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title: "Is That Cash-Flow Figure for One Quarter or the Year to Date?"
description: "ASII’s Rp9,980 billion Q2 cash flow reconciles to a Rp16,254 billion half-year filing. Check period labels before subtracting Q1—or counting it twice."
author: "Trade Inc Research"
published_at: "2026-10-16T02:05:49.343Z"
updated_at: "2026-10-16T02:05:51Z"
canonical: "https://tradeinc.app/en/blog/quarterly-cash-flow-versus-year-to-date"
tickers: ["ASII"]
citations: ["https://r2.astra.co.id/financial-reports/Astra%20Account%20March%202026.pdf","https://r2.astra.co.id/financial-reports/Astra%20Account%20June%202026.pdf"]
---

# Is That Cash-Flow Figure for One Quarter or the Year to Date?

ASII’s Rp9,980 billion Q2 cash flow reconciles to a Rp16,254 billion half-year filing. Check period labels before subtracting Q1—or counting it twice.

## Summary

Do not subtract Q1 from a figure already labelled and verified as Q2-only. First establish whether the number covers one quarter or the year to date. In an ASII read-only check, Trade Inc returned Rp9,980 billion of Q2 2026 operating cash flow; the issuer’s half-year total was Rp16,254 billion. They reconcile once Q1’s Rp6,274 billion is included.

For buyers choosing a financial-data tool, this is a test of period handling and inspectable inputs—not simply whether a cash-flow number is available. Published by Trade Inc Research, affiliated with Trade Inc. The worked example covers the first half of 2026, not a forecast.

## Key takeaways

- A period-end date does not, by itself, identify the period’s starting date.
- Convert cumulative flows into a standalone quarter only once.
- Do not add balance-sheet cash snapshots as if they were flows.
- A source reconciliation validates the checked line and periods, not every company or field.

## Reconcile the filing with the retrieved quarter

Astra’s unaudited consolidated cash-flow statements show Rp6,274 billion of net operating cash inflow through March 2026 and Rp16,254 billion through June. Both figures are in billions of rupiah, on printed page 6 of their respective reports. [March filing](https://r2.astra.co.id/financial-reports/Astra%20Account%20March%202026.pdf) · [June filing](https://r2.astra.co.id/financial-reports/Astra%20Account%20June%202026.pdf)

| Observation | Period covered | Rp billion |
| --- | --- | ---: |
| March filing: operating cash flow | January–March 2026 | 6,274 |
| June filing: operating cash flow | January–June 2026 | 16,254 |
| Derived standalone Q2 | April–June 2026 | 9,980 |
| Trade Inc retrieved Q2 operating cash flow | Q2 2026 | 9,980 |

The editorial calculation is **16,254 − 6,274 = 9,980**. The retrieved Q1 and Q2 values therefore add back to the half-year filing. That is the verification, rather than an assumption that every “June” figure means the same thing.

The public [Trade Inc MCP guide](https://tradeinc.app/en/blog/idx-research-existing-ai-tool-mcp) documents annual and quarterly financial retrieval in a compatible AI workspace, subject to account access. This demonstration verifies the connected retrieval result. It does not establish a particular website button, subscription entitlement or automatic reconciliation feature.

## Two errors that the period labels prevent

Subtracting Q1 again from the retrieved Q2 value gives **9,980 − 6,274 = 3,706**. That is a double subtraction, not ASII’s standalone Q2 operating cash flow.

Conversely, adding Q1 to the cumulative June filing gives **6,274 + 16,254 = 22,528**. That counts January–March twice. A spreadsheet can calculate either expression perfectly while answering the wrong question.

Keep the original filing totals beside any derived figures. Label calculated quarters as calculated, and check whether earlier periods were subsequently restated before treating the subtraction as a like-for-like bridge.

## Cash balances are a different kind of number

Operating cash flow measures movement during a period. Cash and cash equivalents on a balance sheet measure a balance at a date. Adding March-end cash to June-end cash does not produce half-year cash generation.

Nor does a change in the cash balance equal operating cash flow alone: investing, financing and exchange-rate effects can also matter. For that separate exercise, see our [cash-flow reconciliation guide](https://tradeinc.app/en/blog/idx-cash-flow-closing-cash-reconciliation).

A positive standalone quarter also does not prove that cash generation is recurring. Collection and payment timing can move cash between quarters. Investigate those drivers before extending a quarterly result into an annual forecast.

## An acceptance prompt for a research tool

> Retrieve ASII’s Q1 and Q2 2026 operating cash flow. State whether each is standalone or cumulative, with currency, units and period dates. Reconcile them to the March and June consolidated filings. Do not subtract Q1 twice, and do not add cash balances. Flag missing or restated inputs.

The response should make the reconciliation reproducible. If its coverage is unclear, retain the filing totals and mark the standalone quarter unresolved; do not fill the gap with an inferred label.

## Choose the workflow, not just the number

This workflow fits readers comparing quarterly cash conversion repeatedly across issuers. For a single company, downloading two filings and using a spreadsheet may be sufficient; no paid tool is needed for the subtraction.

The result supports the checked ASII operating-cash-flow periods only. It does not validate all retrieved financial fields or explain why cash flow changed. Choose a tool that preserves period definitions and source checks, then withhold conclusions whenever those inputs stop reconciling.


[1]: https://r2.astra.co.id/financial-reports/Astra%20Account%20March%202026.pdf "Astra March 2026 consolidated cash-flow statement, printed page 6"
[2]: https://r2.astra.co.id/financial-reports/Astra%20Account%20June%202026.pdf "Astra June 2026 consolidated cash-flow statement, printed page 6"