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Ubtech Robotics (HKSE:09880) Free Cash Flow : HK$-1,465 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Ubtech Robotics Free Cash Flow?

Ubtech Robotics's total free cash flow for the months ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$-630 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$-1,465 Mil.

Ubtech Robotics's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$-1.51. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$-3.51.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -24.20% 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, Ubtech Robotics's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -24.20% per year. The lowest was -24.20% per year. And the median was -24.20% per year.


Ubtech Robotics Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ubtech Robotics'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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Ubtech Robotics Free Cash Flow Chart

Ubtech Robotics Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Free Cash Flow
-902.66 -1,125.49 -958.04 -1,675.64

Ubtech Robotics Semi-Annual Data
Dec20 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
Free Cash Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial -266.81 -703.86 -840.15 -835.49 -629.65

Ubtech Robotics 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.

Ubtech Robotics's Free Cash Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=-1094.109+-581.528
=-1,676

Ubtech Robotics's Free Cash Flow for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (Q: Jun. 2024 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=-459.854+-169.792
=-630

Free Cash Flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was HK$-1,465 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.


Ubtech Robotics  (HKSE:09880) 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, Ubtech Robotics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=0/90.85+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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Ubtech Robotics Business Description

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Address
Taoyuan Street, Room 2201, Building C1, Nanshan Smart Park, No. 1001 Xueyuan Avenue, Changyuan Community, Nanshan Distric, Shenzhen, CHN
Ubtech Robotics Corp Ltd is engaged in design, production, commercialization, sales and marketing and research and development (R&D) of smart service robotic products and services. It offers consumer-level robots and appliances, enterprise-level smart service robotic products and services tailored for education, logistics and other sectors, are equipped to different extent with smart features that sense, interact, analyze and process human instructions and external environment such as mapping, temperature measurement and facial recognition.
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