Operating cash flow ran at 1.59 times net income in 2026Q3 but only 0.85 times in 2026Q1 as working capital swung by roughly $124M, and cash was retained with no dividends and only about $1.1M in buybacks, signaling that cash is accumulating rather than being returned.
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (HRMY) cash flow statement — 8-year operating, investing & financing cash flows
| Metric | TTM | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 | Dec'18 |
|---|
| Cash from Operations | 323.04M | 348.2M | 219.82M | 219.39M | 144.47M | 98.56M | -2.98M | -75.44M | -38.8M |
| Operating CF Margin % | - | 40.09% | 30.76% | 37.69% | 32.99% | 32.27% | -1.87% | -1258.32% | - |
| Operating CF Growth % | 35.68% | 58.4% | 0.2% | 51.86% | 46.58% | 3401.74% | 96.04% | -94.43% | - |
| Net Income | 178.6M | 158.69M | 145.49M | 128.85M | 181.47M | 34.6M | -36.94M | -151.98M | -39.9M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 25.34M | 25.34M | 24.11M | 24.36M | 23.39M | 18.84M | 10.24M | 3.21M | 184K |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 38.17M | 44.9M | 42.6M | 31.7M | 26.91M | 16.11M | 4.69M | 9.91M | 1.08M |
| Deferred Taxes | 3.01M | 0 | -29.3M | -13.42M | 0 | 0 | 25.75M | 0 | 0 |
| Other Non-Cash Items | 54.76M | 27.46M | 44.23M | 12.85M | -80.4M | 26.83M | 4.91M | 60.03M | 2.06M |
| Working Capital Changes | 23.16M | 91.82M | -7.32M | 35.03M | -6.89M | 2.19M | -11.63M | 3.39M | -164K |
| Change in Receivables | -27.09M | -13.75M | -8.89M | -19.4M | -19.9M | -12.67M | -17.92M | -4.25M | 0 |
| Change in Inventory | 1.01M | 1.84M | -1.83M | -1.07M | 135K | -609K | -2.73M | -1.09M | 0 |
| Change in Payables | 578K | 3.95M | -5.38M | 8.95M | 0 | 0 | -3.8M | 0 | -610K |
| Cash from Investing | -325.11M | -39.65M | -67.48M | -46.44M | -141.83M | -100.3M | -2M | -127.15M | -1.34M |
| Capital Expenditures | -107K | -19.56M | -1.15M | -312K | -172K | -298K | -2M | -149K | -1.34M |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 0.01% | 2.25% | 0.16% | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.1% | 1.25% | 2.49% | - |
| Acquisitions | -19.25M | 0 | -33.07M | -36.97M | 0 | 0 | -2M | 0 | 0 |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | -32M | -15M | -26.5M | 0 | -141.66M | -100M | 2M | -127M | 0 |
| Cash from Financing | 2.17M | -9.05M | -11M | -105.55M | 6.84M | 7.42M | 209.16M | 143.77M | 21.61M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | -20M | -16.25M | -15M | -1.25M | -2M | -500K | 79.42M | 100M | 0 |
| Equity Issued (Net) | 25.4M | 10.21M | 6.5M | -100.51M | 0 | 0 | -184K | 0 | 21.8M |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share Repurchases | -1.07M | 0 | 0 | -100M | 0 | 0 | -167K | 0 | -3.2M |
| Other Financing | -3.23M | -3M | -2.5M | -3.79M | 8.84M | 7.92M | 129.93M | 43.77M | -185K |
| Net Change in Cash | 100K | 299.5M | 141.34M | 67.4M | 9.47M | 5.68M | 204.17M | -58.82M | -18.53M |
| Free Cash Flow | 322.93M | 347.89M | 218.67M | 219.07M | 144.29M | 98.26M | -4.99M | -75.58M | -40.14M |
| FCF Margin % | 32.64% | 40.06% | 30.59% | 37.64% | 32.95% | 32.17% | -3.12% | -1260.8% | - |
| FCF Growth % | 8.77% | 59.09% | -0.19% | 51.83% | 46.85% | 2070.3% | 93.4% | -88.3% | - |
| FCF per Share | 5.41 | 5.94 | 3.78 | 3.63 | 2.36 | 1.66 | -0.09 | -1.19 | -0.82 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 1.81x | 2.19x | 1.51x | 1.70x | 0.80x | 2.85x | 0.08x | 0.50x | 0.97x |
| Interest Paid | 12.71M | 14.69M | 17.32M | 20.05M | 16.36M | 19.83M | 0 | 4.23M | 0 |
| Taxes Paid | 35.79M | 19.82M | 79.64M | 48.23M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying HRMY stock.
