Latest: Q4 FY26 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow−$755K in Q4 FY26
Operating cash flow−$733K
Capital spending−$22K
Free cash flow−$755K
Cash conversion cycle9 days
Analysis
In Q4 FY26, Franklin Wireless generated −$733K of operating cash flow and spent $22K on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of −$755K. That is $3.1M less than in Q4 FY25 ($2.3M).
Operating cash flow was −$733K against net income of −$6.2M. The largest differences: inventory +$2.6M, payables −$2.4M, receivables −$292K.
Its cash conversion cycle was 9 days (receivables 27 + inventory 79 − payables 97).
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q4 FY26): Operating cash flow −$733K, Capital spending $22K.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled −$14.5M; the largest uses were operating cash flow ($16.4M) and dividends ($471K). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$32.0M
Debtnone
Net cash$32.0M
Cash runwaymore than 10 years
Franklin Wireless is burning cash: its operations consume cash, a free cash flow of −$3.0M a year at the current rate against $32.0M 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
Q4 FY26
27
79
97
9
Q3 FY26
170
156
305
21
Q2 FY26
66
14
92
-12
Q1 FY26
29
16
83
-38
Q4 FY25
28
30
115
-56
Q3 FY25
28
38
135
-70
Q2 FY25
10
21
78
-47
Q1 FY25
10
16
74
-47
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q4 FY26
−$733K
−$22K
−$4.1M
−$755K
Q3 FY26
$11K
$11
$58K
$11K
Q2 FY26
−$4.1M
−$6K
$4.0M
−$4.1M
Q1 FY26
−$1.5M
−$1K
$1.4M
−$1.5M
Q4 FY25
$2.3M
−$7K
−$1.9M
$2.3M
Q3 FY25
−$5.9M
−$1K
$7.5M
−$5.9M
Q2 FY25
$2.7M
−$3K
−$5.6M
$2.7M
Q1 FY25
$2.7M
−$22K
−$2.4M
$2.6M
Franklin Wireless: income statement and cash flow
Franklin Wireless, Q4 FY26: revenue $8.4M (+21% year over year), operating margin -21.5%. 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.