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Balamara Resources (FRA:CDU) Free Cash Flow : €-3.47 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Balamara Resources Free Cash Flow?

Balamara Resources's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2014 was €-2.07 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2014 was €-3.47 Mil.

Balamara Resources's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2014 was €-0.01. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2014 was €-0.01.

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.


Balamara Resources Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Balamara Resources'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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Balamara Resources Free Cash Flow Chart

Balamara Resources Annual Data
Trend Jun02 Jun03 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14
Free Cash Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.09 -1.94 -4.55 -3.54 -3.92

Balamara Resources Semi-Annual Data
Dec02 Jun03 Dec03 Dec06 Jun07 Dec07 Jun08 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14
Free Cash Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 -2.15 -1.61 -2.39 -1.41 -2.07

Balamara Resources 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.

Balamara Resources's Free Cash Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (A: Jun. 2014 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=-3.892+-0.032
=-3.92

Balamara Resources's Free Cash Flow for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (Q: Dec. 2014 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=-2.019+-0.048
=-2.07

Free Cash Flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2014 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-3.47 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.


Balamara Resources  (FRA:CDU) 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 Jun14, Balamara Resources's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Jun14)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=0/0.05+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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Balamara Resources (FRA:CDU) Business Description

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Balamara Resources Ltd formerly known as Sultan Corporation Limited was incorporated in New South Wales on 16 August 1993 under the name of Asia-Pacific Minerals NL and on 21 November 1993 it changed its name to Caledonian Pacific Minerals NL. On 13 May, 2000 the Company changed its name again to Quadtel NL. The name of the Company was changed once more to Wytomic Limited on 17 February, 2005. The Company is engaged in exploration of mineral resources and reserves, primarily in Central Europe. It acquires assets at low cost with significant upside potential and develops them to a pre-production status. The Company's projects are located in Poland, Montenegro, Bosnia and NSW Australia. It operates in three reportable segments: Exploration Balkans region, Exploration Poland, and Exploration Australia.

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