I've also been experimenting with focusing on stocks with very predictable
free cash flows over the past 7 - 10 years using R - squared and I have a modified Piotroski's «F - Score» screen that seems to work better than the original.
This is simply the straight line trend of
free cash flows over time.
Along with the acquisition spending, this increased capex has led CST to have nearly $ 1.7 billion in negative
free cash flows over the past three years.
Helped in part by the reduced rates, the 10 largest tech companies are estimated to generate about $ 800 billion in
free cash flow over the next three years, Materne said.
Assuming Intelsat generates positive operating cash flow on par with those years — $ 464 million generated in 2017, and $ 684 million generated in 2016 — this means there's a very good chance that Intelsat will generate positive
free cash flow over the next few years as well.
Best of all, Wal - Mart business has become a cash machine, generating $ 57 billion in
free cash flow over the past five years alone.
Similar to Oracle, Traveler's has built an extremely profitable business and has generated $ 14.9 billion in
free cash flow over the last five years.
Oracle's lead in database software allowed it to build a cash generating business, one that has generated nearly $ 41 billion in
free cash flow over the past five years.
Just like the other stocks on this list, American Express has generated over $ 14.9 billion in
free cash flow over the past five years and currently earns a 6 % free cash flow yield.
The firm has also generated a cumulative $ 1.1 billion (12 % of market cap) in
free cash flow over the past five years.
Fortunately for investors, GM has generated a cumulative $ 16 billion in
free cash flow over the past four years, more than enough to cover its 4 % dividend yield, as shown in Figure 4.
To give a sense of that, we recently did a global screen of nearly 5,800 non-financial companies with market values greater than $ 300 million, positive
free cash flow over the past 12 months, at least an 8 % return on equity over the past 12 months, net debt to EBITDA of no more than 2.5 x and a trailing EV / EBIT multiple of no more than 8x.
As seen below, Crown Castle has generated positive, growing
free cash flow over the last decade.
CN has generated positive and growing
free cash flow over the last decade.
Even with little to no future growth, these companies should continue to produce high levels of
free cash flow over time which will allow them to increase share buybacks and / or dividends, thus compounding value for shareholders over time.
In both scenarios, note I assume zero change in revenue /
free cash flow over the entire period... which makes a possible multi-bagger return in just 5 years from a EUR 0.43 (or even a EUR 0.67) share price all the more astonishing!
Obviously they're volatile businesses, but after doing the analysis I discovered that good mines can generate considerable
free cash flow over a cycle.
Not exact matches
Chris Beer, a portfolio manager at RBC, says that about 80 % of their new production
over the next 12 to 18 months will come from low cost and long life mines, which will increase
free cash flow.
Northern Star Resources says it is generating
over $ 200 million in
free cash flow per year on the back of an expansion of its asset base, lower costs and increased gold sales.
Overall, the cable and entertainment giant increased revenue in 2015 by
over 8 %, and generated
free cash flow of almost $ 9 billion.
«We expect revenue to compound
over 20 percent annually to $ 2.4 billion by 2022, at which point Blue Apron will be generating more than $ 150 million of
free cash flow — representing more than one - third of the company's current enterprise value,» Trusz wrote.
«When you look at our track record of what we've done
over the last several years, you've seen that effectively we were returning to our investors essentially about 100 percent of our
free cash flow.
The stock is trading at the high end of its historical range, but its «industry leading earnings and
free cash flow growth» make up for that higher multiple, he said The stock is currently trading at $ 191 a share, but Hansen said it will hit $ 220
over the next 12 - months.
In reality,
free cash flow has been highly negative with a cumulative - $ 38.4 billion in losses
over the same time frame.
JBSS has generated a cumulative $ 157 million (22 % of market cap) of
free cash flow (FCF)
over the past five years.
Spotify calculated that customers brought in 3.6 times more revenue
over their life as a user than the company spent on marketing to attract them, as of the end of 2017, helping boost
free cash flow to 109 million euros by the end of last year.
Further highlighting the strength of its business, CLX has generated cumulative
free cash flow (FCF) of $ 3.2 billion (18 % of market cap)
over the past five years.
