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Compass (Compass) Free Cash Flow per Share

: $-0.08 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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Compass's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.09. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.08.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 32.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 28.30% 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 Compass's Free Cash Flow per Share or its related term are showing as below:

COMP' s 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.7   Med: 27.5   Max: 32.1
Current: 32.1

During the past 6 years, Compass's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 32.10% per year. The lowest was 12.70% per year. And the median was 27.50% per year.

COMP's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate is ranked better than
79.38% of 1101 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 1.3 vs COMP: 32.10

Compass Free Cash Flow per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Compass'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.

Compass Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Free Cash Flow per Share
Premium Member Only -1.27 -0.26 -0.24 -0.85 -0.08

Compass Quarterly Data
Dec18 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 -0.30 -0.13 0.11 0.03 -0.09

Competitive Comparison

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Compass'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.


Compass Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Compass's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Compass's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Compass 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.

Compass'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)
=(-25.9+-11.2)/466.523
=-37.1/466.523
=-0.08

Compass'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)
=(-38.7+-2.3)/483.899
=-41/483.899
=-0.08

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 $-0.08

* 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.


Compass  (NYSE:COMP) 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, Compass's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=0/3.76+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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Compass (Compass) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
90 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10011
Compass Inc provides an end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to clients. The platform includes an integrated suite of cloud-based software for customer relationship management, marketing, client service and other critical functionality, all custom-built for the real estate industry and enabling core brokerage services. Business operations are conducted in the United States and earn revenue domestically.
Executives
Svf Excaliber (cayman) Ltd 10 percent owner 27 HOSPITAL ROAD, WALKERS CORPORATE LTD., CAYMAN CORPORATE CENTRE, GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY-9008
Gregory M. Hart officer: Chief Product Officer C/O COMPASS, INC., 155 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SIXTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10013
Danielle J. Wilkie officer: President, Central Region C/O COMPASS, INC., 155 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SIXTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10013
Kalani Reelitz officer: Chief Financial Officer 90 50TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10011
Joseph Sirosh officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O COMPASS, INC., 155 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SIXTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10013
Dawanna Williams director 865 MERRICK AVE, SUITE 200 S, WESTBURY NY 11590
Frank Martell director 10 GASTON FARMS ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06831
Allan Leinwand director C/O MARIN SOFTWARE INCORPORATED, 123 MISSION STREET, 25TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Josh N. Mccarter director C/O COMPASS, INC., 90 5TH AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR, NYC NY 10011
Robert S. Lehman officer: Chief Business Officer C/O COMPASS, INC., 155 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SIXTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10013
Priyanka Singh officer: Chief People Officer C/O COMPASS, INC., 90 5TH AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10011
Robert L. Reffkin director, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O COMPASS, INC., 155 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SIXTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10013
Kristen M. Ankerbrandt officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O COMPASS, INC., 155 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SIXTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10013
Anand Mehta officer: Chief People Officer C/O COMPASS, INC., 90 5TH AVE, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10011
Kamini R. Lane officer: President, West Region C/O COMPASS, INC., 90 5TH AVE, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10011