South32 (LSE:S32) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate : -23.60% (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is South32 3-Year FCF Growth Rate?

South32's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £-0.07.

During the past 12 months, South32's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -119.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -23.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -10.80% 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 average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.

During the past 12 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of South32 was 62.40% per year. The lowest was -26.50% per year. And the median was 14.90% per year.

Competitive Comparison of South32's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, South32's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

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South32's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, South32's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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South32 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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South32 (LSE:S32) 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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South32 (LSE:S32) Business Description

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Address

108 St Georges Terrace, Level 35, Perth, WA, AUS, 6000

Website

https://www.south32.net

South32 was born of the demerger of noncore assets from BHP in 2015. South32's major operations include alumina businesses in Australia and Brazil, aluminium in Brazil, South Africa, and Mozambique, manganese businesses in Australia and South Africa, and New South Wales metallurgical coal. It also owns the Cannington silver/lead/zinc mine in northwest Queensland and the Cerro Matoso nickel mine in Colombia. Cannington silver mine and manganese operations deliver high returns, but have relatively short reserve life. The company acquired Arizona Mining, which brings with it the high-grade and likely low-cost Taylor deposit in the U.S., and also entered the copper business in 2022 via the purchase of a 45% stake in the Sierra Gorda mine in Chile.

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