Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow−$1.6B in Q3 2026 · −$1.4B over twelve months
Operating cash flow−$1.6B
Free cash flow−$1.6B
Cash / net income-6.1×
Analysis
In Q3 2026, Rithm Capital generated −$1.6B of operating cash flow. That is $453M more than in Q3 2025 (−$2.0B).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was −$1.4B; the largest uses were operating cash flow ($1.4B), other investing ($1.1B); besides operations, cash came from other financing ($1.4B), net borrowing (+) / repaid (−) ($1.1B); the cash balance rose by $305M.
Operating cash flow was −$1.6B against net income of $261M — -6.1× profit, less cash than reported earnings, worth checking against working capital. The largest differences: deferred taxes +$255M, prepaid and other assets −$214M, accrued liabilities +$168M.
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow −$1.6B, Capital spending $0.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $6.4B; the largest uses were net borrowing ($77.8B) and operating cash flow ($3.5B). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$1.7B
Debt$37.9B
Net debt$36.2B
Due within a year$16.4B
Cash runway14 months
Rithm Capital is burning cash: its operations consume cash, a free cash flow of −$1.4B a year at the current rate against $1.7B of cash and investments: a runway of about 14 months; $16.4B of debt also comes due within a year, which would need refinancing or new money before any new financing.
Principal due in each year as disclosed in the annual report, against $1.7B 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
Buybacks
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Shares issued
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
−$1.6B
—
$689M
—
−$12.5M
−$1.6B
Q2 2026
$174M
—
−$244M
—
−$75.6M
$174M
Q1 2026
$101M
—
$163M
$242M
$326M
$101M
Q4 2025
−$115M
—
−$151M
−$479K
−$544M
−$115M
Q3 2025
−$2.0B
—
$1.5B
$475M
−$94.9M
−$2.0B
Q2 2025
−$557M
—
$1.3B
—
−$60.3M
−$557M
Q1 2025
$1.4B
−$50.0M
−$1.0B
$107M
−$173M
$1.4B
Q4 2024
−$1.8B
—
$947M
$507K
$85.6M
−$1.8B
Rithm Capital: income statement and cash flow
Rithm Capital, Q3 2026: revenue $1.8B (+59% year over year), operating margin 29.6%. 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.