What is Constant Contact Cash Flow from Operations?
Cash flow from operations refers to the cash brought in through a company's normal business operations. It is the cash flow before any investment or financing activities. It is the cash version of net income.
Constant Contact Cash Flow from Operations Historical Data
The historical data trend for Constant Contact's Cash Flow from Operations can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Constant Contact Cash Flow from Operations Calculation
Cash flow from operations refers to the cash brought in through a company's normal business operations. It is the cash flow before any investment or financing activities. It is the cash version of net income.
Constant Contact's Cash Flow from Operations for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $63.2 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Constant Contact (NAS:CTCT) Cash Flow from Operations Explanation
For companies reported in indirect method, cash flow from operations contains six items:
1. Net Income From Continuing Operations:
Net Income From Continuing Operations indicates the net income that a firm brings in from ongoing business activities. These activities are expected to continue into the next reporting period. It excludes extraordinary items, income from the cumulative effects of accounting changes, non-recurring items, income from tax loss carry forward, and preferred dividends.
Constant Contact's net income from continuing operations for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $6.4 Mil.
2. Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization:
Depreciation is a present expense that accounts for the past cost of an asset that is now providing benefits.
Depletion and amortization are synonyms for depreciation.
Generally:
The term depreciation is used when discussing man made tangible assets
The term depletion is used when discussing natural tangible assets
The term amortization is used when discussing intangible assets
Constant Contact's depreciation, depletion and amortization for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $6.3 Mil.
3. Change In Working Capital:
Working Capital is a measure of a company's short term liquidity or its ability to cover short term liabilities. It is defined as the difference between a company's current assets and current liabilities. Changes in Working Capital is reported in the cash flow statement since it is one of the major ways in which net income can differ from operating cash flow.
Constant Contact's change in working capital for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.7 Mil. It means Constant Contact's working capital
increased by $0.7 Mil
from Jun. 2015 to Sep. 2015 .
4. Deferred Tax:
It is the cash flow generated from deferred tax.
Constant Contact's cash flow from deferred tax for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $-1.0 Mil.
Constant Contact's cash from discontinued operating Activities for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.0 Mil.
6. Asset Impairment Charge:
It is the charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value.
Constant Contact's asset impairment charge for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.0 Mil.
7. Stock Based Compensation:
It is a way corporations use stock options to reward employees. It provides executives and employees the opportunity to share in the growth of the company and, if structured properly, can align their interests with the interests of the company's shareholders and investors, without burning the company's cash on hand.
Constant Contact's stock based compensation for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $4.4 Mil.
8. Cash Flow from Others:
These are cash differences caused by the change of inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable etc. For instance, if a company pays its suppliers slower, its cash position will build up faster. If a company receives payments from its customers slower, its account receivables will rise, and its cash position will grow more slowly (or even shrink).
Constant Contact's cash flow from others for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $-2.5 Mil.
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Constant Contact (Constant Contact) Business Description
Constant Contact Inc was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1995 under the name Roving Software Incorporated. The Company provides online marketing tools that are designed for small organizations, including small businesses, associations and non-profits. Its suite of online marketing tools, which include Email Marketing, EventSpot, Social Campaigns, SaveLocal, SinglePlatform and Survey, enable its customers to launch and monitor marketing campaigns across multiple channels, including email, social media, events, local deals, online listings and surveys. Its customers include various types of small organizations including retailers, restaurants, law and accounting firms, consultants, non-profits, religious organizations and alumni associations. Its email marketing product allows customers to easily create, send and track professional-looking email campaigns. The product includes a campaign creation wizard that makes it easy to create and edit email campaigns with access to over 300 pre-designed email campaign templates that reflect a wide variety of themes and styles and over 15 million images through its relationship with Bigstock, a subsidiary of Shutterstock, Inc. The Company also offers market leading free tools and applications that allow customers to add and update contacts, including adding contacts directly from a computer or point of sale device. Its event marketing product allows its customers to promote and manage events, communicate with invitees and registrants, capture and track registrations and collect online payments. The Company's social media products include Social Campaigns, which empowers customers to reach and engage users on Facebook to grow their fans and create social word-of-mouth through easy-to-create offers and promotions. SaveLocal provides service to its customers to retain existing customers and attract new customers by creating, running and managing local deals, and provides them with end-to-end control over their deals at an affordable price. The Company's online survey product enables its customers to survey their customers or members and analyze responses. SinglePlatform provides its customers the power to manage all of their key online listings from one place by helping them to create a content rich digital storefront, which can include menus, photos, services, offers and featured products. As of December 31, 2013, the Company served a large and diverse group of approximately 595,000 unique paying customers. Its Social Campaigns product competes with offerings by Offerpop Corporation, Pagemodo, a subsidiary of VistaPrint N.V., Vocus Social Media LLC doing business as North Social and Wildfire Interactive, Inc. Its SaveLocal product competes with offerings by Groupon, Inc., LivingSocial, Inc., Amazon Local and Google Offers. Its SinglePlatform product competes with offerings by Yext, Inc. and Locu Inc., a subsidiary of GoDaddy.com, LLC. Its survey product competes with offerings by Surveymonkey.c
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