Sentences with phrase «uses cash flow from operations»

While using cash flows from operations might be a «smoother» and more predictive variable, it would fail to let us know about businesses that require irregular infusions of cash.

Not exact matches

The metric of «cash flow from operations as a percentage of revenue» has been used for more than five years as a financial metric in HP's long - term incentive programs, and HP believes that it continues to be a key metric that both drives and demonstrates improved financial performance within the company.

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.

Meanwhile, MRC Global is using its cash flow to pay down debt, with the company paying back $ 140.1 million of debt last quarter after generating $ 209.3 million in cash from operations.

The best number we can use for an accurate look at profit in Enbridge's case is adjusted cash flow from operations (ACFFO).

Barrick said it does not intend to sell any further assets for purposes of debt reduction, and will use cash on hand and cash flow from operations for future debt repayments.

But the subordinate goals of the cash flow statement are to show us how much cash has been generated from operations, how much has been used in investing, and how much has been acquired through financing.

Granted that an R ^ 2 of 0.97 using number of years as the independent variable explains 97 % of the variation in the FCF, but wouldnt you be better off using a variable like cash flow from operations?

In the case of investment builders where the Fund owns common stocks, say, Brascan, Catellus and Forest City, it is pretty easy to ascertain cash flow from operations, but difficult, using GAAP, to ascertain the periodic wealth creation which is occurring and is such an important component in the appraisal of these securities.

Funds from operations (FFO) refer to the figure used by REITS to define the cash flow from their operations.

These debts arise from the use of personal credit to fund business operations as well as from a failure to submit tax installment payments, often to finance operations when cash flow runs short.

The returns you get are a product of the difference in the entry and exit valuations, and the change in the value of the factor used to measure valuation, whether that is earnings, cash flow from operations, EBITDA, free cash flow, sales, book, etc..