 2026, EMCOR Group generated $797M of operating cash flow and spent $37.2M on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $760M. That is $311M more than in Q3 2025 ($449M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $1.6B; the largest uses were acquisitions ($919M), buybacks ($611M), capital spending ($129M); besides operations, cash came from other investing ($257M), asset & business sales ($3.5M); the cash balance rose by $118M.
Operating cash flow was $797M against net income of $400M — 2.0× profit, cash ran ahead of reported earnings. The largest differences: depreciation & amortization +$57.3M, impairments +$34.0M, deferred taxes −$8.1M.
Its cash conversion cycle was 61 days (receivables 88 + inventory 0 − payables 28).
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow $797M, Capital spending $37.2M.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $4.4B; the largest uses were buybacks ($2.1B) and acquisitions ($1.6B). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$775M
Debtnone
Net cash$775M
EMCOR Group funds itself: free cash flow was $1.5B over the last twelve months, with $775M 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
88
—
28
61
Q2 2026
85
—
26
59
Q1 2026
85
—
28
57
Q4 2025
85
—
29
56
Q3 2025
88
—
29
59
Q2 2025
84
—
28
55
Q1 2025
86
—
28
58
Q4 2024
86
—
28
58
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Acquisitions
Buybacks
Dividends
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
$797M
−$37.2M
−$702M
−$188M
−$17.7M
−$689K
$150M
$760M
Q2 2026
$289M
−$31.1M
−$51.3M
−$181M
−$17.8M
−$681K
−$8.0M
$258M
Q1 2026
$558K
−$28.7M
−$43.7M
−$87.1M
−$17.8M
−$646K
$196M
−$28.2M
Q4 2025
$524M
−$31.9M
−$122M
−$154M
−$11.2M
−$610K
−$456M
$492M
Q3 2025
$476M
−$26.7M
−$13.3M
—
−$11.2M
−$251M
−$169M
$449M
Q2 2025
$194M
−$28.0M
−$36.6M
−$207M
−$11.2M
$274M
$90.3M
$166M
Q1 2025
$108M
−$26.1M
−$851M
−$225M
−$11.5M
$249M
$763M
$82.3M
Q4 2024
$469M
−$17.7M
−$39.0M
−$84.4M
−$11.5M
−$711K
−$304M
$452M
EMCOR Group: income statement and cash flow
EMCOR Group, Q3 2026: revenue $5.5B (+29% year over year), operating margin 9.8%. 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.