At such a cheap valuation, VIAB can use its $ 3 billion
in annual free cash flow to buyback stock, retiring shares at a undervalued price, thereby increasing the overall value for remaining shareholders.
With $ 50 billion in excess cash on the balance sheet and $ 9 billion
in annual free cash flow, ORCL has more than enough cash on hand to support its buyback program, and more than it could reasonably hope to invest profitably in the near term.
Not exact matches
«We improved our costs and earnings to emerge as a financially stronger business, with
cash from continuing operations of $ 1.5 billion and
free cash flow of $ 341 million,» president and CEO Gary J. Goldberg said
in the company's 2014
annual report.
-- We estimate that steady earnings and restrained capital expenditures should contribute to
annual run - rate
free cash flow of at least C$ 400 million, much of which will be allocated to debt reduction
in the next 12 - 18 months.
The retailer does generate an
annual EBIT of $ 500 million and generates $ 400 million
in free cash flow generation, the analyst said, but so long as its operating margins «continues to bleed,» the less time management has
in overseeing a successful turnaround.
In fact, over the next three years,
free cash flow is projected to grow at an impressive 9.5 % compound
annual growth rate...
We hand pick all the equities
in our portfolio through independent analysis of company
annual statements including balance sheets, income statements, and
free cash flow analysis from publicly available data sources, such as the SEC Edgar database, and by participating
in corporate conference calls.
To this we can add USD 68 million of
cash, USD 363 M of debt, and an
annual (
free)
cash flow burn of 81 M. [Virtually all capex — though it's not clear Kenmare will actually manage this kind of capex spend
in 2014...]:
Free cash flow per share
Free cash flow per share takes the
annual cash flow available to pay dividends and divides by the number of ordinary shares
in issue.
Fortunately, time was on my side... based on Zamano's end - June market cap of $ 13.8 million, the company's
free cash flow of $ 2.3 million pa (on average,
in the past 2 years) offered a 17 %
annual return on investment.
Assuming a base case of about $ 5.5 billion
in free cash flow and 3 %
annual growth, Home Depot stands to reward shareholders with roughly 8.5 % returns
in the long haul — not outstanding by any measure, but its results are likely more reliable than your average ticker symbol.
The begrudgers will have you believe Zamano's a value trap... If so, it's a bloody impressive one, offering attractive exposure to the UK & Irish consumer, revenue (now at $ 23.3 million) growth of 24 %
in 2014 & a likely repeat for 2015, an
annual $ 2.7 million of
free cash flow, and net
cash of $ 5.4 million... all priced on a 3.1 EV / EBITDA multiple.