Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow$185M in Q3 2026 · $554M over twelve months
Operating cash flow$213M
Capital spending−$28.0M
Free cash flow+$185M
Cash / net income1.2×
Analysis
In Q3 2026, Erie Indemnity generated $213M of operating cash flow and spent $28.0M on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $185M. That is $958K more than in Q3 2025 ($184M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $692M; the largest uses were other investing ($492M), dividends ($268M), capital spending ($138M); the cash balance fell by $206M.
Operating cash flow was $213M against net income of $182M — 1.2× profit, cash ran ahead of reported earnings.
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow $213M, Capital spending $28.0M.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $2.4B; the largest uses were dividends ($1.1B) and capital spending ($549M). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$424M
Debtnone
Net cash$424M
Erie Indemnity funds itself: free cash flow was $554M over the last twelve months, with $424M of cash and investments and no debt on the balance sheet.
Where the cash came from and went
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Dividends
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
$213M
−$28.0M
−$68.1M
−$79.8M
$185M
Q2 2026
$215M
−$41.5M
−$68.1M
−$14.3M
$173M
Q1 2026
$91.9M
−$37.4M
−$68.1M
$77.3M
$54.5M
Q4 2025
$172M
−$30.8M
−$63.6M
$223M
$141M
Q3 2025
$219M
−$35.0M
−$63.6M
−$211M
$184M
Q2 2025
$178M
−$20.3M
−$63.6M
−$97.6M
$157M
Q1 2025
$118M
−$29.7M
−$63.6M
$38.0M
$88.4M
Q4 2024
$193M
−$46.6M
−$59.4M
−$77.2M
$147M
Erie Indemnity: income statement and cash flow
Erie Indemnity, Q3 2026: revenue $1.1B (+0.3% year over year), operating margin 19.4%. 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.