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free_cash_flow

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. Cash the business generates above what it needs to maintain operations.

metadata
typebigint
unitUSD
cadencepost-close daily
intervals1d
universeall tickers
historyfull · since 2009
nullableyes — NULL where not applicable

Swap YOUR_KEY for a key from /dashboard/keys. Responses are real captures from 2026-09-18, trimmed.

Every ticker matching this signal /v2/signals/{signal}

Live — every ticker with free_cash_flow above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/free_cash_flow" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 10789000000" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:38:44.324Z",
 "signal": "free_cash_flow",
 "condition": "> 10789000000",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AAPL",
   "name": "Apple Inc.",
   "value": 136683000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "NVDA",
   "name": "Nvidia Corp",
   "value": 127006000000
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same read at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/free_cash_flow" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 10789000000" \
  -d "asof=2026-07-04" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "signal": "free_cash_flow",
 "condition": "> 10789000000",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "BACpB",
   "name": "Bank of America Corporation Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 6.000% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series GG",
   "value": 48817000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "BACpE",
   "name": "Bank of America Corporation Depositary Shares (representing 1/1,000th of a share of Floating Rate Non-Cumalative Preferred Stock, Series E)",
   "value": 48817000000
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/free_cash_flow/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 10789000000", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook — the same shape as GET /v2/webhooks/{id}, plus a one-time signing_secret for HMAC verification.

The whole market, filtered on it /v2/scan

Live — the whole market, ranked by this column
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL", "order": "free_cash_flow", "columns": "free_cash_flow" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:38:47.788Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "free_cash_flow",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "free_cash_flow"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AAPL",
   "name": "Apple Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 332.892,
   "change_1d_pct": -1.2189910979228498,
   "gap_pct": 0.2685,
   "relative_volume": 0.3978,
   "market_cap": 4851251373800,
   "free_cash_flow": 136683000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "NVDA",
   "name": "Nvidia Corp",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 219.346,
   "change_1d_pct": 0.0027354791647671317,
   "gap_pct": 0.0046,
   "relative_volume": 0.3983,
   "market_cap": 5165043300000,
   "free_cash_flow": 127006000000
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same scan at a past date
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL", "order": "free_cash_flow", "columns": "free_cash_flow", "asof": "2026-07-04" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-06-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "free_cash_flow",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "free_cash_flow"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "BACpB",
   "name": "Bank of America Corporation Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 6.000% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series GG",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "PFD",
   "price": 25.16,
   "change_1d_pct": -0.03972983710767407,
   "gap_pct": 0.11918951132299396,
   "relative_volume": 0.518294493952549,
   "market_cap": 192065632200,
   "free_cash_flow": 48817000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "BACpE",
   "name": "Bank of America Corporation Depositary Shares (representing 1/1,000th of a share of Floating Rate Non-Cumalative Preferred Stock, Series E)",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "PFD",
   "price": 18.855,
   "change_1d_pct": 0.6136606189968089,
   "gap_pct": -0.10672358591248439,
   "relative_volume": 0.8893259040751667,
   "market_cap": 143763207900,
   "free_cash_flow": 48817000000
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook on a market-wide condition
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"q": "free_cash_flow > 10789000000", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook object; deliveries carry the tickers matching the condition at each evaluation.

Its history /v2/series

History — the column on an aligned time grid
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,free_cash_flow" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:38:50.222Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "free_cash_flow"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 331.34,
    "free_cash_flow": 136683000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 332.41,
    "free_cash_flow": 136683000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 337.002,
    "free_cash_flow": 136683000000
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 497.12,
    "free_cash_flow": 66987000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 490.3,
    "free_cash_flow": 66987000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 497.75,
    "free_cash_flow": 66987000000
   }
  ]
 }
}

Same grammar on scan, series, and webhooks; state reads take ?asof= for point-in-time answers.

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