Fidus Investment (Fidus Investment) Free Cash Flow

: $-29.46 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Fidus Investment's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.35 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-29.46 Mil.

Fidus Investment's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.12. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.27.

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, Fidus Investment's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 174.30% per year. The lowest was -128.10% per year. And the median was 1.80% per year.

Fidus Investment Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fidus Investment's Free Cash Flow can be seen below:

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Fidus Investment Annual Data

Trend

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Dec15

Dec16

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Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Free Cash Flow

-68.73

55.96

167.90

-105.54

-29.46

Fidus Investment 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																11.82	-41.21	-16.84	25.24	3.35

Fidus Investment 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.

Fidus Investment'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
	=	-29.457	+	0
	=	-29.46

Fidus Investment'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
	=	3.35	+	0
	=	3.35

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 $-29.46 Mil.

Fidus Investment (NAS:FDUS) 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, Fidus Investment's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	0	/	19.69	+	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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Fidus Investment (Fidus Investment) Business Description

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Address

1603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 1005, Evanston, IL, USA, 60201

Website

https://www.fdus.com

Fidus Investment Corp is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company. The company provides customized debt and equity financing solutions to lower middle-market companies, which management generally defines as U.S. based companies with revenues between $10 million and $150 million. The company invests in companies that possess some or all of the following attributes: predictable revenues; positive cash flows; defensible market positions; diversified customer and supplier bases; and management teams with operating discipline.

Executives

Charles D Hyman	director	224 PONTE VEDRA PARK DRIVE, SUITE 200, PONTE VEDRA BEACH FL 32082
Edward H Ross	director, officer: See Remarks
Shelby E Sherard	officer: See Remarks	2215 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 400, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Edward X. Tune	director	C/O FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 1005, EVANSTON IL 60201
Anstiss Raymond L. Jr.	director	1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 820, EVANSTON IL 60201
Thomas Charles Lauer	director, officer: President	1919 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 300, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Cary L Schaefer	officer: See Remarks	1603 ORRINGTON AVE, STE 820, EVANSTON IL 60201
John A. Mazzarino	director	1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 820, EVANSTON IL 60201
Pinebridge Secondary Partners Ii Holdings, L.p.	10 percent owner	399 PARK AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Pinebridge Secondary Partners Ii Gp, L.p.	10 percent owner	399 PARK AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Charles G Phillips	director
Wayne F Robinson	director	1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 820, EVANSTON IL 60201