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (HRMY) generated $348.2M in net cash from operating activities in 2025. This reflects the cash generated directly from core business operations.
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (HRMY) generated $347.9M in free cash flow in 2025. Free cash flow is the cash left over after capital expenditures, which can be used to pay dividends, repurchase shares, or pay down debt.
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (HRMY) spent $19.6M on capital expenditures in 2025. CapEx represents the cash invested in physical assets like property, plant, and equipment to maintain or grow the business.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Single-product revenue concentration
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Operating Cash Flow Diverges From Earnings
Based on reported figures, HRMY's operating cash flow ran at 1.59 times net income in 2026Q3 but only 0.85 times in 2026Q1, a swing that suggests reported earnings quality is highly sensitive to working capital timing rather than steady cash generation.
The gap between net income and operating cash flow is the central signal here, and it is uneven across the ten quarters shown. Quarters where operating cash flow exceeds net income, such as 2025Q4 at 5.61 times, appear to reflect large working capital releases rather than structurally higher earnings power. Investors should treat the trailing cash conversion as more informative than any single quarter, and should monitor whether receivables and channel inventory reverse those gains.
Free Cash Flow Margins Remain Volatile
As reported in the quarterly cash flow data, HRMY's free cash flow margin moved from 12.9% in 2026Q1 to 51.7% in 2025Q4, with no capital expenditure of consequence, indicating that FCF is effectively operating cash flow in this business.
Because CapEx is near zero across the period, free cash flow tracks operating cash flow almost entirely, so the margin volatility reflects working capital and earnings timing rather than investment intensity. The strong 2025 quarters and the weaker early-2026 quarters suggest the business generates cash in lumps tied to receivable collection. Analysts should avoid annualizing a single strong quarter and should instead weight the trailing average.
Working Capital Swings Drive Cash Timing
According to the reported figures, working capital reversed from a $74.0M inflow in 2025Q4 to a $49.6M outflow in 2026Q1, a swing of roughly $124M that accounts for most of the quarterly variation in operating cash flow.
This magnitude of working capital movement relative to quarterly operating cash flow suggests collections timing and specialty pharmacy inventory levels are the dominant variables. The pattern is consistent with the channel inventory sensitivity noted in the income statement analysis, though the underlying receivable and inventory balances are not broken out in the data provided. Investors should monitor whether the 2026Q1 outflow reflects normal seasonal rebuilding or a slowdown in collections.
Cash Retained With No Shareholder Returns
Based on reported figures, HRMY paid no dividends across the ten quarters and made only minor buybacks of $1.1M and $1.3M, implying that cash generated is being retained on the balance sheet rather than returned to shareholders.
The absence of dividends and the minimal repurchase activity suggest management is prioritizing balance sheet optionality, which is consistent with a single-asset company still funding pipeline development. Acquisition outflows of $33.1M in 2024Q2 and $19.2M in 2025Q4 indicate that retained cash has been partly deployed toward external growth. Whether these deployments generate adequate returns remains unproven in the cash flow data provided.
Stock Compensation Masks Cash Costs
As reported in the cash flow statement, stock-based compensation ranged from $8.0M to $12.4M per quarter, a non-cash add-back that flatters operating cash flow and may understate the economic cost of retaining talent.
Stock-based compensation is added back in arriving at operating cash flow, so the cash figures presented here appear stronger than a fully burdened view would suggest. Because SBC is a recurring cost of running the commercial and R&D organization, investors may wish to treat a portion of it as a real expense when assessing sustainable free cash flow. This adjustment does not change the direction of the cash conversion trend but may reduce the apparent margin.