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Operating Cash Flow Turning Positive

First written in FY2017-Q3. 15 of 29 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: 2026-11-13.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseWorsenedFY2022-Q2 – FY20232017: 420172018: 420182019: 420192020: 420202021: 320212022: 220222023: 220232024: 220242025: 220252026: 22026
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Operating Cash Flow Turns Positive for Unspecified ReasonsA theme 85 companies write about · 6 as a headwind · 78 as a tailwind

The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 23 of 77 companies on the "Worse" side.

32 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".

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  1. 2026-11-13AdvancedResults

    「営業活動によるキャッシュ・フローは、仕入債務の減少額20百万円及び棚卸資産の増加額18百万円などにより一部相殺されたものの、売上債権の減少額31百万円及び未収入金の減少額16百万円などにより、獲得した資金は3百万円(前年同期比3百万円増)となりました。」

    営業活動によるキャッシュ・フローは前年同期の627千円の獲得から3,911千円の獲得へ増加し、黒字を維持している。
  2. FY2026AdvancedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities included a decrease of ¥43 million in trade receivables and pretax net income of ¥37 million, among other factors, income tax payments of ¥53 million and a decrease of ¥34 million in liabilities related to retirement benefits, among other factors, resulted in funds used in operating activities of ¥4 million, down ¥33 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities declined from an outflow of ¥38 million in the previous fiscal year to an outflow of ¥4 million, improving to near breakeven. However, it remained a net outflow.
  3. FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by an increase of ¥31 million in inventories, income tax payments of ¥33 million and a pretax interim net loss of ¥12 million, a decrease of ¥53 million in trade receivables and an increase of ¥46 million in trade payables, among other factors, resulted in funds generated from operating activities of ¥0 million, compared with funds used of ¥83 million in the same period of the previous year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an outflow of ¥83 million in the same period of the previous year to an inflow of ¥627 thousand, improving to near breakeven.
  4. FY2025WorsenedAnnual report

    「Although there was pretax net income of ¥69 million, a decrease of ¥64 million in trade receivables and depreciation and amortization of ¥32 million, among other factors, the decrease of ¥195 million in trade payables, among other factors, resulted in funds used in operating activities of ¥38 million, compared with funds generated of ¥154 million in the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an inflow of ¥154 million in the previous fiscal year to an outflow of ¥38 million, and the positive balance was not maintained.
  5. FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by a decrease of ¥86 million in trade receivables, the decrease of ¥114 million in trade payables and the increase of ¥66 million in inventories, among other factors, resulted in funds used in operating activities of ¥83 million, compared with funds generated of ¥80 million in the same period of the previous year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an inflow of ¥80 million in the same period of the previous year to an outflow of ¥83 million.
  6. FY2024AdvancedAnnual report

    「Although there was an increase of ¥51 million in trade receivables, among other factors, increases of ¥158 million in trade payables, depreciation and amortization of ¥28 million and pretax net income of ¥26 million, among other factors, resulted in funds generated from operating activities of ¥154 million, compared with funds used of ¥68 million in the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an outflow of ¥68 million in the previous fiscal year to an inflow of ¥154 million, turning positive.
  7. FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by increases of ¥50 million in trade receivables and ¥23 million in inventories, the increase of ¥160 million in trade payables, among other factors, resulted in funds generated from operating activities of ¥80 million, compared with funds used of ¥42 million in the same period of the previous year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an outflow of ¥42 million in the same period of the previous year to an inflow of ¥80 million, turning positive.
  8. FY2023WorsenedAnnual report

    「Although there was pretax net income of ¥29 million and depreciation and amortization of ¥26 million, among other factors, increases of ¥76 million in inventories and ¥32 million in trade receivables, and income tax payments of ¥14 million, among other factors, resulted in funds used in operating activities of ¥68 million, compared with funds generated of ¥50 million in the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an inflow of ¥50 million in the previous fiscal year to an outflow of ¥68 million.
  9. FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by depreciation and amortization of ¥12 million, the increase of ¥53 million in inventories, among other factors, resulted in funds used in operating activities of ¥42 million, down ¥18 million year on year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities increased from an outflow of ¥24.55 million in the same period of the previous year to an outflow of ¥42.74 million, widening the net outflow. The ¥53 million increase in inventories is cited as the main factor.
  10. FY2022WorsenedAnnual report

