free cash flow en · NOUN
Meanings
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A measure of a company's financial performance, calculated as net income plus depreciation and amortization, less changes in working capital, less capital expenditure.
But its [Amazon's] dominance in its market helped it become a cash machine over time: $33bn in free cash flow in 2024, against $2bn 10 years before.
2026 June 13, Robert Armstrong, “AI is revolutionising the stock market”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:Free cash flow can be very negative for profitable, fast-growing businesses and very positive for unprofitable, declining ones.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| free cash flows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
sv fritt kassaflöde (measure of a company's financial performance) · de Barmittelzufluss (measure of a company's financial performance) · es flujo dinerario libre (measure of a company's financial performance)