Sentences with phrase «operating cash flows»

However, if you have a very strong current ratio and very strong operating cash flows, it might not matter.

«First the relatively focused, higher cost producers, and then also more diversified integrated players, as operating cash flows decline, weakening free cash flow and credit measures, and returns on investment become less certain and reserve replacement less robust.»

For the quarter, operating cash flows were $ 859 million.

With those companies, I can do my due diligence to make sure that they have the operating cash flows (not just dividends or buybacks) to justify their valuations.

There is little room among the operating cash flows, interest expense, and the dividend payment to soften the blow.

Although a rapidly growing company may have negative operating cash flows as it expands its inventory and pays its increasing bills, the cash flow from operating activities must eventually turn positive for the firm to survive.

You want operating cash flows well above net income and you want to see that dividends are financed (or could be completely financed) through operating flows and not through debt issuance (repatriation of foreign profits can be an issue here).

Let's look to operating margins instead: Since the company enjoys generous operating cash flows & limited net capex, we'll focus on FY - 2013 operating free cash flow of EUR 35 million.

Thus all incremental Revenue, Net Income and Operating Cash Flows we can attribute to the acquired businesses.

In this example I'm going to utilize operating cash flows instead of earnings.

We take into account the sum of your estimated annual net operating cash flows and your estimated property net sale proceeds, then subtract your initial investment and outstanding loan balance.

Indeed, their track record of negative operating cash flows over the past several years is reflective of the same.

The cash - on - cash return looks at annual operating cash flows net of mortgage costs and compares them to your cash investment (your down payment).

The capitalization rate ignores the mortgage payments and compares operating cash flows to the full purchase price.

Concentrating on long - term growth in NAV ought to give OPMIs far greater downside protection than would the conventional approach where the emphasis is on predicting periodic future operating cash flows or earnings (with earnings defined as creating wealth while consuming cash).

In the same period, Apache generated nearly $ 17 billion in operating cash flows.

Rapidly decreasing oil prices have had a negative impact on the forecast operating cash flows of energy companies.

Now, suppose you have found a company where the operating cash flows are weak relative to reported earnings.

Hedge fund activists tend to target companies that are typically «value» firms, with low market value relative to book value, although they are profitable with sound operating cash flows and return on assets.

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.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners is interesting in that some of its assets have promise, but are burdened by other cash - burning segments of its business and the massive debt that costs it more than double its operating cash flows:

Free cash flow2 for the first quarter was $ 181 million, compared to $ 161 million in the prior - year period, reflecting slightly higher operating cash flows, combined with slightly lower capital expenditures.

The company's dividend policy is linked to operating cash flows, which ensures that the company distributes money to shareholders without harming its long - term financial stability.

But operating cash flows declined faster, dropping 14.4 %, from $ 19.8 billion to $ 17 billion.

Free cash flow represents operating cash flows less net purchases of property and equipment and patent and licensing rights.

The electric car maker has operated with a negative net operating cash flow since 2013 and has not made a quarterly profit since its third quarter of 2016.

«Tesla continues to target a production rate of approximately 5,000 units per week in about three months, laying the groundwork for Q3 to have the long - sought ideal combination of high volume, good gross margin and strong positive operating cash flow,» the company stated in an April 3 statement.

«The good news is that the company is growing rapidly and has just turned positive operating cash flow — a perfect formula for the current IPO market,» she says.

The operating cash flow nearly doubled during the quarter, and the growth was broad - based across several categories,» said Andreas Mueller, an analyst at Zuercher Kantonalbank.

Remington told investors Friday that it had a negative operating cash flow of $ 7.4 million.

Boeing also raised its estimate for full - year operating cash flow to a range of $ 15 billion to $ 15.5 billion.

Miller thinks that the company can meet his revenue projection of $ 403 million and $ 70 million in adjusted operating cash flow (AOCF).

The automaker posted impressive earnings and positive operating cash flow and launched 11 new vehicle models.

FCF is computed by subtracting capital expenditures from operating cash flow, each as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Operating cash flow for the first quarter was $ 490.5 million.

That assumes continued share buybacks, funded from an estimated operating cash flow of over $ 25 billion a year by 2018.

So, virtually all of their operating cash flow has gone to business spending and dividends, which is okay.

Now, that's about $ 2.5 trillion in operating cash flow.

During the first quarter of 2018, Gilead generated $ 2.3 billion in operating cash flow, fully repaid the $ 4.5 billion term loans borrowed in connection with Gilead's acquisition of Kite, utilized $ 1.0 billion on stock repurchases and paid cash dividends of $ 753 million.

Free cash flow (FCF) is a measure of a company's financial performance, calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditures.

A higher iron ore price has helped Atlas Iron post operating cash flow of $ 58 million in the December quarter, as the company maintained that it would reach a net cash position by the middle of the year.

On a final note, Boeing — the world's largest aircraft manufacturer — hit fresh new highs last week after the company crushed Wall Street expectations, reporting record operating cash flow of $ 13.4 billion for 2017, up more than a quarter percent from $ 10.5 billion in 2016.

The performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of any Incentive Award (other than Options and stock appreciation rights) that is intended to qualify as Performance - Based Compensation depends shall relate to one or more of the following Performance Measures: market price of Capital Stock, earnings per share of Capital Stock, income, net income or profit (before or after taxes), economic profit, operating income, operating margin, profit margin, gross margins, return on equity or stockholder equity, total shareholder return, market capitalization, enterprise value, cash flow (including but not limited to operating cash flow and free cash flow), cash position, return on assets or net assets, return on capital, return on invested

We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.»

However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.»

If Microsoft generates 50 million in operating cash flow, has capital expenditures of 20 million, pays preferred dividends 10 million and pays common dividends 5 million, Microsoft has a cash dividend payout ratio of 25 %.

Bonus amounts under our bonus plan are tied to overall corporate and individual performance, and the bonus pool for executive officers is based on our performance during the fiscal year compared to pre-established target levels for three equally - weighted measures: revenue, operating cash flow and non-GAAP income from operations.

Best of all for shareholders, that dividend payment is easily covered by the company's operating cash flow, which gives investors reason to believe those dividends can continue to grow over time.

Our annual incentive is a cash payment that is designed to reward executives for the most recent year's strategic imperatives revenue, operating net income and operating cash flow.

Verizon expects a $ 3.5 - $ 4 billion benefit to operating cash flow in 2018.