Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow$12.4M in Q3 2026 · $18.4M over twelve months
Operating cash flow$12.4M
Free cash flow+$12.4M
Cash / net income1.2×
Cash conversion cycle27 days
Analysis
In Q3 2026, Genie Energy generated $12.4M of operating cash flow. That is $1.6M less than in Q3 2025 ($13.9M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $18.4M; the largest uses were other investing ($12.9M), dividends ($8.0M), other financing ($6.1M); the cash balance fell by $10.8M.
Operating cash flow was $12.4M against net income of $10.1M — 1.2× profit, cash ran ahead of reported earnings. The largest differences: income taxes payable +$4.6M, receivables −$4.4M, inventory −$2.6M.
Its cash conversion cycle was 27 days (receivables 42 + inventory 18 − payables 32).
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow $12.4M, Capital spending $0.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $329M; the largest uses were dividends ($35.7M) and buybacks ($18.7M). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$195M
Debt$6.7M
Net cash$189M
Due within a year$379K
Genie Energy funds itself: free cash flow was $18.4M over the last twelve months, and $195M of cash and investments stands against $6.7M of debt ($379K due within a year, 515.7× 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
18
32
27
Q2 2026
55
19
39
35
Q1 2026
43
10
27
26
Q4 2025
49
17
36
30
Q3 2025
40
16
27
29
Q1 2025
41
12
28
26
Q4 2024
50
14
36
27
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Buybacks
Dividends
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
$12.4M
—
—
−$2.0M
−$1K
$936K
$12.4M
Q2 2026
−$3.4M
—
—
−$2.0M
−$139K
−$359K
−$3.4M
Q1 2026
−$6.5M
—
—
−$2.0M
−$1.8M
$16.9M
−$6.5M
Q4 2025
$15.9M
—
—
−$2.0M
−$333K
−$6.6M
$15.9M
Q3 2025
$13.9M
—
—
−$2.0M
—
−$5.1M
$13.9M
Q2 2025
$1.1M
—
—
−$2.0M
—
$8.8M
$1.1M
Q1 2025
$15.3M
−$1.8M
−$1.9M
−$2.0M
—
−$8.8M
$13.6M
Q4 2024
$13.0M
—
−$2.5M
−$2.0M
—
−$11.3M
$13.0M
Genie Energy: income statement and cash flow
Genie Energy, Q3 2026: revenue $127M (-8% year over year), operating margin 10.0%. 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.