Knowledge base · 3 free · 9 categories
Speak fluent finance.
Short reads on the numbers that run every earnings report, pitch deck, and broker app — revenue, EBITDA, P/E, free cash flow, and more. Each entry: a one-line definition, the formula, and a worked example. Explanation, never advice.
Cash Flow
3 entriesIs real cash actually coming in?
- Cash Flow
Operating Cash Flow (OCF)
Real cash the core operations generated in a period — net income adjusted back to a cash basis.
- Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
Operating cash flow minus what the company spent on physical and intangible investment — the cash left over for everything else.
- Cash Flow
Capital Expenditures (Capex)
Cash spent on long-lived physical or intangible assets — factories, machines, vehicles, software platforms.