Hyatt Hotels (Hyatt Hotels) Free Cash Flow

: $592 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Hyatt Hotels's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $310 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $592 Mil.

Hyatt Hotels's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.89. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.48.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Hyatt Hotels was 29.30% 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 13 years, Hyatt Hotels's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 155.80% per year. The lowest was -48.60% per year. And the median was 18.85% per year.

Hyatt Hotels Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hyatt Hotels's Free Cash Flow can be seen below:

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Hyatt Hotels Annual Data

Trend

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Dec23

Free Cash Flow

27.00

-733.00

204.00

473.00

592.00

Hyatt Hotels 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																212.00	195.00	96.00	-9.00	310.00

Hyatt Hotels 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.

Hyatt Hotels'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
	=	800	+	-208
	=	592

Hyatt Hotels'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
	=	374	+	-64
	=	310

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 $592 Mil.

Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) 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, Hyatt Hotels's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	0.13466667	/	130.41	+	0.1126
	=	11.36 %

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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Hyatt Hotels (Hyatt Hotels) Business Description

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Address

150 North Riverside Plaza, 8th Floor, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606

Website

https://www.hyatt.com

Hyatt is an operator of owned (4% of total rooms) and managed and franchise (96%) properties across around 20 upscale luxury brands, which includes vacation brands (Apple Leisure Group, Hyatt Ziva and Hyatt Zilara), the recently launched full-service lifestyle brand Hyatt Centric, the soft lifestyle brand Unbound, and the wellness brand Miraval. Hyatt acquired Two Roads in November 2018 and Apple Leisure Group in 2021. The regional exposure as a percentage of total rooms is 55% Americas, 19% Asia-Pacific, and 26% rest of world.

Executives

Jnp Parachute Mirror Trust L	other: See Remarks	104 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 900, CHICAGO IL 60603-5906
Jnp Parachute Mirror Trust K	other: See Remarks	104 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 900, CHICAGO IL 60603-5906
Jnp 2010-pg Trust	other: See Remarks	104 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 900, CHICAGO IL 60603-5906
Joan Bottarini	officer: See Remarks	150 NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, CHICAGO IL 60606
Peter Sears	officer: See Remarks	71 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 12TH FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60606
David Udell	officer: See Remarks	71 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 12TH FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60606
Malaika Myers	officer: See Remarks	71 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Mark R Vondrasek	officer: See Remarks	C/O AFFINION GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 6 HIGH RIDGE PARK, STAMFORD CT 06905
Jspv 2010 Lasalle Mirror Trust #56	other: See Remarks	3555 TIMMONS LANE, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77027
Tspv 2010 Lasalle Mirror Trust #60	other: See Remarks	3555 TIMMONS LANE, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77027
Acps 2010 Lasalle Mirror Trust #19	other: See Remarks	3555 TIMMONS LANE, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77027
Djps 2010 Lasalle Mirror Trust #46	other: See Remarks	3555 TIMMONS LANE, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77027
Richard C Tuttle	director	71 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 12TH FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60606
Michael A Rocca	director	C/O LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED, 10275 SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Susan D Kronick	director	C/O MACY'S, INC., 7 WEST SEVENTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202