Update date
31 Dec 2025
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Top Companies by Operating Cash Flow
This page ranks companies by latest available operating cash flow facts reported in SEC company filings.
Use it to find leading reporters for this metric, then open a company facts page to inspect the underlying history. Reporting periods may differ by company.
- Context
- Current top row: AMAZON COM INC
- Latest reported value
- $139,514,000,000
Based on latest available SEC company facts. Reporting periods may differ by company; open company facts to verify the reported history.
Return Loop
Why revisit this ranking page
Rankings update as companies report new SEC facts, so the leaders, ordering, and best company pages to verify can change after each filing cycle.
- Latest source-backed update
- AMAZON COM INC leads the current sample
- Why come back
- Revisit after new filings to see whether the ordering changed and which company facts page is worth reopening.
- Current top company: AMAZON COM INC.
- Latest comparable end date in this sample: 31 Dec 2025.
- Save the companies you care about from this list, then return after the next quarterly filing to see what changed.
Insight freshness depends on the latest comparable SEC company facts available for this metric. Reporting periods may differ by company.
Latest update
What changed recently in Operating Cash Flow rankings
AMAZON COM INC currently leads this ranking. Revisit after new filings to see whether the ordering changed.
Page type
Insight ranking
Latest period
31 Dec 2025
Rankings use the latest available comparable SEC company facts for this metric. Reporting periods may differ by company.
Benchmark Context
How to read this operating cash flow ranking
AMAZON COM INC currently leads the visible sample for operating cash flow. That is about 1x the current visible midpoint.
Compared with
Compared with other companies reporting the same metric in compatible units. Latest periods may differ by company, so use the company facts page to verify the underlying period.
Why this is notable
The current leader reports about 2.6x the value of the next company in the visible ranking. Use the metric history pages to see whether companies near the top are separated by a wide gap or a narrow cluster.
- Visible sample size: 2 companies.
- Visible rows currently span reported period ends from 27 Dec 2025 to 31 Dec 2025.
- Current top band: AMAZON COM INC and Apple Inc..
This ranking keeps the latest valid row per company and excludes incompatible units. Open company facts or metric history pages to inspect the exact reported values.
Plain-English Guide
What Operating Cash Flow means in this ranking
Operating cash flow shows how much cash the core business generated or used during the reported period.
Why people care
It helps users check whether reported earnings are turning into cash that can fund reinvestment, debt service, or shareholder returns.
How to read it
Compare it with the same period from prior years and with net income to see whether cash generation is strengthening or weakening.
Compare next
Compare it with net income, capex, and revenue when you want to understand cash conversion and reinvestment capacity.
Working-capital swings can make one quarter look unusually strong or weak, so period-to-period context matters.
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Financial Insight Ranking
Which companies report the strongest operating cash flow?
Compare operating cash generation from recent SEC filings.
Operating cash flow comparisons help validate earnings quality and funding capacity.
How to verify it
Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Reporting periods may differ by company.
Top Companies by Operating Cash Flow
Rankings use latest available reported company facts. Reporting periods may differ by company; open company facts to inspect the underlying history.
| Rank | Company | Latest value | Reported period | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMAZON COM INC (amzn) | $139,514,000,000 | Year - 31 Dec 2025 | View AMAZON COM INC metric history |
| 2 | Apple Inc. (aapl) | $53,925,000,000 | Quarter - 27 Dec 2025 | View Apple Inc. metric history |