    「On a consolidated basis during the consolidated fiscal year, cash and cash equivalents (hereinafter, "funds") increased by ¥50 million from operating activities, while ¥2 million was used in investing activities and ¥98 million in financing activities, resulting in ¥1,132 million at the end of the consolidated fiscal year, a decrease of ¥49 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities remained positive but decreased from ¥153 million to ¥50 million, while financing activities used ¥98 million.
  11. FY2022-Q2WorsenedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by a decrease of ¥31 million in trade receivables, the decrease of ¥18 million in trade payables, a decrease of ¥13 million in accounts payable, income tax payments of ¥12 million and an increase of ¥10 million in accounts receivable, among other factors, resulted in funds used in operating activities of ¥24 million, compared with funds generated of ¥81 million in the same period of the previous year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an inflow of ¥81 million in the same period of the previous year to an outflow of ¥24 million.
  12. FY2021AdvancedAnnual report

    「Pretax net income of ¥49 million, a decrease of ¥40 million in trade receivables and a decrease of ¥34 million in inventories, among other factors, resulted in funds generated from operating activities of ¥153 million, compared with funds used of ¥17 million in the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an outflow of ¥17 million in the previous fiscal year to an inflow of ¥153 million, increasing the positive balance.
  13. FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「Although there were increases of ¥255 million in trade receivables, among other items, increases of ¥273 million in trade payables, pretax quarterly net income of ¥58 million and depreciation and amortization of ¥23 million, among other factors, resulted in funds generated from operating activities of ¥129 million, compared with funds used of ¥13 million in the same period of the previous year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an outflow of ¥13 million in the same period of the previous year to an inflow of ¥129 million, increasing positive operating cash flow.
  14. FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by a decrease of ¥47 million in trade payables, funds generated from operating activities were ¥81 million due to a decrease of ¥89 million in trade receivables, pretax quarterly net income of ¥18 million and depreciation and amortization of ¥15 million, among other factors, compared with funds used of ¥50 million in the same period of the previous year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an outflow of ¥50 million in the same period of the previous year to an inflow of ¥81 million, increasing positive operating cash flow.
  15. FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was affected by a decrease of ¥22 million in trade receivables and pretax quarterly net income of ¥17 million, among other factors, funds generated from operating activities were ¥36 million, compared with funds used of ¥15 million in the same period of the previous year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an outflow of ¥15 million in the same period of the previous year to an inflow of ¥36 million.
  16. FY2020WorsenedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by a decrease of ¥67 million in trade receivables, the decrease of ¥65 million in trade payables and an increase of ¥26 million in inventories, among other factors, resulted in funds used in operating activities of ¥17 million, compared with funds generated of ¥31 million in the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an inflow of ¥31 million in the previous fiscal year to an outflow of ¥17 million.
  17. FY2020-Q3WorsenedAnnual report

    「On a consolidated basis during the nine months ended the third quarter, cash and cash equivalents (hereinafter, "funds") were reduced by ¥13 million through operating activities, ¥27 million through investing activities and ¥85 million through financing activities, resulting in ¥971 million at the end of the third-quarter consolidated accounting period, a decrease of ¥159 million year on year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities was an outflow of ¥13 million, shifting to a net outflow from the ¥19 million inflow in the same period of the previous year. Investing and financing activities also resulted in outflows, and cash and cash equivalents decreased year on year.
  18. FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report

    「On a consolidated basis during the six months ended the second quarter, cash and cash equivalents (hereinafter, "funds") were reduced by ¥50 million through operating activities, ¥16 million through investing activities and ¥68 million through financing activities, resulting in ¥963 million at the end of the second-quarter consolidated accounting period, an increase of ¥15 million year on year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities was an outflow of ¥50 million, up from the ¥2 million outflow in the same period of the previous year. Investing and financing activities also remained net outflows.
  19. FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by depreciation and amortization of ¥6 million, the decrease of ¥14 million in the provision for bonuses and the pretax quarterly net loss of ¥9 million, among other factors, resulted in funds used in operating activities of ¥15 million, down ¥28 million year on year.」

