The fair value of any investment is its future cash flow discounted for risk.
Future cash flow includes, but is not limited to, interest income, dividends, rent, royalties and its terminal value.
Marathon Patent Group again purchased an asset that will provide future cash flow when revenue trickles in from these 16 defendants.
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They are also likely to weigh future cash flow more cautiously.
Charities are increasingly keen to target individuals who make regular repayments as it allows them to plan ahead and get a sense of future cash flow.
Seagate said it will fund the dividend and share repurchases through a combination of cash on hand, future cash flow from operations and potential alternative sources of financing.
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When they do, the profits are recorded on their financial statements here, and the future cash flow from those investments is capitalized into their value on our stock market.
The popular idea that a company is no more than the net present value of its future cash flow depends on guessing first what that cash flow is going to be, and then what future interest rates are going to be.
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With the majority of CDOs being backed by mortgages, the principal-only tranche has a known future cash flow, but at a variable rate of return, while the interest-only tranche has both an unknown cash flow and an unknown rate of return on that cash flow.
As I noted in a post yesterday, Legg Mason fund manager Bill Miller has suggested that the company can keep the current cash, but pay out all future free cash flow to holders.
Moreover, the further into the future the cash flow, the more its perceived value is affected by falling rates.
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The value of any such asset (real estate, stock share, or bond) is the sum of the future stream of cash flow or benefits, discounted by the interest rate.
Investors buy cable stocks for their cash flow and the future value of their subscriber bases.
The company also said that it doesn't expect to have to turn to the strained capital markets for fresh funding for "the foreseeable future, " given its healthy cash flow and existing lending facilities.
For Yahoo, the deal provides tens of millions in cash-flow for its own future makeovers.
As another example, if you beef up customer service to improve churn, you directly impact future costs, and therefore deteriorate the potential cash flow contribution.
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So his team is positioning the fund for the future by investing in telecommunications companies with good cash flow - likely candidates to benefit from the convergence of telephony and computers.
By all rights, the company's future is hazy--especially if its cash-flow problems continue and it can't boost its marketing efforts and ignite sales.
Finally, Beckman Coulter (nyse: BEC - news - people ) is a cheap, defensive way to take advantage of biotechnology's future at 90% of revenue and 6 times cash flow.
This growth enables us to invest in future innovative technology as well as delivering increases in profit and cash flow.
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It went on to state that "cash flow remains an acute issue for the company to manage into future years".
It has the benefit of still vigorous cash flow and some terrific brand names on which to build its future.
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Getting a handle on a company's future health involves looking at it from all sides--the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement.
South Korea's Hyundai has also enjoyed a few bumper seasons, and as its cash flow has been healthy it has invested heavily in technologies predicted to become crucial in the future.
Therefore, to invest for the future while protecting as best as possible against a future market downturn, I recommend buying portfolios of companies shrinking the trading float of shares and using free cash flow to do so.
We believe URS is poised to grow its earnings and cash flow over the next several years, given a favorable outlook for federal spending, exposure to future nuclear investment, and a potential rebound in the power and commercial sectors.
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