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Surgical Science Sweden AB (FRA:4P41) Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % : 21.26% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Surgical Science Sweden AB Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %?

Yacktman defines forward rate of return as the normalized free cash flow yield plus real growth plus inflation. Surgical Science Sweden AB's forward rate of return for was 21.26%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Surgical Science Sweden AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:4P41' s Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 20   Med: 21.06   Max: 21.43
Current: 21.02

During the past 10 years, Surgical Science Sweden AB's highest Forward Rate of Return was 21.43. The lowest was 20.00. And the median was 21.06.

FRA:4P41's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is ranked better than
76.9% of 316 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 13.885 vs FRA:4P41: 21.02

Unlike the Earnings Yield %, the Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Surgical Science Sweden AB Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Surgical Science Sweden AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % 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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Surgical Science Sweden AB Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Chart

Surgical Science Sweden AB Annual Data
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Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %
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Surgical Science Sweden AB Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Surgical Science Sweden AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Surgical Science Sweden AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % 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.


Surgical Science Sweden AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Surgical Science Sweden AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Surgical Science Sweden AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % falls into.


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Surgical Science Sweden AB Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Calculation

Forward Rate of Return is a concept that Don Yacktman uses in his investment approach. 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. He said in the interview (March 2012, when the S&P 500 was at about 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).

Surgical Science Sweden AB's Forward Rate of Return of Mar. 2025 is

Forward Rate of Return=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=0.13885714/11.26+0.2
=21.23 %

* 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.


Surgical Science Sweden AB  (FRA:4P41) Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Explanation

Unlike the Earnings Yield, the Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.

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 five years. The reason we use five years is to make it comparable to the growth rate.


Be Aware

In the Forward Rate of Return calculation, the growth rate is added directly to today's free cash flow yield. Therefore the calculation is reliable only if the company can grow at the same rate in the future as it did in the past. Investors should pay close attention to this when researching growth stocks. A more accurate measurement for return is Return on Capital.


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Surgical Science Sweden AB Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Drakegatan 7A, Gothenburg, SWE, SE-412 50
Surgical Science Sweden AB is a supplier of virtual reality simulators for medical training. The company's core is its proprietary software and hardware for simulating interactions between instruments and anatomy. It has two operating segments; Educational products include Proprietary brand medical simulator hardware and software for generic training of psycho-motor skills, instrument handling, and training for a large number of procedures and examinations, prior to entering the clinical environment and also support and services, and Industry/OEM includes simulation software for product-specific training of surgeons in robot-assisted surgery and other digitalized medical instruments and also simulators for medical device companies.

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