Latest: Q4 2025 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow−$216M in Q4 2025 · −$1.0B over twelve months
Operating cash flow$138M
Capital spending−$354M
Free cash flow−$216M
Analysis
In Q4 2025, Idacorp generated $138M of operating cash flow and spent $354M on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of −$216M. That is $167M less than in Q4 2024 (−$48.9M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $516M; the largest uses were capital spending ($1.5B), dividends ($197M), other financing ($24.3M); besides operations, cash came from net borrowing (+) / repaid (−) ($428M), shares issued ($411M); the cash balance fell by $145M.
Operating cash flow was $138M against net income of $43.7M — 3.2× profit, cash ran ahead of reported earnings. The largest differences: depreciation & amortization +$68.1M, receivables +$40.5M, income taxes payable −$34.2M.
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q4 2025): Operating cash flow $138M, Capital spending $354M.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $2.2B; the largest uses were capital spending ($3.5B) and dividends ($829M). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$216M
Debt$3.3B
Net debt$3.1B
Due within a year$116M
Idacorp's operations bring cash in ($516M over twelve months), and it spends more than that on capital projects: a gap of $1.0B funded from its $216M of cash and investments and from borrowing ($3.3B of debt, $116M due within a year). That is a choice to invest, not a cash runway running down.
Principal due in each year as disclosed in the annual report, against $216M of cash and investments now.
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.
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Dividends
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Shares issued
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q4 2025
$138M
−$354M
−$48.5M
−$1.4M
$93.2M
$117M
−$216M
Q3 2025
$163M
−$291M
−$46.5M
−$1.6M
$1.5M
$141M
−$128M
Q2 2025
$177M
−$333M
−$46.5M
—
$1.5M
$160M
−$156M
Q1 2025
$124M
−$201M
−$46.9M
$380M
$1.6M
−$266M
−$77.0M
Q4 2024
$136M
−$185M
−$47.4M
−$49.8M
$63.8M
$59.1M
−$48.9M
Q3 2024
$202M
−$218M
−$44.3M
$300M
$1.5M
−$258M
−$16.1M
Q2 2024
$146M
−$346M
−$42.1M
—
$232M
−$12.0M
−$200M
Idacorp: income statement and cash flow
Idacorp, Q3 2026: revenue $615M (+17% year over year), operating margin 29.1%. 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.