Sentences with phrase «flow less capital»

This ratio is harder to calculate, since it involves delving into the financial statements to estimate free cash flow (FCF), which is calculated as operating cash flow less capital expenditures («capex»).

That's equal to 71.8 % of its free cash flow (regular cash flow less capital expenditures) of $ 9.8 billion.

That's a high 103 % of its $ 30 million free cash flow (cash flow less capital expenditures).

Not exact matches

«Amazon's been signaling for about one or two years that they're going to make big bets, because they can, because they've got the cash flow to do it, so that makes this less of a surprise,» said Mahaney, an analyst at RBC Capital.

Available cash flow is defined as U.S. GAAP net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures.

In the next 12 months, small business owners said they would have less revenue, forecasted more layoffs, and indicated they expected capital spending and cash flow to become more constrained.

We define «free cash flow» as cash flows from operations less capital expenditures.

As well, now finished with its LTE rollout, Verizon is also spending less on capital expenditures, so it's generating more free cash flow to fund a deal.

A less conventional but quicker and more effective solution to securing capital is through alternative options from companies like PayPal, Fundbox and IndieGoGo, which provide products such as PayPal Working Capital, merchant cash advances, peer - to - peer loans and crowd - funding to help retailers fund seasonal staffing and manage cash flow for increased invcapital is through alternative options from companies like PayPal, Fundbox and IndieGoGo, which provide products such as PayPal Working Capital, merchant cash advances, peer - to - peer loans and crowd - funding to help retailers fund seasonal staffing and manage cash flow for increased invCapital, merchant cash advances, peer - to - peer loans and crowd - funding to help retailers fund seasonal staffing and manage cash flow for increased inventory.

Finally, there might have been less need for UMP were it not for the restrictive measures that many of the EMDEs had used to control capital flows and exchange rate movements beginning well before the crisis.

A more efficient industry in one country can easily succumb to a less efficient one in another as a consequence of policies that distort capital flows.

Therefore, while cash generated from operations is our primary source of operating liquidity and we believe that internally generated cash flows are sufficient to support day - to - day business operations, we use a variety of capital sources to fund our needs for less predictable investment decisions such as acquisitions.

And unlike during past runs in technology stocks, many of these companies have actual earnings and cash flows that can support reinvestment in their businesses, which in turn makes them less reliant on raising capital in the markets at a time when interest rates are climbing.

The more nuanced explanation for retail's popularity among investors has less to do with Manhattan market fundamentals and more to do with the global flow of capital.

It now appears likely that more capital will flow out of emerging markets and less will flow in than has been the case in recent years.

When the U.S. FED went to an extreme low interest rate, the U.S. DOLLAR became a funding currency as the U.S. became a much less attractive place for global capital flows.

In particular, the company's strong operating cash flow means it ought to have less need for additional debt and equity to fund its capital spending requirements.

There is also great capital flows from less stable countries into the US, which is perceived to be much safer.

Unreasonable Capital's ability to support investments and generate insights is unmatched because we (i) spend less time on deal flow generation and more on investment support, and (ii) are a global investment fund, sharing best practices across geographies and industries.

A world - class Strategy will need to cover corruption within the UK, the UK's global footprint, and the UK's interface with corrupt capital flows — anything less will look like a retreat from the UK's previous aspirations.

One could frame the debate in the advantages of using less fossil fuel, which range from lower costs to people (an all electric car has operating costs about 1/4 that of a gasoline vehicle), to balance of payments (less capital flowing out of the country, especially relevant to countries who import most of their oil), to terrorism (not funding it, and western influence leaving the ME, which is the basis of most ME terrorist organizations) to conflict in general (most of the major conflicts in the last 30 years have involved ME oil), to finite supply (when we run out, we'll be facing a global economic meltdown).

Sometimes this is approximated by cash flow from operations less maintenance capital expenditures, but maintenance capex is not a disclosed item, and changes in working capital can reflect a need to invest in inventories in order to grow the business, not merely maintain it.)

This seemingly corresponds to the traditional definition of free cash flow, which is defined as cash from operations less capital expenditures and dividends paid.

For most types of businesses, I prefer to see a debt to capital ratio of no more than 50 %, healthy free cash flow generation, and strong coverage ratios (e.g. net debt / EBIT of less than 5x).

Mutual insurers have less stringent capital requirements and higher reliance on premiums from policy holders for cash flow.

Knowing that intangibles often have value, I looked for the gap that should exist between free cash flow (earnings, less depreciation, amortization, and capital expenditure) and earnings, and more often than not, it was not there.

You also compare the dividend to what the cash flow from operations is, less cash needed for maintenance capital expenditure.

In other words free cash flow is the cash from operations (cash flow statement) less capital expenditures.

Sometimes this is approximated by cash flow from operations less maintenance capital expenditures, but maintenance capex is not a disclosed item, and changes in working capital can reflect a need to invest in inventories in order to grow the business, not merely maintain it.

Other variables, such as the year - over-year changes in cash flow, profits and interest costs, were statistically significant in our models, but much less effective in explaining the change in capital spending.

He argues that other groups, such as low - and middle - income taxpayers, the elderly, and less successful investors, typically have low financial flexibility, and therefore have much less discretion over when to realize capital gains as they need the cash flow generated by these asset sales.

And since the Fed was deemed to be a bit less likely to hike, that probably sent some capital flows towards the higher - yielding Kiwi.

When money flows into an index fund or index - related ETF, the manager generally buys into the securities in an index in proportion to their current market capitalization... Thus today's high - multiple companies are likely to also be tomorrow's, regardless of merit, with less capital in the hands of active managers to potentially correct any mispricings.

In less successful or not - so - admirable firms, you'll find some partners in the second camp: They were invited into the equity circle not because they're so great but because the firm over-distributed profits to powerful senior partners or cash flow stalled out for one reason or another and the firm needed to strengthen its capital position.

Mutual insurers have less stringent capital requirements and higher reliance on premiums from policy holders for cash flow.

The recovery has been characterized by bifurcation of demand with significant capital flowing to core markets for high - quality assets and much less so for secondary and tertiary markets and class - B and - C assets.

There is markedly less demand for long - term capital flows, and many investors are scrutinising their managers with intensive due diligence.