Plains All American Pipeline LP Cash Flow Quality Index
Plains All American Pipeline LP cash flow quality index. Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) has a Cash Flow Quality Index of 1.64x as of March 2026. Operating cash flow of $418.00 Million exceeds net income of $255.00 Million, indicating high earnings quality where cash backs reported profits. See Plains All American Pipeline LP financial flexibility index to measure the company's free cash flow as a share of total liabilities.
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Cash Flow Quality Index of Plains All American Pipeline LP (1997–2025)
Cash flow quality index of Plains All American Pipeline LP from 1997 to 2025. Historical Cash Flow Quality Index for Plains All American Pipeline LP across 27 annual periods. Values consistently above 1.0x indicate high-quality earnings. Explore Plains All American Pipeline LP cash flow to debt ratio to assess how comfortably operating cash covers total debt obligations.
Plains All American Pipeline LP Cash Flow Quality Index by Year (1997–2025)
Plains All American Pipeline LP cash flow quality index by year from 1997 to 2025. Year-by-year earnings quality comparison for Plains All American Pipeline LP. For the full cash flow conversion analysis, see Plains All American Pipeline LP cash conversion from operations.
| Year | Quality Index | Operating CF (USD) | Net Income | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.81x | $2.94 Billion | $1.04 Billion | ▲ +25.6% |
| 2024 | 2.24x | $2.49 Billion | $1.11 Billion | ▲ +23.2% |
| 2023 | 1.82x | $2.73 Billion | $1.50 Billion | ▼ -7.4% |
| 2022 | 1.96x | $2.41 Billion | $1.23 Billion | ▼ -36.3% |
| 2021 | 3.08x | $2.00 Billion | $648.00 Million | ▲ +168.2% |
| 2019 | 1.15x | $2.50 Billion | $2.18 Billion | ▼ -2.4% |
| 2018 | 1.18x | $2.61 Billion | $2.22 Billion | ▼ -59.6% |
| 2017 | 2.91x | $2.50 Billion | $858.00 Million | ▲ +192.9% |
| 2016 | 0.99x | $726.00 Million | $730.00 Million | ▼ -33.0% |
| 2015 | 1.48x | $1.34 Billion | $906.00 Million | ▲ +2.6% |
| 2014 | 1.45x | $2.00 Billion | $1.39 Billion | ▲ +2.9% |
| 2013 | 1.40x | $1.95 Billion | $1.39 Billion | ▲ +27.7% |
| 2012 | 1.10x | $1.24 Billion | $1.13 Billion | ▼ -100.0% |
| 2011 | 2365.00x | $2.37 Billion | $1.00 Million | ▲ +469247.5% |
| 2010 | 0.50x | $259.00 Million | $514.00 Million | ▼ -19.9% |
| 2009 | 0.63x | $365.00 Million | $580.00 Million | ▼ -67.9% |
| 2008 | 1.96x | $857.00 Million | $437.00 Million | ▼ -10.1% |
| 2007 | 2.18x | $796.00 Million | $365.00 Million | ▲ +325.8% |
| 2006 | -0.97x | $-275.30 Million | $285.10 Million | ▼ -972.7% |
| 2005 | 0.11x | $24.10 Million | $217.80 Million | ▼ -86.2% |
| 2004 | 0.80x | $103.97 Million | $130.01 Million | ▼ -30.6% |
| 2003 | 1.15x | $68.52 Million | $59.45 Million | ▼ -56.7% |
| 2002 | 2.66x | $173.89 Million | $65.29 Million | ▲ +492.8% |
| 2001 | -0.68x | $-29.95 Million | $44.18 Million | ▼ -56.8% |
| 2000 | -0.43x | $-33.51 Million | $77.50 Million | ▼ -121.6% |
| 1998 | 2.00x | $8.40 Million | $4.20 Million | ▲ +133.3% |
| 1997 | -6.01x | $-12.87 Million | $2.14 Million | — |