Atrion (Atrion) Free Cash Flow

: $-2.3 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Atrion's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.3 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.3 Mil.

Atrion's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.71. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.31.

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During the past 13 years, Atrion's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 62.50% per year. The lowest was -30.50% per year. And the median was 3.50% per year.

Atrion Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Atrion's Free Cash Flow can be seen below:

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Atrion Annual Data

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Dec23

Free Cash Flow

22.02

17.33

22.97

-4.95

-2.31

Atrion 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																-8.57	-3.22	-9.76	2.36	8.30

Atrion Free Cash Flow Calculation

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.

Atrion's Free Cash Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (A: Dec. 2023 )	=	Cash Flow from Operations	+	Capital Expenditure
	=	20.006	+	-22.319
	=	-2.3

Atrion's Free Cash Flow for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (Q: Dec. 2023 )	=	Cash Flow from Operations	+	Capital Expenditure
	=	10.858	+	-2.562
	=	8.3

Free Cash Flow 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 $-2.3 Mil.

Atrion (NAS:ATRI) Free Cash Flow 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, Atrion's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	6.24628571	/	378.79	+	-0.0143
	=	0.22 %

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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Atrion (Atrion) Business Description

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Address

One Allentown Parkway, Allen, TX, USA, 75002-4211

Website

https://www.atrioncorp.com

Atrion Corp develops and manufactures products for medical applications. Its fluid-delivery products contribute the largest proportion of revenue and include valves that can hold and release controlled amounts of fluids or gases and are often used in anesthesia and oncology applications. Atrion's cardiovascular products include the MPS2 Myocardial Protection System, which delivers fluids and medications, mixes drugs, and controls temperature and pressure during open-heart surgery. The cardiovascular business also sells cardiac-surgery vacuum relief valves, inflation devices, and other products used in heart surgery. The firm's ophthalmic products include medical devices that disinfect contact lenses. Atrion generates the majority of revenue in the United States.

Executives

Preston G Athey	director	ONE ALLENTOWN PKWY, ALLEN TX 75002
David A Battat	officer: President & CEO	2700 HALKEY-ROBERTS PLACE NORTH, ST. PETERSBURG FL 33716-4103
Jeannette Bankes	director	ONE ALLENTOWN PARKWAY, ONE ALLENTOWN PARKWAY, ALLEN TX 75002
Morgan Hugh J Jr	director
Ronald Nicholas Spaulding	director	ONE ALLENTOWN PARKWAY, ALLEN TX 75002
Cindy Ferguson	officer: Officer/ CFO	ONE ALLENTOWN PARKWAY, ALLEN TX 75002
Jeffery Strickland	officer: Vice President & CFO
Emile A Battat	director, officer: Chairman	ONE ALLENTOWN PARKWAY, ALLEN TX 75002
Maria Sainz	director	C/O ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL N. V., 3451 PLANO PARKWAY, LEWISVILLE TX 75056
Stupp John P Jr	director	STUPP JOHN P JR, #18 ST. ANDREWS DR., ST LOUIS MO 63124
Roger F Stebbing	director
Ronald N Spaulding	director	C/O GUIDANT CORP, 111 MONUMENT CIRCLE #2900, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204-5129
Richard O Jacobson	director	ONE ALLENTOWN PARKWAY, C/O ATRION, ALLEN TX 75002
Maley John H P	director	6 ROCK CREST LANE, SIGNAL MOUNTAIN TN 37377
Margaret Maxwell Zagel	director	C/O TELLABS OPERATIONS INC, 4951 INDIANA AVE, LISLE IL 60532