The automaker's lackluster performance in profit margin and free cash flow leads the credit rating agency to relegate Ford's debt to junk status.
The buyback boom is raising concerns as companies are returning more cash to shareholders than they are generating in free cash flow.
Even as key corporate financial indicators continue to fall, some hope may be emerging that forecasts of an impending recession will prove inaccurate.
While the number of comment letters the commission sends to filers has waned drastically, the proportion of letters focused on non-GAAP metrics has shot up.
If oil prices remain at current levels, at some point bond investors may no longer be willing to support the shrinking enterprise.
The incoming finance chief has an "impossible" problem in funding needed capex on top of a huge share buyback and dividend hike, analyst firm says.
As the use of free cash flow as a guiding metric grows, researchers seek a solid definition for the term.
“Firms are only capable of sustainably maintaining their dividend payouts provided they are generating sufficient free cash flow,” researchers contend.
Despite surging sales and cash flow, company spending on capex continues to lag.
They're great for investment bankers and sellers, but lower valuation multiples are associated with greater shareholder return.
But big, public, non-financial companies are generating cash partly by cutting capex, study finds.
Absent an economic slowdown, strong free cash flow and accessible debt markets will keep companies from having to tap reserves.
