Hawaiian Electric Industries (Hawaiian Electric Industries) Free Cash Flow

: $36 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Hawaiian Electric Industries's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-36 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $36 Mil.

Hawaiian Electric Industries's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.33. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.33.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -8.10% 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, Hawaiian Electric Industries's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 63.40% per year. The lowest was -292.30% per year. And the median was 0.50% per year.

Hawaiian Electric Industries Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hawaiian Electric Industries's Free Cash Flow can be seen below:

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Hawaiian Electric Industries Annual Data

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54.95

45.51

-18.87

-1.53

35.59

Hawaiian Electric Industries Quarterly Data
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Free Cash Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															100.18	56.66	79.09	-64.13	-36.02

Hawaiian Electric Industries 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.

Hawaiian Electric Industries'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
	=	474.367	+	-438.775
	=	36

Hawaiian Electric Industries'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
	=	68.256	+	-104.278
	=	-36

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 $36 Mil.

Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE:HE) 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, Hawaiian Electric Industries's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	0.40190476	/	14.19	+	0.0162
	=	4.45 %

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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Hawaiian Electric Industries (Hawaiian Electric Industries) Business Description

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Address

1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2900, Honolulu, HI, USA, 96813

Website

https://www.hei.com

Hawaiian Electric Industries is the parent company of three Hawaii-based regulated utilities and Hawaii's American Savings Bank. The utilities provide electricity on the five islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, and Lanai. Nearly 40% of electricity in its service territory comes from renewable energy; this portion is growing rapidly as the state has set a goal of 100% by 2045.

Executives

Scott Deghetto	officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer	P.O. BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96808
Bruce Tamashiro	officer: Controller, PAO	P.O. BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96808
Keith P Russell	director	200 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 2100, IRVINE CA 92618
Yoko Otani	director	P.O. BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96808
Michael J. Kennedy	director	P.O. BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96808
Elisia Flores	director	PO BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96808
Gregory C Hazelton	officer: SVP - Finance	220 NW SECOND AVENUE, PORTLAND OR 97209
Lau Constance H	director, officer: President	C/O HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC., P O BOX 730, HONOLULIU HI 96808
Ann Teranishi	officer: Pres & CEO, Amer Savings Bank	P.O. BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96813
Kimura Shelee M.t.	officer: Pres & CEO, Hawn Electric Co.	C/O P.O. BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96808
Valueact Spring Master Fund, L.p.	director, other: See Remarks	ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING D, 4TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Valueact Spring Master Fund A, L.p.	director, other: See Remarks	ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING D, FOURTH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Richard F Wacker	officer: Pres & CEO, Amer Savings Bank
Seu Scott W.h.	officer: Pres & CEO, Hawn Electric	C/O P.O. BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96808
Valueact Capital Management, Llc	director, other: See Remarks	ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING D, 4TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129