Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow−$15.3M in Q3 2026 · −$3.0M over twelve months
Operating cash flow−$15.1M
Capital spending−$222K
Free cash flow−$15.3M
Cash / net income-2.7×
Analysis
In Q3 2026, NI Holdings generated −$15.1M of operating cash flow and spent $222K on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of −$15.3M. That is $29.6M more than in Q3 2025 (−$44.8M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was −$2.8M; the largest uses were other financing ($5.5M), operating cash flow ($2.8M), capital spending ($283K); besides operations, cash came from other investing ($28.4M), asset & business sales ($521K); the cash balance rose by $20.4M.
Operating cash flow was −$15.1M against net income of $5.5M — -2.7× profit, less cash than reported earnings, worth checking against working capital. The largest differences: accrued liabilities −$3.9M, prepaid and other assets +$841K, stock-based pay +$365K.
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow −$15.1M, Capital spending $222K.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $88.1M; the largest uses were operating cash flow ($30.6M) and net borrowing ($20.2M). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$45.5M
Debt$2.4M
Net cash$43.1M
Cash runwaymore than 10 years
NI Holdings is burning cash: its operations consume cash, a free cash flow of −$3.0M a year at the current rate against $45.5M 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.
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
−$15.1M
−$222K
−$61K
$6.6M
−$15.3M
Q2 2026
$912K
−$19K
−$29K
$6.1M
$893K
Q1 2026
−$1.9M
−$42K
−$28K
−$6.0M
−$1.9M
Q4 2025
$13.2M
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−$28K
−$27.1M
$13.2M
Q3 2025
−$44.8M
−$35K
−$54K
$32.1M
−$44.8M
Q2 2025
$6.4M
−$162K
−$27K
$418K
$6.2M
Q1 2025
$9.9M
−$20K
−$26K
−$6.3M
$9.9M
Q4 2024
$21.7M
−$214K
−$26K
−$11.8M
$21.5M
NI Holdings: income statement and cash flow
NI Holdings, Q3 2026: revenue $68.6M (-10% year over year), operating margin 10.2%. 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.