Twilio (Twilio) Free Cash Flow

: $364 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Twilio's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $211 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $364 Mil.

Twilio's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.16. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.01.

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 11 years, Twilio's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 53.00% per year. The lowest was -70.40% per year. And the median was -1.80% per year.

Twilio Free Cash Flow Historical Data

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

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Twilio Annual Data

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Free Cash Flow

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-53.24

-26.48

-148.21

-334.55

363.52

Twilio Quarterly Data
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Free Cash Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-74.10	-114.48	71.93	195.21	210.86

Twilio 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.

Twilio'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
	=	414.752	+	-51.235
	=	364

Twilio'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
	=	222.545	+	-11.69
	=	211

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 $364 Mil.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) 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, Twilio's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	0	/	75.87	+	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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Twilio (Twilio) Business Description

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Address

101 Spear Street, Fifth Floor, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105

Website

https://www.twilio.com

Twilio is a cloud-based communications platform-as-a-service company offering communication building blocks that allow for a fully customized customer engagement experience spanning voice, video, chat, and SMS messaging. It does this through various application programming interfaces and prebuilt solution applications aimed at improving customer engagement. The company leverages its Super Network, a global network of carrier relationships, to facilitate high-speed, cost-effective communication.

Executives

Aidan Viggiano	officer: Chief Financial Officer	101 SPEAR STREET, FIFTH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Dana Wagner	officer: Chief Legal Officer, Secretary	C/O TWILIO INC., 101 SPEAR STREET, FIRST FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Khozema Shipchandler	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O PIVOTAL SOFTWARE, INC., 875 HOWARD STREET, FIFTH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Elena A. Donio	director	C/O CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 18400 NE UNION HILL RD., REDMOND WA 98052
Charles H Bell	director	101 SPEAR STREET, FIFTH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Donna Dubinsky	director	C/O TWILIO INC., 375 BEALE STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Jeff Lawson	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer	645 HARRISON STREET, THIRD FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Eyal Manor	officer: Chief Product Officer	C/O TWILIO INC., 101 SPEAR STREET, FIRST FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Miyuki Suzuki	director	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Marc Boroditsky	officer: Chief Revenue Officer	121 W. WACKER DR., SUITE 2050, CHICAGO IL 60614
Richard L Dalzell	director	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226
Karyn Smith	officer: General Counsel and Secretary	TWILIO INC, 645 HARRISON STREET THIRD FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Jeffrey R Immelt	director	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 41 FARNSWORTH STREET, BOSTON MA 02210
George Hu	officer: Chief Operating Officer	C/O YELP INC., 350 MISSION STREET, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Erika Rottenberg	director	2029 STIERLIN COURT, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043