Biomarin Pharmaceutical (Biomarin Pharmaceutical) Free Cash Flow

: $52 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Biomarin Pharmaceutical's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-9 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $52 Mil.

Biomarin Pharmaceutical's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.05. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.27.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Biomarin Pharmaceutical was 14.90% 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 Free Cash Flow Growth Rate using Free Cash Flow per Share data.

During the past 13 years, Biomarin Pharmaceutical's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 71.50% per year. The lowest was -131.90% per year. And the median was 3.70% per year.

Biomarin Pharmaceutical Free Cash Flow Historical Data

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

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Biomarin Pharmaceutical Annual Data

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-115.14

-52.15

185.31

44.36

51.65

Biomarin Pharmaceutical Quarterly Data
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Free Cash Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-29.57	-98.70	47.33	112.23	-9.21

Biomarin Pharmaceutical 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.

Biomarin Pharmaceutical'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
	=	159.259	+	-107.611
	=	52

Biomarin Pharmaceutical'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
	=	27.483	+	-36.696
	=	-9

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 $52 Mil.

Biomarin Pharmaceutical (NAS:BMRN) 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, Biomarin Pharmaceutical's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	0	/	96.42	+	0
	=	0.00 %

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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Biomarin Pharmaceutical (Biomarin Pharmaceutical) Business Description

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770 Lindaro Street, San Rafael, CA, USA, 94901

Website

http://www.bmrn.com

BioMarin's focus is on rare-disease therapies. Genzyme (now part of Sanofi) markets Aldurazyme through its joint venture with BioMarin, and BioMarin markets Naglazyme, Vimizim, and Brineura independently. BioMarin also markets Kuvan and Palynziq to treat the rare metabolic disorder PKU (in addition to long-standing U.S. rights, BioMarin has reacquired international rights for Kuvan and Palynziq from Merck KGaA). Voxzogo (vosoritide) was approved in achondroplasia in 2021. BioMarin's Roctavian (hemophilia A gene therapy) was approved in Europe in 2022 and in the U.S. in 2023.

Executives

Jean Jacques Bienaime	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	925 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
George Eric Davis	officer: VP, General Counsel	C/O BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 105 DIGITAL DRIVE, NOVATO CA 94949
Jeffrey Robert Ajer	officer: EVP, Chief Commercial Officer	C/O BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 105 DIGITAL DRIVE, NOVATO CA 94949
Henry J Fuchs	officer: Chief Medical Officer	C/O BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 105 DIGITAL DRIVE, NOVATO CA 94949
Charles Greg Guyer	officer: EVP, Chief Technical Officer	C/O BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 770 LINDARO ST., SAN RAFAEL CA 94901
Brian Mueller	officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer	C/O BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 105 DIGITAL DRIVE, NOVATO CA 94949
Mark J Alles	director	C/O CELGENE CORPORATION, 86 MORRIS AVENUE, SUMMIT NJ 07901
Elizabeth M Anderson	director	10 FINDERNE AVENUE, BUILDING 10, BRIDGEWATER NJ 08807
Maykin Ho	director	C/O AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 88 SIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Erin Burkhart	officer: GVP, Chief Accounting Officer	C/O BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 770 LINDARO ST., SAN RAFAEL CA 94901
V Bryan Lawlis	director
Richard A Meier	director	C/O INTERSECT ENT, INC., 1555 ADAMS DRIVE, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Dennis Slamon	director	770 LINDARO STREET, SAN RAFAEL CA 94901
Michael G Grey	director	C/O SGX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 10505 ROSELLE STREET, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Pyott David E I	director	C/O ALLERGAN, 2525 DUPONT DRIVE, IRVINE CA 92612