The company has had
negative free cash flow in five out of the past six years, and it has burned through roughly $ 75 million in the past two years.
When we're actually talking about a loss - making / over-indebted company with flat revenues, a relatively static subscriber base, falling ARPU, declining operating cash flows &
consistently negative free cash flow..?!
An analysis by Bloomberg found the company spends more than $ 6,500 every minute and has had
negative free cash flow for five quarters.
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.
YTD, CVX has
generated negative free cash flow of about $ 5 billion (closer to flat including asset sales), and COP's free cash flow checks in at negative $ 2.1 billion (including asset sales).
While Netflix is confident it will make that money back over the long run, investors should not
expect negative free cash flow to stop any time soon, as the company wrote that it will «accompany our rapid growth for many years.»
The 75 Utilities companies that we cover have had
negative free cash flow in four of the past five years, with a cumulative cash burn of almost $ 150 billion over that time.
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The negative free cash flow will be $ 500 million this quarter and probably get worse throughout the year.»
While Tesla expressed confidence about the second half of the year,
negative free cash flow was more than $ 1 billion for the third time in the last four quarters.
In the letter, Netflix also reiterated that it expects to have
a negative free cash flow of $ 2 billion in 2017, versus $ 1.7 billion in 2016.
Negative free cash flow has been the main source of concern for many Wall Street analysts who are otherwise bullish on the stock.
Tesla burned through cash during the quarter with
a negative free cash flow of $ 276.8 million.
The company reported on Tuesday that it had
a negative free cash flow of about $ 596 million for the three months ending September 30.
«So, in some senses, that
negative free cash flow will be an indicator of enormous success.»
Chanos said he is «probably interested» in companies dependent on China and with
a negative free cash flow.
On the second quarter conference call, the CEO stated, «In some senses
the negative free cash flow will be an indicator of enormous success.»
Dividend yields from companies with low or
negative free cash flow can not be trusted as much because they may not be able to sustain their dividend for much longer.
On the flip side, dividends from companies with low or
negative free cash flow can not be trusted as much because the company may not be able to sustain paying dividends.
The firms rising costs, coupled with
its negative free cash flow -LRB-- $ 1.6 billion in 2015) are not a winning business strategy.
A respected petroleum expert did an analysis of operators in the Bakken some time ago and found that even at $ 100 / barrel, 12 of the 15 top companies had
a negative free cash flow.
However, we have no problem with stocks that make a profit but plow back in everything they make and then some (
negative free cash flow), as long as they are generating sufficient returns on capital.
As an aside, you can stay clear of a lot of blowups by avoiding companies that have strong earnings and weak or
negative free cash flow.
The exponential model requires that the data is non negative, so you have to transform the data if you end up with some years of
negative free cash flows.
# 1 - They have a long history of
negative free cash flow.