Net Burn Rate
How much cash you consume each month after accounting for sales coming in. Negative means you're losing cash, positive means you're generating it.
- How it's worked out
- Operating Cash Flow / Number of Months
- Which way is better
- Read it in contextNeither higher nor lower is better on its own. Read it alongside the measures around it.
Written by Mandy Walker, founder of Focus on Cash. Updated October 2026. This explanation comes from the glossary inside Focus on Cash, so it matches the words you see in the app.
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