Cash Flow Statement API

About the Cash Flow Statement API

Cash Flow Statement works by projecting the cash-flow section of normalized SEC EDGAR filings (10-Q and 10-K) for US public companies. On top of the filed operating, investing and financing flows it derives free cash flow, FCF margin, operating-cash-flow margin, capex intensity, the cash-flow-to-net-income quality check and dividend payout ratio - so you see how well earnings convert to cash. Data is refreshed continuously from official SEC filings.

What people use it for

Dividend Safety Screening

Before recommending income stocks, wealth managers compare dividend payments with financing cash flows to evaluate payout sustainability across reporting periods.

Capital Intensity Tracking

When assessing heavy industries, equity research platforms monitor capital expenditures and investing cash outflows to measure annual plant reinvestment rates.

Share Buyback Audits

Audit corporate repurchase authorizations by pulling reported share buybacks and dividend totals directly from quarterly SEC filings.

Debt Underwriting Checks

Commercial credit teams evaluate investing cash flows and property equipment spending to judge ongoing liquidity before approving term loans.

Ways to call it

One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.

JSON

Default REST response

XML

Markup format

YAML

Human-readable

CSV

Tabular export

Beta

GraphQL

Query language

New

MCP

For AI agents

Request parameters — GET /v1/cashflow

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.

Required

Optional

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/cashflow?ticker=AAPL&year=1&quarter=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.

Response — GET /v1/cashflow

Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "company": "Apple Inc.",
    "cik": "0000320193",
    "fiscalYear": 2025,
    "fiscalQuarter": 4,
    "filingType": "10-K",
    "filingDate": "2025-10-31",
    "periodEnd": "2025-09-27",
    "cashFlow": {
      "operatingCashFlow": 111482000000,
      "capitalExpenditures": 12715000000,
      "investingCashFlow": 15195000000,
      "financingCashFlow": -120686000000,
      "dividendsPaid": 15421000000,
      "shareRepurchases": 90711000000,
      "freeCashFlow": 98767000000
    },
    "metrics": {
      "fcfMargin": 23.73,
      "operatingCashFlowMargin": 26.79,
      "capexToRevenue": 3.06,
      "cashFlowToNetIncome": 1,
      "dividendPayoutRatio": 13.77,
      "fcfPerShare": 6.5824
    },
    "formatted": {
      "operatingCashFlow": "$111.48B",
      "freeCashFlow": "$98.77B",
      "capitalExpenditures": "$12.71B"
    }
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Response headers

Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.

What a call costs — 6 credits per call

Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.

Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.

Zero-code embed — one snippet, no backend

Drop an interactive Cash Flow Statement form onto any page. The widget calls the API for you, so no key ever appears in your markup and there is nothing to deploy.

Changelog — Cash Flow Statement API

Every change to this endpoint, newest first. Breaking changes ship as a new version and the previous one keeps serving — response fields are added, never removed or retyped in place, so an integration written against v1 keeps working.

Currently v1