Nichols (NICL) — Cash Flow Quality Index

Latest as of June 2025: 1.72x

Nichols (NICL) has a Cash Flow Quality Index of 1.72x as of June 2025. Operating cash flow of GBX14.68 Million exceeds net income of GBX8.53 Million, indicating high earnings quality where cash backs reported profits. Explore NICL strategic capital deployment ratio to see how much of total assets are deployed in long-term investments.

Cash Flow Quality Index

1.72x
Operating CF / Net Income

Operating Cash Flow

GBX14.68 Million
GBX

Net Income

GBX8.53 Million
GBX

Data as of

Jun 2025
Most recent filing

Nichols Cash Flow Quality Index (1991–2024)

Historical Cash Flow Quality Index for Nichols across 32 annual periods. Values consistently above 1.0x indicate high-quality earnings. Check how tangible is Nichols's equity to evaluate the tangible quality of the company's equity base.

Annual Cash Flow Quality Index for Nichols (1991–2024)

Year-by-year earnings quality comparison for Nichols. For live market cap and the full company financial profile, see how much is Nichols worth.

Year Quality Index Operating CF (GBX) Net Income YoY Change
2024 0.95x GBX16.90 Million GBX17.84 Million ▼ -13.1%
2023 1.09x GBX20.01 Million GBX18.36 Million ▼ -22.4%
2022 1.40x GBX16.34 Million GBX11.63 Million ▼ -68.3%
2020 4.43x GBX21.51 Million GBX4.85 Million ▲ +321.8%
2019 1.05x GBX28.19 Million GBX26.84 Million ▲ +15.2%
2018 0.91x GBX23.26 Million GBX25.52 Million ▲ +19.1%
2017 0.77x GBX17.74 Million GBX23.17 Million ▼ -3.2%
2016 0.79x GBX20.16 Million GBX25.48 Million ▼ -2.9%
2015 0.81x GBX18.11 Million GBX22.23 Million ▼ -3.2%
2014 0.84x GBX11.90 Million GBX14.15 Million ▼ -28.3%
2013 1.17x GBX16.54 Million GBX14.11 Million ▲ +40.6%
2012 0.83x GBX12.72 Million GBX15.26 Million ▲ +18.2%
2011 0.71x GBX12.81 Million GBX18.15 Million ▼ -8.6%
2010 0.77x GBX11.45 Million GBX14.82 Million ▼ -14.5%
2009 0.90x GBX11.02 Million GBX12.21 Million ▼ -48.8%
2008 1.76x GBX6.81 Million GBX3.86 Million ▲ +154.5%
2007 0.69x GBX5.37 Million GBX7.76 Million ▼ -8.9%
2006 0.76x GBX4.12 Million GBX5.42 Million ▼ -28.3%
2005 1.06x GBX7.07 Million GBX6.67 Million ▲ +49.7%
2004 0.71x GBX4.89 Million GBX6.90 Million ▲ +0.1%
2003 0.71x GBX2.37 Million GBX3.35 Million ▲ +13.6%
2001 0.62x GBX4.45 Million GBX7.15 Million ▲ +28.6%
2000 0.48x GBX4.13 Million GBX8.53 Million ▼ -53.2%
1999 1.04x GBX8.53 Million GBX8.24 Million ▲ +330.3%
1998 0.24x GBX2.21 Million GBX9.20 Million ▼ -72.0%
1997 0.86x GBX8.79 Million GBX10.22 Million ▲ +73.0%
1996 0.50x GBX4.70 Million GBX9.46 Million ▼ -15.2%
1995 0.59x GBX5.17 Million GBX8.83 Million ▼ -4.7%
1994 0.61x GBX5.20 Million GBX8.45 Million ▲ +38.4%
1993 0.44x GBX3.52 Million GBX7.93 Million ▼ -29.5%
1992 0.63x GBX4.71 Million GBX7.48 Million ▼ -1.8%
1991 0.64x GBX4.53 Million GBX7.06 Million
Cash Flow Quality Index = Operating Cash Flow / Net Income. Ratios above 1.0x indicate cash-backed earnings.