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Generation Asia I Acquisition (Generation Asia I Acquisition) Free Cash Flow per Share : $-0.06 (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Generation Asia I Acquisition Free Cash Flow per Share?

Generation Asia I Acquisition's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.02. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.06.

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The historical rank and industry rank for Generation Asia I Acquisition's Free Cash Flow per Share or its related term are showing as below:

GAQ's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: 9.1
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 3-Year FCF Growth Rate only.

Generation Asia I Acquisition Free Cash Flow per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Generation Asia I Acquisition'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.

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Generation Asia I Acquisition Free Cash Flow per Share Chart

Generation Asia I Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Free Cash Flow per Share
- -0.08 -0.03

Generation Asia I Acquisition Quarterly Data
Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Free Cash Flow per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.01 - -0.02 -0.01 -0.02

Competitive Comparison of Generation Asia I Acquisition's Free Cash Flow per Share

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Generation Asia I Acquisition'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.


Generation Asia I Acquisition's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Generation Asia I Acquisition's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Generation Asia I Acquisition's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Generation Asia I Acquisition 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.

Generation Asia I Acquisition'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)
=(-0.718+0)/23.175
=/23.175
=0.00

Generation Asia I Acquisition's Free Cash Flow Per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow Per Share(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure)/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(-0.363+0)/15.182
=/15.182
=0.00

Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.06

* 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.


Generation Asia I Acquisition  (NAS:GAQ) 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, Generation Asia I Acquisition's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=0/11.02+0
=0.00 %

* 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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Generation Asia I Acquisition (Generation Asia I Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Cricket Square, Boundary Hall, Grand Cayman, CYM, KY1-1102
Generation Asia I Acquisition Ltd is a blank check company.
Executives
Mei Gao director 101 CENTRAL PARK WEST, 4B, NEW YORK NY 10023
Sunghwan Cho director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Roy Kuan director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 68 YEE WO STREET, 18/F, CAUSEWAY BAY K3 00000
Kwok Catherine Chung Ka officer: Chief Financial Officer TWO EXCHANGE SQUARE, SUITE 3102, 8 CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG K3
Norimitsu Niwa director, officer: Chief Operating Officer TWO EXCHANGE SQUARE, SUITE 3102, 8 CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG K3
Gary Wb Chan director TWO EXCHANGE SQUARE, SUITE 3102, 8 CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG K3

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