There is a cash flow report that all (public) businesses use -- as I said, it is one of 3 basic reports that capture different aspects of the companies financia

There is a cash flow report that all (public) businesses use -- as I said, it is one of 3 basic reports that capture different aspects of the companies financial performance. You need all 3 for a complete picture. The cash flow statement helps "unobfuscate" certain aspects of the other two reports (which I hope you agree are not pure obfuscation). 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_Financial_Statements.pdf https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/FY22_Q4_Consolidated_Fin...