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Quicksilver Resources (FRA:QSR) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate : -32.00% (As of Sep. 2015)


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What is Quicksilver Resources 3-Year FCF Growth Rate?

Quicksilver Resources's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was €-0.03.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -32.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 0.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -4.00% 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 average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Quicksilver Resources was 118.80% per year. The lowest was -40.30% per year. And the median was -1.20% per year.


Competitive Comparison of Quicksilver Resources's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Quicksilver Resources's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

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Quicksilver Resources's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Quicksilver Resources's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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Quicksilver Resources 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation

This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.

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Quicksilver Resources  (FRA:QSR) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation

Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. 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. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.


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Quicksilver Resources (FRA:QSR) Business Description

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Quicksilver Resources Inc was organized as a Delaware corporation in 1997 and became a public company in 1999. It is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of onshore oil and natural gas in North America and are based in Fort Worth, Texas. The Company focuses on unconventional reservoirs where hydrocarbons may be found in challenging geological conditions, such as fractured shales and coalbeds. Its producing oil and natural gas properties in the United States are principally located in Texas and in Canada in Alberta and British Columbia. Its three core development areas include: Barnett Shale; Horn River; and Horseshoe Canyon. Additionally, It has an oil exploration opportunity in the Delaware basin in western Texas. The Company competes for acquisitions of prospective oil and natural gas properties and oil and gas reserves. Its oil and natural gas operations are focused onshore in North America, in basins containing unconventional reservoirs with predictable, long-lived production. Its current production and development operations are concentrated in its three core areas: the Barnett Shale, Horn River and Horseshoe Canyon. The Company compete for acquisitions of prospective oil and natural gas properties and oil and natural gas reserves. It also compete for drilling rigs and equipment used to drill for and produce oil and natural gas. The Company is subject to a number of federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations, whose purpose is to protect the health and safety of workers, both generally and within Its industry.