Free cash flow means the cash that is left over after a company pays for its operating expenses and capital expenditures (Capex) like purchasing new machinery, equipment, land & building, etc. and satisfying all its working capital needs.
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What we will talk about in this 🧵🧵:
1⃣What is Free Cash Flow
2⃣How to calculate Free Cash Flow
3⃣Types of Free Cash Flow
4⃣Importance & Limitations of Free Cash Flow
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Free cash flow means the cash that is left over after a company pays for its operating expenses and capital expenditures (Capex) like purchasing new machinery, equipment, land & building, etc. and satisfying all its working capital needs.
1⃣Give investors higher dividends
2⃣Do share buybacks
3⃣Build a war chest for acquisitions or Capex.
4⃣Reinvest in the business when opportunity arises with lesser dependence on debt.
To calculate free cash flow, all you need to do is open the Cash Flow Statement and subtract "Net Capital expenditure" from "net cash from operating activities".
As we can see from the financials its cash flow from operating activities is 168 cr and its net capital expenditure is = 67Lakhs+3.46cr-(10Lakhs)
=168 Cr-4.03 crores= 163.97 crores is the FCF!
FCFF is the same FCF which we have discussed above, FCFF means the ability of the business to produce cash after deducting all its capital expenditures which is calculated as CFO - Capex.
Thus, the free cash flow that is left to the Firm
Free cash flow to equity (FCFE) is the amount of cash a business generates that is available to be distributed to the company’s equity shareholders as dividends or stock buybacks after all expenses, reinvestments, and debt repayments.
It is calculated as follows:
FCFE = Cash from Operating Activities – Capital Expenditures + Net Debt Issued (Proceeds from borrowings-Repayment of borrowings)
The main difference between the two is that Free cash flow to firm represents the Cash flow that is available to both the Debt and Equity holders.
FCFE only represents the cash flow that is available to the shareholders!
Company with high free cash flow can expand, develop new products, have a safety cushion, be in control of its own destiny, can expand without debt and pay dividends etc. Positive free cash flow is indicative of overall business health.
Out of 2.25 Lakh crores of Cumulative Cash flows generated by TCS, they have paid almost 1.4 Lakh crores of dividend in the last decade. As the business can grow without Capex.
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Low free cash flow is not always indicative of a failing business. Even healthy companies see a dip in free cash flow when they're actively doing Capex for pursuing growth.
We can see the same from some examples where companies were doing high capex to leverage growth resulting in negative free cash flow for a few years ⤵️⤵️
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Linking the concept of change in working capital and its impact on Free Cash Flow. Those who understand can make a killing if they see working capital improving in a company.
In FY 2020 they switched to a cash and carry model from normal credit period business of 20 days which resulted in the reduction in net working capital days from 25 to 8 in FY 2021.
Just look at the working capital days:-
1. Massive deleveraging as lesser working capital loans were required to run the business.
2. Generation of solid free cash flow that can be paid out dividends or be used for Capacity expansion through internal accruals.
If we look at the 10 Years cumulative cash flow of the companies, it is as follows:
Look at the Working capital and this where Page wins!!
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https://t.co/KQkupOeFzp financial statements and results on quarterly basis to evaluate whether your thesis on company is still intact through growth in revenue, profits and cash. You cannot rely only on whats app forwards or brokerage updates.
2.Quarterly Con-Calls post result covering enviornment of the sector in which company operates, future expansion plans, & companies confidence in responding to fund managers. (For eg, in my evening walks, i listen to con-calls on You tube rather than music to utilize the time.)
3. High conviction is build when you compare py qtr or py year con call scripts and see whether company giving forward statements were met in subsequent quarters or not. For eg company said they will be doing CAPEX for 100 crores in FY 2020 and then we can see current state.
4. Profits not growing qtr or qt or yr on yr is not the sign for low conviction. You need to screen the balance sheet to see if the company has taken huge R&D expenditure which they believe is right for company as they build new products for future years, then that make sense
https://t.co/KQkupOeFzp financial statements and results on quarterly basis to evaluate whether your thesis on company is still intact through growth in revenue, profits and cash. You cannot rely only on whats app forwards or brokerage updates.
2.Quarterly Con-Calls post result covering enviornment of the sector in which company operates, future expansion plans, & companies confidence in responding to fund managers. (For eg, in my evening walks, i listen to con-calls on You tube rather than music to utilize the time.)
3. High conviction is build when you compare py qtr or py year con call scripts and see whether company giving forward statements were met in subsequent quarters or not. For eg company said they will be doing CAPEX for 100 crores in FY 2020 and then we can see current state.
4. Profits not growing qtr or qt or yr on yr is not the sign for low conviction. You need to screen the balance sheet to see if the company has taken huge R&D expenditure which they believe is right for company as they build new products for future years, then that make sense
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