Kronos Bio (Kronos Bio) Free Cash Flow

: $-79.26 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Kronos Bio's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-25.06 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-79.26 Mil.

Kronos Bio's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.43. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.37.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 22.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -36.20% 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 6 years, Kronos Bio's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 22.20% per year. The lowest was -103.70% per year. And the median was -36.90% per year.

Kronos Bio Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kronos Bio's Free Cash Flow can be seen below:

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Kronos Bio Annual Data

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Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Free Cash Flow

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-18.03

-47.48

-122.18

-91.50

-79.26

Kronos Bio Quarterly Data
	Dec18	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Free Cash Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-22.58	-6.07	-25.33	-22.80	-25.06

Kronos Bio 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.

Kronos Bio'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
	=	-78.582	+	-0.679
	=	-79.26

Kronos Bio'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
	=	-25.024	+	-0.031
	=	-25.06

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 $-79.26 Mil.

Kronos Bio (NAS:KRON) 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, Kronos Bio's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	0	/	1.25	+	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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Kronos Bio (Kronos Bio) Business Description

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Address

1300 So. El Camino Real, Suite 300, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94402

Website

https://www.kronosbio.com

Kronos Bio Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel cancer therapeutics designed to transform patient outcomes through a precision medicine strategy by targeting dysregulated transcription. The company operates in one business segment, the development of biopharmaceutical products.

Executives

Jorge Dimartino	officer: Chief Medical Officer & VP	C/O KRONOS BIO, INC., 1300 S, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Christopher Dinsmore	officer: Chief Scientific Officer	C/O KRONOS BIO, INC., 1300 EL CAMINO REAL, STE. 300, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Barbara Kosacz	officer: COO & General Counsel	3175 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Norbert W Bischofberger	director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & CEO	333 LAKESIDE DR, C/O GILEAD SCIENCES, INC., FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Sandra A. Gardiner	officer: Interim CFO	CUTERA, INC., 3240 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, BRISBANE CA 94005
Yasir B. Al-wakeel	officer: Chief Financial Officer	MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., ONE KENDALL SQUARE, SUITE B7201, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Roger D Dansey	director	21823 30TH DRIVE SE, BOTHELL WA 98021
Katherine V Stultz	director	C/O GRAPHITE BIO, INC., 279 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 430, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Backer Marianne De	director	177 E COLORADO BLVD, SUITE 700, PASADENA CA 91105
Roshawn A. Blunt	director	11682 EL CAMINO REAL STE 300, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Jakob Loven	director	C/O ARVINAS, INC., 5 SCIENCE PARK, 395 WINCHESTER AVENUE, NEW HAVEN CT 06511
Taiyin Yang	director	2631 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Otello Stampacchia	director, 10 percent owner	888 BOYLSTON ST., SUITE 1111, BOSTON MA 02199
John C Martin	director	333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY X1 94404
Elena Ridloff	director	C/O ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 12830 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 400, SAN DIEGO CA 92130