CEOs and the boards of mid-market companies deal with negative cash flow from operations in numerous ways.
E-Trade will have to continue to work to improve its credit profile and weather losses and negative cash flow.
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Like its cousin Chesapeake Energy (CHK), SandRidge has had enormous negative cash flow every year since the 2007 IPO.
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Also steer away from roll-ups that have negative cash flow from operations.
Almost all of Europe other than Germany has a negative cash flow.
Sacconaghi jumps through some statistical scenarios for how you could up with negative cash flow growth at Apple, and basically concludes that it is well nigh impossible.
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The economy actually contracted at a 1.3% average rate in 2008 and 2009, and this drove Social Security into a negative cash flow position in 2010, much earlier than the Trustees had ever imagined was possible.
Negative cash flow or not, the purchase of the GM Building is a clear-headed endorsement of the value of a trophy building from a blue-chip public real estate company known for its own high-stakes gambles on leading-edge properties.
Although oil cognoscenti applaud Aubrey for his acquisition prowess, assembling one of the great troves of natural gas assets, second in size only to EXXON (XOM), the fact remains that CHK has had negative cash flow every single year they have been in existence.
But at least one source who has seen the building's books says the buyers will be buying a small amount of negative cash flow while making a long-term bet on the building's eventual profitability as the most prominent and expensive asset in midtown Manhattan.
In his now famous presentation, Einhorn broke down the case for shorting Green Mountain Coffee: the company had very low operating cash flow and negative free cash flow that was getting more negative.
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China Unicom generated negative free cash flow of about RMB 30 billion, triple the negative RMB 10 billion it had in 2011.
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We further narrowed the screen by excluding heavily leveraged firms and culling out companies with negative excess cash flow for their latest 12 months.
In addition, Summers expects negative same store sales will continue as will negative free cash flow--and he did not rule out bankruptcy as an option for the company.
Shares in Netflix fell off a cliff on Tuesday in the aftermath of an earnings release that revealed lower guidance for U.S. subscribers and negative free cash flow.
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Markowski uses forest-based terminology to classify companies: seedlings and saplings are companies on the make, while kindling refers to companies with negative operating cash flow that are ready to go in flames.
The company has also reiterated its commitment to original programming in its letter to shareholders, although it notes that commitment comes with some front-loaded expenses that will result in negative free cash flow for the next "several quarters" beginning with Q4.
In extreme cases, a company could have consecutive quarters of negative operating cash flow and, in accordance with GAAP, legitimately report positive EPS. In this situation, investors should determine the source of the cash hemorrhage (inventories, receivables, etc.) and whether this situation is a short-term issue or long-term problem.
Spyker expects to be cash flow negative this year as well, as it ramps up production of a redesigned Saab 9-3.
When all of this gets put in the bucket most of these wells, with exception of the lucky ones with 10 billion cubic feet EUR, are probably cash flow negative.
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Shares of Facebook surged on the heels of a better-than-expected third quarter and stronger mobile sales, while Netflix was flattened thanks to lower U.S. subscriber guidance and a negative turn for free cash flow.
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From our research and consulting experience, we have found three elements of sound decision making when cash flow goes negative.
Free cash flow was negative for the past two years.
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Instead of getting into a debate about when the system will actually go cash-flow negative (the latest estimate is 2017) or when the so-called trust fund will actually go broke (2040 is one forecast), the White House should emphasize the positive.
It currently has negative economic earnings, and a free cash flow yield of -11.1% is not exactly attractive.
Despite the highly negative market reaction to earnings, Apple actually managed to increased its cash flow from operations by more than 33% over the same period last year.
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Despite the negative earnings momentum, shares still trade at a premium on a forward price to earnings and price to cash flow basis.
Schostak notes that cash flow from operations has been about break even over the last few quarters, although it was likely negative in the March quarter.
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