Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow−$150K in Q3 2026 · −$955K over twelve months
Operating cash flow−$150K
Free cash flow−$150K
Cash / net income-0.3×
Cash conversion cycle194 days
Analysis
In Q3 2026, Nephros generated −$150K of operating cash flow. That is $249K less than in Q3 2025 ($99K).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was −$955K; the largest uses were operating cash flow ($955K), net borrowing (+) / repaid (−) ($5K); besides operations, cash came from other financing ($290K); the cash balance fell by $625K.
Operating cash flow was −$150K against net income of $512K — -0.3× profit, less cash than reported earnings, worth checking against working capital. The largest differences: payables −$1.1M, receivables +$515K, inventory −$414K.
Its cash conversion cycle was 194 days (receivables 63 + inventory 187 − payables 55).
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow −$150K, Capital spending $0.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled −$2.7M; the largest uses were operating cash flow ($5.1M) and net borrowing ($632K). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$4.5M
Debtnone
Net cash$4.5M
Cash runway4.8 years
Nephros is burning cash: its operations consume cash, a free cash flow of −$955K a year at the current rate against $4.5M of cash and investments: a runway of about 4.8 years 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
Q3 2026
63
187
55
194
Q2 2026
58
187
78
166
Q1 2026
51
139
48
142
Q4 2025
49
140
43
146
Q3 2025
45
124
39
130
Q2 2025
49
117
33
133
Q1 2025
41
119
31
129
Q4 2024
41
188
35
195
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Shares issued
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
−$150K
−$1K
—
$151K
−$150K
Q2 2026
$681K
−$2K
—
−$679K
$681K
Q1 2026
−$1.7M
−$1K
$290K
$1.4M
−$1.7M
Q4 2025
$185K
−$1K
—
−$229K
$185K
Q3 2025
$99K
−$2K
—
−$97K
$99K
Q2 2025
$994K
−$1K
—
−$993K
$994K
Q1 2025
$322K
−$1K
—
−$321K
$322K
Q4 2024
$1.3M
−$1K
—
−$1.3M
$1.3M
Nephros: income statement and cash flow
Nephros, Q3 2026: revenue $5.6M (+18% year over year), operating margin 8.9%. 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.