Latest: Q2 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow$855K in Q2 2026 · −$437K over twelve months
Operating cash flow$4.2M
Capital spending−$3.3M
Free cash flow+$855K
Cash / net income1.7×
Analysis
In Q2 2026, Reserve Petroleum generated $4.2M of operating cash flow and spent $3.3M on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $855K. That is $1.5M more than in Q2 2025 (−$648K).
Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $11.9M; the largest uses were capital spending ($12.3M), dividends ($1.5M), other financing ($75K); besides operations, cash came from other investing ($1.2M); the cash balance fell by $867K.
Operating cash flow was $4.2M against net income of $2.5M — 1.7× profit, cash ran ahead of reported earnings. The largest differences: deferred taxes +$327K, payables −$21K, receivables −$0.
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q2 2026): Operating cash flow $4.2M, Capital spending $3.3M.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $35.9M; the largest uses were capital spending ($44.9M) and dividends ($7.0M). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$2.9M
Debtnone
Net cash$2.9M
Reserve Petroleum's operations bring cash in ($11.9M over twelve months), and it spends more than that on capital projects: a gap of $437K funded from its $2.9M of cash and investments and from borrowing. That is a choice to invest, not a cash runway running down.
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
Buybacks
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q2 2026
$4.2M
−$3.3M
−$2K
—
−$133K
$855K
Q1 2026
$2.7M
−$1.6M
—
—
−$709K
$1.2M
Q4 2025
$2.6M
−$5.4M
−$4K
—
$2.7M
−$2.8M
Q3 2025
$2.4M
−$2.0M
−$26K
−$37K
−$1.0M
$375K
Q2 2025
$3.1M
−$3.8M
—
—
$1.5M
−$648K
Q1 2025
$1.9M
−$2.3M
−$25K
—
−$1.3M
−$430K
Q4 2024
$2.4M
−$3.1M
−$133K
—
−$194K
−$719K
Q3 2024
$2.6M
−$2.0M
−$237K
−$36K
−$577K
$629K
Reserve Petroleum: income statement and cash flow
Reserve Petroleum, Q2 2026: revenue $5.3M (+54% year over year), operating margin 47.8%. 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.