ARS Pharmaceuticals (ARS Pharmaceuticals) Free Cash Flow : $-53.61 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)

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What is ARS Pharmaceuticals Free Cash Flow?

ARS Pharmaceuticals's total free cash flow for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-6.79 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-53.61 Mil.

ARS Pharmaceuticals's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.07. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.56.

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ARS Pharmaceuticals Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for ARS Pharmaceuticals's Free Cash Flow can be seen below:

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ARS Pharmaceuticals Free Cash Flow Chart

ARS Pharmaceuticals Annual Data

Trend

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Free Cash Flow

9.07

-17.62

-40.28

-59.44

ARS Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Free Cash Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial							-12.62	-16.70	-12.81	-17.31	-6.79

ARS Pharmaceuticals 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.

ARS Pharmaceuticals'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
	=	-59.266	+	-0.175
	=	-59.44

ARS Pharmaceuticals's Free Cash Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (Q: Mar. 2024 )	=	Cash Flow from Operations	+	Capital Expenditure
	=	-6.71	+	-0.083
	=	-6.79

Free Cash Flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-53.61 Mil.

ARS Pharmaceuticals (NAS:SPRY) 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 Mar24, ARS Pharmaceuticals's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Mar24)	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	0	/	10.22	+	0
	=	0.00 %

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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ARS Pharmaceuticals (ARS Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

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Address

11682 El Camino Real, Suite 120, San Diego, CA, USA, 92130

Website

https://www.ars-pharma.com

ARS Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel, potentially first-in-class product candidate, neffy (previously referred to as ARS-1) for the emergency treatment of Type I allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis. neffy is a proprietary composition of epinephrine with an absorption enhancer called Intravail, which allows neffy to provide injection-like absorption of epinephrine at a low dose, in a small, easy-to-carry, easy-to-use, rapidly administered and reliable nasal spray.

Executives

Alexander A Fitzpatrick	officer: Chief Legal Officer	9605 SCRANTON ROAD, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Ra Capital Healthcare Fund Lp	director	200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Laura Shawver	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	1255 CRESCENT GREEN DRIVE, SUITE 250, CARY NC 27518
Orbimed Advisors Llc	director	601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Orbimed Capital Gp Vi Llc	director	601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Orbimed Capital Llc	director	601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Peter A. Thompson	director	C/O ANTHERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 25801 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, SUITE B, HAYWARD CA 94545
Brian Dorsey	officer: Chief Operating Officer	C/O SOMAXON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 10935 VISTA SORRENTO PARKWAY, SUITE 250, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Kathleen D. Scott	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O CONATUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 16745 WEST BERNARDO DRIVE, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
Pratik Shah	director, 10 percent owner	3366 N. TORREY PINES COURT, SUITE 220, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Jonathan S Leff	director	C/O DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P, 780 THIRD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Deerfield Private Design Fund Iv, L.p.	director, 10 percent owner, other: * Director by deputization	780 THIRD AVENUE 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Deerfield Mgmt Iv, L.p.	director, 10 percent owner, other: * Director by deputization	780 THIRD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Ra Capital Nexus Fund Ii, L.p.	director	200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Brent L Saunders	director	2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, C/O SCHERING PLOUGH CORP, KENILWORTH NJ 07033