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Quicksilver Resources (FRA:QSR) Free Cash Flow per Share : €0.33 (TTM As of Sep. 2015)


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What is Quicksilver Resources Free Cash Flow per Share?

Quicksilver Resources's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was €-0.03. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 was €0.33.

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 FCF Growth Rate using Free Cash Flow per Share data.

The historical rank and industry rank for Quicksilver Resources's Free Cash Flow per Share or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:QSR' s 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -40.3   Med: -1.2   Max: 118.8
Current: -32

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

FRA:QSR's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 12.15 vs FRA:QSR: -32.00

Quicksilver Resources Free Cash Flow per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Quicksilver Resources's Free Cash Flow per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Quicksilver Resources Free Cash Flow per Share Chart

Quicksilver Resources Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Free Cash Flow per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.26 -1.96 -1.16 -0.65 -0.65

Quicksilver Resources Quarterly Data
Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15
Free Cash Flow per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.12 -0.11 0.37 0.10 -0.03

Competitive Comparison of Quicksilver Resources's Free Cash Flow per Share

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Quicksilver Resources's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Quicksilver Resources's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Quicksilver Resources's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Quicksilver Resources's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Quicksilver Resources Free Cash Flow per Share Calculation

Free Cashflow per Share is the amount of Free Cashflow 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.

Note: GuruFocus does not calculate Free Cash Flow Per Share when Capital Expenditure is 0.

Quicksilver Resources's Free Cash Flow Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow Per Share(A: Dec. 2014 )
=(Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure)/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(-6.187+-108.253)/177.192
=-114.44/177.192
=-0.65

Quicksilver Resources's Free Cash Flow Per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow Per Share(Q: Sep. 2015 )
=(Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure)/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(-0.887+-4.757)/179.778
=-5.644/179.778
=-0.03

Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €0.33

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Quicksilver Resources  (FRA:QSR) Free Cash Flow per Share 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 Dec14, Quicksilver Resources's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec14)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=-1.70361905/0+0.2
=0 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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.


Quicksilver Resources Free Cash Flow per Share Related Terms

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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.

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