It can also obfuscate it pretty well!
It can also obfuscate it pretty well!
[0]the third basic type of statement, in addition to balance sheet and profit & loss.
For example, see this Apple Corp. financial report[0] -- it includes a statement of cash flows. I think you'd find that all other companies required to publicly share their financials will include the same report.
[0]https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/FY22_Q4_Consolidated_Fin...
If you are selling widgets for $1.20 and buying them for $1, and they are delivered after you order them, you are limited on how many open orders you can have at any point in time even though you make money on each order.
A companies cash flow will be dependent on employees, capital expenditures, money for stock, returns rates, tax requirements etc. etc. So it's heavily dependent on what type of business is being run and the specifics of how the business is being run.