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Freedom Holding (Freedom Holding) Free Cash Flow : $-1,907 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Freedom Holding Free Cash Flow?

Freedom Holding's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-38 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1,907 Mil.

Freedom Holding's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.65. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-32.14.

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 13 years, Freedom Holding's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 334.70% per year. The lowest was -682.80% per year. And the median was -0.55% per year.


Freedom Holding Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Freedom Holding'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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Freedom Holding Free Cash Flow Chart

Freedom Holding Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Free Cash Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 53.49 80.63 527.88 -411.99 -990.23

Freedom Holding Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -450.43 -497.09 -924.82 -446.32 -38.49

Freedom Holding 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.

Freedom Holding's Free Cash Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (A: Mar. 2023 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=-951.683+-38.542
=-990

Freedom Holding's Free Cash Flow for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=-21.666+-16.824
=-38

Free Cash Flow 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 $-1,907 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.


Freedom Holding  (NAS:FRHC) 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 Dec23, Freedom Holding's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=-6.992/80.6+0.2
=11.33 %

* 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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Freedom Holding (Freedom Holding) Business Description

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Address
No. 77-7 Al Farabi Avenue, Esentai Tower BC, Floor 7, Almaty, KAZ, 050040
Freedom Holding Corp is engaged in a broad range of activities in the securities industry, including retail securities brokerage, research, investment counseling, securities trading, market making, corporate investment banking, and underwriting services in Eurasia. It acts as a professional participant through its subsidiaries on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), Moscow Exchange (MOEX), Saint-Petersburg Exchange (SPB), the Ukrainian Exchange, the Uzbek Republican Currency Exchange (UZCE), and the Republican Stock Exchange of Tashkent (UZSE). Its geographical segments are Central Asia, Europe, the United States, and the Middle East/Caucasus, of which Europe accounts for the majority of its revenue.
Executives
Sergey Lukyanov officer: *See Remarks ESENTAI TOWER BC, FLOOR 7, 77/7 AL FARABI AVE, ALMATY 1P 050040
Evgeny Ler officer: Chief Financial Officer 202 DOSTYK AVE, 4TH FLOOR, ALMATY 1P 050051
Liudmila Kiriaku officer: VP of Compliance until 8/18/23 CHIRSTAKI KRANOU 20 C TOWER 5TH FL, LIMASSOL G4 4041
Robert Wotczak officer: CEO - Prime Executions C/O TOMI ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, INC., 5111 PEGASUS COURT, FREDERICK MD 21704
Renat Tukanov officer: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER "ESENTIA TOWER" BC, FLOOR 7, 77/7 AL FARABI AVE, ALMATY 1P 050040
Boris Cherdabayev 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O POULTON & YORDAN, 324 SOUTH 400 WEST SUITE 250, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84101
Amber Williams director 324 SOUTH 400 WEST, SUITE 250, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84101
Askar Tashtitov officer: President KURMANGAZY ST 31, APT 38, ALMATY 1P 050051
Arkady V Rakhilkin director AL-FARABI 17, NURLY TAU 4B, OFFICE 104, ALMATY 1P 050059
Timur R Turlov director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer VLANSKIY PER. 14B, AP. 67, MOSCOW 1Z 101000
Toleush Tolmakov 10 percent owner, officer: Vice President 202 DOSTYK AVE., 4TH FLOOR, ALMATY 1P 050051
Daymon M. Smith director 352 E. 426 N., ALPINE UT 84004
Anuarbek Baimoldin officer: Chief Operating Officer 202 DOSTYK AVE. 4TH FLOOR, ALMATY 1P 050051
Jason M Kerr director 1038 SOUTH 750 EAST, KAYSVILLE UT 84037
Jsc Compass Asset Management 10 percent owner 240V FURMANOVA STREET, ALMATY 1P 050059

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