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Molson Coors Beverage Co (Molson Coors Beverage Co) Free Cash Flow per Share

: $6.47 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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Molson Coors Beverage Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.37. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.47.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Molson Coors Beverage Co was 67.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -6.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.80% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the FCF Growth Rate using Free Cash Flow per Share data.

The historical rank and industry rank for Molson Coors Beverage Co's Free Cash Flow per Share or its related term are showing as below:

TAP' s 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -35.2   Med: 5.7   Max: 113
Current: 7.8

During the past 13 years, Molson Coors Beverage Co's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 113.00% per year. The lowest was -35.20% per year. And the median was 5.70% per year.

TAP's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate is ranked better than
54.29% of 140 companies
in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 6.15 vs TAP: 7.80

Molson Coors Beverage Co Free Cash Flow per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Molson Coors Beverage Co's Free Cash Flow per Share 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.

* Premium members only.

Molson Coors Beverage Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Free Cash Flow per Share
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.01 5.17 4.83 3.88 6.48

Molson Coors Beverage Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Free Cash Flow per Share Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.17 -0.82 3.39 2.53 1.37

Competitive Comparison

For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, Molson Coors Beverage Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.


Molson Coors Beverage Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Molson Coors Beverage Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Molson Coors Beverage Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Molson Coors Beverage Co Free Cash Flow per Share Calculation

Free Cashflow per Share is the amount of Free Cashflow 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.

Note: GuruFocus does not calculate Free Cash Flow Per Share when Capital Expenditure is 0.

Molson Coors Beverage Co's Free Cash Flow Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow Per Share(A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure)/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(2079+-671.5)/217.300
=1407.5/217.300
=6.48

Molson Coors Beverage Co's Free Cash Flow Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow Per Share(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure)/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(474.5+-177.4)/216.400
=297.1/216.400
=1.37

Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.47

* 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.


Molson Coors Beverage Co  (NYSE:TAP) Free Cash Flow per Share Explanation

Free Cash Flow is very close to Warren Buffett's definition of Owner's Earnings, except that in Warren Buffett's Owner's Earnings, the spending for Property, Plant, and Equipment is only for maintenance (replacement), while in the Free Cash Flow calculation, the cost of new Property, Plant, and Equipment due to business expansion is also deducted. There, Free Cash Flow is more conservative than Owner's Earnings.

In Don Yacktman's calculation of forward rate of return, he uses Free Cash Flow for the calculation. 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.

This is what Yacktman said in his March 2012 interview - when the S&P 500 was at 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).

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 seven years. The reason we use seven years is because research shows that seven years is the length of the typical business cycle.

Therefore, as of Dec23, Molson Coors Beverage Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=5.35142857/61.21+-0.0999
=-1.25 %

* 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.


Be Aware

Free Cash Flow within a report period can be affected by management's decisions of capital spending. Therefore, it is important to look at long term when it comes to Free Cash Flow.


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Molson Coors Beverage Co (Molson Coors Beverage Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
NH353, P.O. Box 4030, Golden, CO, USA, 80401
Molson Coors owns well-known beer brands including Miller, Coors, Blue Moon, and Carling, and ranks as the second largest beer maker in both value and volume terms in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. Through licensing agreements, it also brews and distributes beer and hard seltzer under partner brands from Heineken, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Asahi, and Coca-Cola. The company uses independent distributors in the U.S. given the three-tier distribution requirements, while using a combination of distributors and an in-house sales team in Canada and Europe. North America remains its largest market contributing over 80% of total revenue.
Executives
Winnefeld James A Jr director 870 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Natalie G. Maciolek officer: Chief Legal & Govt Affairs Off 3939 W HIGHLAND BLVD, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Geoffrey E. Molson director 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4600, DENVER CO 80202
Williams Leroy James Jr director 10 LONGS PEAK DRIVE, BROOMFIELD CO 80021-2510
Anne-marie W D'angelo officer: Chief Legal & Govt Affairs Off 801 E. 86TH AVENUE, MERRILLVILLE IN 46410
Louis Vachon director 1155 METCALFE STREET, MONTREAL QUEBEC CANADA E6 0000
Julia M Brown director C/O ABLE BRANDS CO., 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Simon Cox officer: Pres&CEO, Molson Coors Europe 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4600, DENVER CO 80202
Roxanne Stelter officer: VP,Controller & Chf Acct Off 3939 W HIGHLAND BLVD, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Andrew Thomas Molson director 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4600, DENVER CO 80202
David S. Coors director P.O. BOX 4030, NH353, GOLDEN CO 80401
Nessa O'sullivan director P.O. BOX 4030, NH353, GOLDEN CO 80401
Peter H Coors director, other: Chairman of the Board 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4600, DENVER CO 80202
Peter John Marino officer: President of Emerging Growth 250 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Jacques Michelle St. officer: Chief Marketing Officer 250 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606