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CTNT (Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service) Free Cash Flow : $0.24 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Free Cash Flow?

Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-0.36 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $0.24 Mil.

Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-0.11. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $-1.40.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service was -101.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 62.20% 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 4 years, Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 62.20% per year. The lowest was 62.20% per year. And the median was 62.20% per year.


Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service's Free Cash Flow 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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Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Free Cash Flow Chart

Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Free Cash Flow
-1.31 2.19 5.61 -0.12

Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Quarterly Data
Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Free Cash Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.74 1.70 -0.87 -0.23 -0.36

Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service 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.

Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service's Free Cash Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (A: Dec. 2024 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=0.242+-0.365
=-0.12

Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service's Free Cash Flow for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (Q: Dec. 2024 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=-0.359+0
=-0.36

Free Cash Flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.24 Mil.

* 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.


Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service  (NAS:CTNT) 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 Dec24, Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec24)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=0/3.06+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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Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
8707 Research Drive, Irvine, CA, USA, 92618
Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Inc is a one-stop services including Warehousing, Logistics, International trading & Supply Chain Finance, Etc. It operate in single segment Logistics and warehousing services which focuses on providing freight forwarding services for clients shipping goods from the U.S. to mainland China or Hong Kong. Its services include: (i) cargo storage, (ii) freight forwarding, (iii) U.S. customs clearance, and (iv) labor services and cargo loading and unloading.
Executives
Huan Liu director, 10 percent owner, officer: See Remarks 6201 FAIRVIEW RD, STE 225, CHARLOTTE NC 28210
Xiaolin Tang 10 percent owner RM 401, BLDG 25, MOON BAY GARDEN, DONGSHAN ST., JIANGNING DIST., NANJING F4 211100
Huoyuan Chen 10 percent owner QUNZHONGXINCUN VILLAGE, TAIJIANG DIST., 207 BLOCK 5, FUZHOU F4 350000
Yan Xiao 10 percent owner LANGYUAN 2-3001, XINGHEWAN COMM., SIJI XINGHE MID ST., CHAOYANG N. RD., BEIJING F4 100000
Ying-chang Yuan 10 percent owner 4752 MOUNT ROYAL LN, CHARLOTTE NC 28210
Catherine Chen director ONE MILE WEST OF GUANRI, HULI DISTRICT, XIAMEN F4 361000
Adam Eilenberg director 335 MADISON AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Walter Penn Folker officer: Vice President of Procurement 7353 BEDFORDSHIRE DRIVE, CHARLOTTE NC 28226
Xianggeng Huang director, 10 percent owner 12-8, A2#BLDG, WANDA PLAZA II, NO.8 AOJIANG RD., AOFENG ST., TAIJIANG, FUZHOU F4 350000
Vladimir Gavrilovic director 70 ELM STREET, APT 1, NORTH ARLINGTON NJ 07031