Illustrative year: the reconciliation behind the coverage test (hypothetical manufacturer, $ millions)
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-07, from Is a Dividend Safe? Free Cash Flow Test.
| cash_flow_line | usd_millions |
|---|---|
| Net income | 400 |
| Depreciation add-back | 200 |
| Net cash from operating activities | 600 |
| Capital expenditures | -450 |
| Free cash flow | 150 |
| Dividends paid | -320 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 2
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
cash_flow_line |
text | 6 distinct values | |
usd_millions |
number | -450 to 600 | US dollars |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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SELECT
cash_flow_line,
usd_millions
FROM
(
SELECT 'Net income' AS cash_flow_line, 400 AS usd_millions, 1 AS line_order
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Depreciation add-back', 200, 2
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Net cash from operating activities', 600, 3
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Capital expenditures', -450, 4
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Free cash flow', 600 - 450, 5
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Dividends paid', -320, 6
)
ORDER BY line_order
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