What is Affymetrix Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %?
Yacktman defines forward rate of return as the normalized free cash flow yield plus real growth plus inflation. Affymetrix's forward rate of return for was 0.00%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Affymetrix's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % or its related term are showing as below:
AFFX's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is not ranked *
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry.
Industry Median: 16.56 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % only.
Unlike the Earnings Yield %, the Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.
Affymetrix Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Affymetrix's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % 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.
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Affymetrix Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Affymetrix's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Affymetrix's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Affymetrix's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Affymetrix's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Affymetrix's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % falls into.
Affymetrix Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Calculation
Forward Rate of Return is a concept that Don Yacktman uses in his investment approach. Yacktman explained the forward rate of return concept in detail in his interview with GuruFocus. Yacktman defines forward rate of return as the normalized free cash flow yield plus real growth plus inflation. He said in the interview (March 2012, when the S&P 500 was at about 1400):
If the business is stable, this calculation is fairly straightforward. For instance, on the S&P 500 we would normalize earnings. We would then calculate what percentage of those earnings are not reinvested in the underlying businesses and are therefore free. Historically, for the S&P 500, this has been just under 50% of earnings. Currently, we expect the S&P to earn about 70 on a normalized basis, a number which is far below reported earnings due to our adjusting for record high profit margins. $70 X ½ / 1400 gives you a normalized free cash flow yield of approximately 2.5%.
The historical real growth rate of the S&P 500 (companies) is about 1.5%. Assuming an inflation rate of 2.5%, the forward rate of return on an investment in the S&P 500 is about 6.5% today (2.5% free cash flow yield plus 1.5% real growth plus 2.5% inflation).
Affymetrix's Forward Rate of Return of Dec. 2015 is
Forward Rate of Return
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Normalized Free Cash Flow
/
Price
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5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
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0.22304762
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10.09
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-0.1272
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-10.51 %
* 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.
Affymetrix (NAS:AFFX) Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Explanation
Unlike the Earnings Yield, the Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.
For the growth part of the Forward Rate of Return calculation, GuruFocus uses the 5-year average growth rate of EBITDA per share as the growth rate, and the growth rate is always capped at 20%. For the Free Cash Flow we use per share data averaged over five years. The reason we use five years is to make it comparable to the growth rate.
Be Aware
In the Forward Rate of Return calculation, the growth rate is added directly to today's free cash flow yield. Therefore the calculation is reliable only if the company can grow at the same rate in the future as it did in the past. Investors should pay close attention to this when researching growth stocks. A more accurate measurement for return is Return on Capital.
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Affymetrix Inc was incorporated in California in 1992 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1998. The Company is a provider of life science tools and molecular diagnostic products that enable parallel analysis of biological systems at the gene, protein and cell level. It sells its products to genomic research centers, academic institutions, government and private laboratories, as well as pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies. The Companys operations consist of two reportable segments, Affymetrix Core and eBioscience. Affymetrix Core is divided into three business units with each business unit having its own research, development and marketing groups to better serve customers and respond quickly to the market needs. The three business units that form Affymetrix Core are; Expression, Genetic Analysis and Clinical Applications, and Life Science Reagents. Expression: This business unit develops and markets the Company's GeneChip gene expression products and services, and the QuantiGene line of low-to-mid-plex RNA measurement products; Genetic Analysis and Clinical Applications. This business unit develops and markets the Company's genotyping, such as the Axiom product line and clinical research applications, such as the CytoScan cytogenetics; Life Science Reagents; This business unit develops and sells reagents, enzymes, purification kits and biochemicals used by life science researchers. eBioscience; This reportable segment specializes in the development, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of research tools in the areas of flow cytometry, immunoassays, microscopic imaging and other protein-based analyses. The Company markets and distributes its products directly to customers in North America, Japan and major European markets. The Company is facing competition as existing companies develop new or improved products, and as companies enter the market with new technologies, such as next-generation sequencing. In the highly multiplexed genotyping and gene expression markets, existing competitive technologies include DNA sequencing, which the Company does not offer and is offered by companies such as Illumina, Inc., Life Technologies Corporation and Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. The Companys operations are subject to complex and stringent environmental, health, safety and other governmental laws and regulations.
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