    Funds used in operating activities were ¥15 million, a decrease of ¥28 million from ¥43 million in the same period of the previous year. Operating cash flow remained a net outflow.
  20. FY2019WorsenedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by an increase of ¥80 million in trade receivables, pretax net income of ¥27 million, an increase of ¥29 million in trade payables, depreciation and amortization of ¥24 million, increases of ¥9 million in liabilities related to retirement benefits and ¥9 million in the provision for bonuses, among other factors, resulted in funds generated from operating activities of ¥31 million, down ¥17 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities remained positive at ¥31 million, but decreased by ¥17 million from ¥49 million in the previous fiscal year.
  21. FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「On a consolidated basis during the nine months ended the third quarter, cash and cash equivalents (hereinafter, "funds") increased by ¥19 million from operating activities and ¥39 million from financing activities, while ¥27 million was used in investing activities, resulting in ¥1,130 million at the end of the third-quarter consolidated accounting period, an increase of ¥67 million year on year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an outflow in the six months ended the second quarter to an inflow of ¥19 million, and cash and cash equivalents also increased year on year.
  22. FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by a decrease of ¥13 million in inventories and depreciation and amortization of ¥10 million, the pretax quarterly net loss of ¥21 million and a decrease of ¥7 million in trade payables, among other factors, resulted in funds used in operating activities of ¥2 million, down ¥17 million year on year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities declined from the ¥20 million outflow in the same period of the previous year to an outflow of ¥2 million, but remained a net outflow.
  23. FY2019-Q1WorsenedAnnual report

    「On a consolidated basis during the three months ended the first quarter, cash and cash equivalents (hereinafter, "funds") were reduced by ¥43 million through operating activities, ¥6 million through investing activities and ¥87 million through financing activities, resulting in ¥960 million at the end of the first-quarter consolidated accounting period, an increase of ¥9 million year on year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an inflow of ¥4 million in the same period of the previous year to an outflow of ¥43 million, and positive operating cash flow was not maintained.
  24. FY2018AdvancedAnnual report

    「The company generated ¥49 million from operating activities, while ¥5 million was used in investing activities and ¥36 million in financing activities, resulting in ¥1,098 million at the end of the consolidated fiscal year, an increase of ¥7 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities increased from ¥43 million to ¥49 million, maintaining positive operating cash flow.
  25. FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「Although cash flow from operating activities was partly offset by increases of ¥318 million in trade receivables and ¥72 million in inventories, the increase of ¥350 million in trade payables, depreciation and amortization of ¥17 million, an increase of ¥15 million in other accounts payable, an increase of ¥6 million in the provision for directors' retirement benefits, and tax refunds of ¥5 million, among other factors, resulted in funds generated from operating activities of ¥4 million, down ¥15 million year on year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities returned to an inflow of ¥4 million in the nine months ended the third quarter, from the ¥20 million outflow in the six months ended the second quarter, turning positive. It was down ¥15 million from the ¥20 million inflow in the same period of the previous year.
  26. FY2018-Q2WorsenedAnnual report

    「On a consolidated basis during the six months ended the second quarter, cash and cash equivalents (hereinafter, "funds") were reduced by ¥20 million through operating activities, ¥11 million through investing activities and ¥208 million through financing activities, resulting in ¥851 million at the end of the second-quarter consolidated accounting period, a decrease of ¥34 million year on year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities was an outflow of ¥20 million, up from the ¥6 million outflow in the same period of the previous year. Financing activities also used ¥208 million, and cash and cash equivalents decreased by ¥34 million year on year.
  27. FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「On a consolidated basis during the three months ended the first quarter, cash and cash equivalents (hereinafter, "funds") increased by ¥4 million from operating activities, while ¥7 million was used in investing activities and ¥137 million in financing activities, resulting in ¥951 million at the end of the first-quarter consolidated accounting period, an increase of ¥46 million year on year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities in the first quarter was an inflow of ¥4 million, turning positive from an outflow in the same period of the previous year.
  28. FY2017AdvancedAnnual report

    「The company generated ¥43 million from operating activities and ¥100 million from financing activities, while ¥22 million was used in investing activities, resulting in ¥1,091 million at the end of the consolidated fiscal year, an increase of ¥121 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an outflow of ¥21 million in the previous fiscal year to an inflow of ¥43 million.
  29. FY2017-Q3First statedAnnual report

    「On a consolidated basis during the nine months ended the third quarter, cash and cash equivalents (hereinafter, "funds") increased by ¥20 million from operating activities and ¥42 million from financing activities, while ¥25 million was used in investing activities, resulting in ¥1,007 million at the end of the third-quarter consolidated accounting period, an increase of ¥41 million year on year.」

    Cash flow from operating activities shifted from an outflow of ¥45 million in the same period of the previous year to an inflow of ¥20 million, while financing activities generated ¥42 million.
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