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free_cash_flow

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

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At a glance

Typebigint
GroupFundamentals
CategoryCash flow
UnitUSD
Update cadencepost-close daily
Intervals1d
Universeall tickers
Historyfull · since 2009
Nullableyes — NULL where not applicable

Cash-flow-statement lines and free cash flow.

Query it

Every applicable form factor, grouped by endpoint family. Swap YOUR_KEY for the value from /dashboard/keys. Response payloads are real captures, sampled 2026-08-18 and trimmed — your run's values and dates will differ.

Use signals /v2/signals/{signal}

One signal across the market: who matches now, who matched then, and a push when someone starts. Docs →

Live — every ticker with free_cash_flow above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/free_cash_flow" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 11440000000" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:23:53.784Z",
 "signal": "free_cash_flow",
 "condition": "> 11440000000",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AAPL",
   "name": "Apple Inc.",
   "value": 129174000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "NVDA",
   "name": "Nvidia Corp",
   "value": 119076000000
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same read at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/free_cash_flow" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 11440000000" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "signal": "free_cash_flow",
 "condition": "> 11440000000",
 "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": "> 11440000000", "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.

Use scan /v2/scan

The whole market through a WHERE clause — this signal composed freely with any other column. Docs →

Live — the whole market, ranked by this column
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=free_cash_flow" -d "columns=free_cash_flow" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:23:57.581Z",
 "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": 305.15,
   "day_change_pct": -0.0025,
   "gap_pct": 0.0009,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 4464797487400,
   "free_cash_flow": 129174000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "NVDA",
   "name": "Nvidia Corp",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 225.125,
   "day_change_pct": -0.0002,
   "gap_pct": 0.0036,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 5453600360000,
   "free_cash_flow": 119076000000
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same scan at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=free_cash_flow" -d "columns=free_cash_flow" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-05-20",
  "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": 24.73,
   "day_change_pct": 0.12145748987854711,
   "gap_pct": 0.1619433198380532,
   "relative_volume": 2.113806689950526,
   "market_cap": 188618183000,
   "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": 19.35,
   "day_change_pct": 0.5712028523760254,
   "gap_pct": 0.05145503401748557,
   "relative_volume": 0.8847817322141993,
   "market_cap": 147584385000,
   "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 > 11440000000", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

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

Use series /v2/series

Its history over time, on one aligned grid. Docs →

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 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:23:59.647Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "free_cash_flow"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 302.25,
    "free_cash_flow": 129174000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 305.26,
    "free_cash_flow": 129174000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 305.93,
    "free_cash_flow": 129174000000
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 492.43,
    "free_cash_flow": 66987000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 496.88,
    "free_cash_flow": 66987000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 495.4,
    "free_cash_flow": 66987000000
   }
  ]
 }
}

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

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