During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -14.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -15.40% per year.
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During the past 9 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Global Blood Therapeutics was -3.30% per year. The lowest was -42.60% per year. And the median was -17.15% per year.
Competitive Comparison of Global Blood Therapeutics's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Global Blood Therapeutics's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate 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.
Global Blood Therapeutics's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Global Blood Therapeutics's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Global Blood Therapeutics's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate falls into.
Global Blood Therapeutics 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation
This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.
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Global Blood Therapeutics (NAS:GBT) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation
Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.
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Global Blood Therapeutics (Global Blood Therapeutics) Business Description
Global Blood Therapeutics Inc operates in the healthcare sector of the United States. It discovers and develops novel therapeutics to address blood-based disorders. GBT440, its lead drug candidate targets the underlying mechanism of red blood cell (RBC) sickling, which provides the potential to treat sickle cell disease. GBT440. an oral, once-daily therapy arrests abnormal hemoglobin polymerization, the underlying mechanism of RBC sickling. In addition, the company is engaged in other research and development activities targeted at hereditary angioedema and owns exclusively licensed rights to its portfolio of product candidates in the United States, Europe, and other major markets.
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