Article: Mediacom Communications Announces Financial Guidance for 2004; Dramatic Improvement in Free Cash Flow Expected.

Dictionary definition: free cash flow
A Dictionary of Business and Management;      391 words ...free cash flow A measure of the cash that a company is generating or consuming. Free cash flow is often defined as after-tax operating profit less net capital expenditure :free cash flow = revenues – operating expenses ...

Article: Free cash flow
Teaching Business & Economics;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Free cash flow was mentioned recently in an article ... is followed by an explanation of free cash flow, with examples from real life to ... Finally, we will attempt to apply the free cash flow concept in a company valuation situation ...

Article: The valuation of corporate R&D expenditures: evidence from ...
Financial Management;  March 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... growth. We also examine whether free cash flow can explain cross-sectional ... argues that managers will invest free cash flow in wasteful investments rather ... higher, therefore, for high-free-cash-flow firms. On the other hand, R ...

Article: SPX Reports Second Quarter 2003 Results; 2Q Free ...
PR Newswire;  July 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... continuing operations of $0.66, and free cash flow from continuing operations of ... For the quarter we generated free cash flow equal to 194% of income from ... 79 in 2002. The primary use of free cash flow during the quarter was to repurchase ...

Article: A Free Cash Flow.(chemical companies and ...
Chemical Market Reporter;  July 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... we expect to see an increase in free cash flow in 2001 as the companies go into ... improving their margins and returns. Free cash flow is often put forward as a proxy ... specialty chemical sector's free cash flow yields (FCF/market cap) over ...

Article: SPX Reports Third Quarter 2003 Results; 3Q Free ...
PR Newswire;  October 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... continuing operations of $0.98, and free cash flow from continuing operations of ... the third quarter we generated free cash flow of $100.9 million or 135 ... quarter of 2002. Our focus on free cash flow together with cost reduction initiatives ...

Article: SPX Reports Record Fourth Quarter 2003 Results; 4Q Free ...
PR Newswire;  February 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... continuing operations of $1.30, and free cash flow from continuing operations of ... fourth quarter and delivered record free cash flow of $546.4 million for the year ... FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Cash Flow: Free cash flow for the quarter was $303.8 ...