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Some growing companies have positive cash flow but negative earnings as long as they are growing.

For example, they may take credit card payments from customers, but pay suppliers on terms. In which case growth causes consistent annual free cash flow higher than earnings.

Amazon is a decent example of this where their earnings suck, but their FCF has been reasonable every year.

I'm not sure about the particulars of how Etsy issues payment to suppliers though.




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