The report also revealed a previously unannounced $ 20 million funding round in February, but it came with conditions from the company's lead investor that it needed to become
cash flow positive
over the next four quarters and to achieve a secured debt -
free balance sheet.
What worries me more about Arcelor is the fact that, while its stock looks cheap when valued on GAAP earnings, S&P Global Market Intelligence figures show that only about 20 % of the company's net income is backed up by real
free cash flow, which amounted to only $ 661 million
over the past 12 months.
Further showcasing the strength of Southwest's operations, the company generated $ 2.8 billion in cumulative
free cash flow (FCF)
over the last decade.
FL currently earns a third - quintile 10 % return on invested capital (ROIC) and has generated a cumulative $ 762 million (12 % of market cap) in
free cash flow (FCF)
over the past five years.
In March, Qualcomm Inc, under pressure from hedge fund Jana Partners, agreed to boost its program to purchase $ 10 billion of its shares
over the next 12 months; the company already had an existing $ 7.8 billion buyback program and a commitment to return three quarters of its
free cash flow to shareholders.
The consumer discretionary sector has changed its stripes
over the years and is now largely composed of mature companies with strong
free -
cash -
flow yield and higher margins.
Cash profits over the past 12 months amount to a respectable $ 24.4 million, which, weighed against the company's $ 820 million enterprise value, works out to an enterprise value - to - free - cash - flow ratio of about
Cash profits
over the past 12 months amount to a respectable $ 24.4 million, which, weighed against the company's $ 820 million enterprise value, works out to an enterprise value - to -
free -
cash - flow ratio of about
cash -
flow ratio of about 34.
Over the past decade, First Solar has earned a superior
free cash flow yield in every year but one.
Figure 2 compares First Solar and SunPower on the basis of
free cash flow yield
over the past decade.
Free cash flow or FCF is basically the money that's left
over after expenses, dividends, payments, etc., that the Vodafone can use as it pleases.
Through the team's relentless execution of our plan in the first quarter, we grew revenue, expanded EBITDA margins, produced
over 30 % growth in earnings and
free cash flow per share and returned essentially all of our
free cash flow to shareholders.
«2014 was a great year for Marriott Vacations Worldwide, with adjusted EBITDA of $ 200 million, adjusted
free cash flow of nearly $ 300 million and
over $ 210 million of capital returned to our shareholders.
PEP has generated a cumulative $ 43 billion (68 % of market cap) of
free cash flow (FCF)
over the past five years.
Over the past decade, however, the cash flow share has broken free of its prior 12 % upper bound, pushing to a record high over 15 % presen
Over the past decade, however, the
cash flow share has broken
free of its prior 12 % upper bound, pushing to a record high
over 15 % presen
over 15 % presently.
In 2015, TSLA's
free cash flow (FCF) sat at - $ 2.2 billion and
over the last twelve months, FCF has worsened, to - $ 2.9 billion.
While the company's non-GAAP «
cash earnings» have been highly positive, growing from $ 421 million in 2010 to $ 3.55 billion
over the latest trailing - twelve months (TTM),
free cash flow has been highly negative with a cumulative - $ 38.4 billion in losses
over the same time frame.
Over the last twelve months alone, SCTY's
free cash flow is - $ 3.6 billion.
Despite some one - time issues with the company's procurement costs last quarter, this company has delivered excellent profit growth and consistent
free cash flow for its shareholders
over the past several years.
Over the last five years, KLAC has generated a cumulative $ 3.7 billion (26 % of market cap) in
free cash flow.
So,
over time growth stocks see their price - to -
free -
cash -
flow multiples contract.
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Pay careful attention to 1) the accruals
over time and then 2) take note of the operating
cash flows looking for large disparities between earnings and
free cash flow.
Free cash flow is the amount of free cash, or money left over after it pays for operations and necessary capital expenditu
Free cash flow is the amount of
free cash, or money left over after it pays for operations and necessary capital expenditu
free cash, or money left
over after it pays for operations and necessary capital expenditures.