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Begbies Traynor Group (LSE:BEG) Free Cash Flow : £11.1 Mil (TTM As of Oct. 2023)


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What is Begbies Traynor Group Free Cash Flow?

Begbies Traynor Group's total free cash flow for the months ended in Oct. 2023 was £0.3 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2023 was £11.1 Mil.

Begbies Traynor Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Oct. 2023 was £0.00. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2023 was £0.07.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Begbies Traynor Group was 430.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 72.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -3.10% 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, Begbies Traynor Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 72.60% per year. The lowest was -47.40% per year. And the median was 11.10% per year.


Begbies Traynor Group Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Begbies Traynor Group's Free Cash Flow 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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Begbies Traynor Group Free Cash Flow Chart

Begbies Traynor Group Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Free Cash Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.70 0.87 11.74 8.76 5.83

Begbies Traynor Group Semi-Annual Data
Apr14 Oct14 Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23
Free Cash Flow 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 1.74 7.02 -4.99 10.81 0.32

Begbies Traynor Group 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.

Begbies Traynor Group's Free Cash Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (A: Apr. 2023 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=6.814+-0.987
=5.8

Begbies Traynor Group's Free Cash Flow for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (Q: Oct. 2023 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=1.072+-0.756
=0.3

Free Cash Flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £11.1 Mil.

* 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.


Begbies Traynor Group  (LSE:BEG) 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 Apr23, Begbies Traynor Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Apr23)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=0.0475/1.31+0.1451
=18.14 %

* 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.


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Begbies Traynor Group (LSE:BEG) Business Description

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340 Deansgate, Manchester, GBR, M3 4LY
Begbies Traynor Group PLC is a professional services consultancy. It provides insolvency, restructuring and consultancy services to businesses, professional advisors, and financial institutions. It provides professional services, such as business rescue options, advisory options, forensic accounting and investigations, corporate and commercial finance, personal insolvency solutions and services to banking, legal, and accounting sectors. The company is managed as two operating segments: insolvency and advisory services, and property advisory and transactional services. The group generates the majority of its revenue from insolvency and advisory services. The group's principal operations and markets are in the UK.

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