The average growth of its free cash flow per share over the past 10 years was 11%.

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This combination is also financially compelling, and we expect it to deliver enhanced earnings per share and free cash flow generation, creating meaningful value for our shareholders.

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Most of these actions were necessitated by sudden and substantial declines in free cash flow resulting from recession-induced contractions in property cash flows and per-share cash flow dilution caused by the issuances of additional equity.

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Utilities hold at 14 times earnings, carrying 4 percent yields, but minimal incremental free cash flow to bump up dividends more than pennies per share.

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These non-GAAP measures include non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP income tax expense, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income, or earnings, per share, and free cash flow.

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Over the same time period its revenue per share increased at an annual rate of 5.2%, free cash flow at 19.3% and book value at 8.1%.

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Consider: Since March of 2001 Cytyc's free cash flow (operating cash flow less spending on property, plant and equipment) has increased from 26 cents per share to 83 cents per share.

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