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Harvard Bioscience (FRA:HBI) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate : 10.40% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Harvard Bioscience 3-Year FCF Growth Rate?

Harvard Bioscience's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.01.

During the past 12 months, Harvard Bioscience's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 195.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.40% 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 Harvard Bioscience was 271.40% per year. The lowest was -61.70% per year. And the median was 9.00% per year.


Competitive Comparison of Harvard Bioscience's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Harvard Bioscience'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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Harvard Bioscience's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Harvard Bioscience's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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Harvard Bioscience 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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Harvard Bioscience  (FRA:HBI) 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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Harvard Bioscience (FRA:HBI) Business Description

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84 October Hill Road, Holliston, MA, USA, 01746
Harvard Bioscience Inc is a developer, manufacturer, and seller of technologies, specialized products and services that enable fundamental research, discovery, and pre-clinical testing for drug development. Its primary focus is scientific instruments used to advance life science and research. With operations in North America, Europe and china it sells through a combination of direct and distribution channels to customers around the world. The product brands of the company include Harvard Apparatus, DSI, Buxco, Biochrom, BTX, Heka, Hugo Sachs, Multichannel Systems MCS GmbH, and Panlab.. The majority of its revenue comes from the United States.