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Lecture 2; FIN 440

FCF is basically the return a company (profit seeking) generates for its capital
providers.

Assets Debt

Cash: Return >


PPE

Return > Equity


Return >

Pay all capital providers:

 Shareholders (equity)
 Bondholders (Debt)

We use all our assets to generate Sales> Profit/returns

 Sales> Net Profit


o Why not sales considered as my return?
o Exclude costs: COGS, operational exp, interest, tax
o These aforementioned expenditures are obligations that are required
for me to generate the above stated sales.
o Al these expenses are known as operational obligations
o Once I exclude the operational obligations I get my operational return,
which is known as net profit. We can also call it operational cash flow
o The cash flow in FCF or OCF is basically your earnings/ returns/profit.
o OCF is the retun that a company generates from operations for all
capital providers (shareholders and bondholders)
 Operational cash flow (OCF) = Net profit + interest – interest * tax rate
o = Net profit + interest (1-T) + Dep

Sales – cogs = GP – salaries – marketing exp - R&D – Depreciation – utility =


EBIT – interest 10 = EBT or taxable income – TAX = Net profit 100(includes
the tax benefit from interest. But if I get rid of interest then I also have to
get rid of the tax benefit)

EBIT = 100 – 0 = 100 – 20 = 80

EBIT = 100 – 10 = 9 – 18 = 80

BOOK VALUE; in reality is that yearly depreciation expenditure creating or


resulting in any additional cash outflow?
By subtracting interest I was able to reduce my taxable income which in-turn
reduced by tax amount. By $2. This 2 USD is my tax benefit/ interest tax shield.

TAX = 20%

Interest tax shield= interest * tax rate

OCF is the return that a company generates for all its capital provider after
fulfilling all operational obligations

OCF is the return free of operational obligations.

Return that free of all obligations = OCF – CAPEX – Net Working capital
investments

Capex = capital investments in fixed assets

Obligations:

 Operational
 Sustainability
o Long-term (Capital investment for growth)
o Short-term (working capital investment for liquidity)

In free cash flow the cash flow we’re talking about is not only cash. This cash
flow means all returns/profit.

Pathao’s CFO: what is your cash flow for 2019 through operations. Profit in
2019 through operations?

Operational inflow – operational expenses = operational profit

I’ll have to look into my IS:

Sales/revenue – all operational expenses (including your COGS, tax) = net


profit (operational profit)

I/S
Sales – cogs = GP – salaries – marketing exp - R&D – Depreciation – utility =
EBIT – interest = EBT or taxable income – TAX = Net profit (includes the tax
benefit from interest. But if I get rid of interest then I also have to get rid of the
tax benefit)

Interest tax benefit = interest * tax rate

Operational Cash flow/ profit = net profit + interest (1 – T) + Depreciation = 1


lac

Sir, in order to for us to remain competitive and become sustainable we need


to think in-terms of both longterm and short term.

Long-term sustainability: expand, grow: in order to grow we need to invest


(capital investments)

Short-term sustainability: working capital

Net FA investment = this current period’s investment

OCF – CAPEX – Net WC Investment = Profit that is free of all obligations

Now, the company can freely and without hesitation distribute this profit
amount among all capital providers. This is the take home money. This is the
true profit. And as this profit/return amount is free of all obligations, this
return is known as FREE CASH FLOW (FCFF) or CFFA.

Whenever we think of company’s value we need to consider FCFF instead of


net profit. Because free cash flow is the real profit/ the most practical profit.

As a value seeking or maximizing entity, you would want profit in a more


sustainable manner. Profit or return that can stand the test of time. How can a
company generate stable earnings: growth, diversification, improvement (Capital
expenditures (CAPEX)) and day to day flexibility (working capital investments). In
order to achieve the above goals, companies need to make investments: Long-term
investments and short investments = Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working
capital investments

Sales-COGS – OE – interest = taxable income - tax = net profit ; this profit is free of
all operational obligation.

I can call my net profit my operational income. Operational income should come
from all operational items: revenue and expenses should all be operational. As
interest is non-operation, so we have to add back the deducted interest amount to
get the pure net operational earnings amount. Furthermore, as interest reduced our
tax amount, we also call interest tax shield. Now as I’ am adding back interest to
calculate the OCF, we have get rid of the tax benefit received from interest.

Net income + Interest – interest tax shield

Net income + Interest – interest * T

Operational Cash Flow

 free cash flow or Cash flow from firm assets (CFFA) = OCF – CAPEX – Net WC
Inv
 (OCF) = Net income + interest (1-T) + Depreciation
o or OCF = EBIT + Depreciation – Tax
 CAPEX (this year) = Ending Gross FA – Beginning Gross FA
 Net WC Inv. (this year) = Ending WC – Beg WC = Ending (CA – CL) – Beg
(CA – CL)
o WC = CA – CL

FCFF of Amazon in FY 2020:

FCFF = OCF – CAPEX – WC Inv Net = 36200 – 66941 –(-2174) = - 28,567

Free Cash flow is the return that a firm generates for its capital providers
(shareholders & lenders) after fulfilling all operational, long-term as well as short-
term day-to-day obligation/requirements. In Cash flow, FCF is also known as CFFA.

Value = Return/risk or cost

Risk is cost of generating return.

Profit = return > cost

PV = return/1+r

The return that we generate to calculate value is free cash flow. FCF is more
sustainable for the company compared to net profit.

Pathao (100% equity based company)


Lenders: 30

Assets (in order to buy assets the


business needs money)
This money is known as capital
Shareholders: 70
100

The business each year generates FCF


for the capital providers.

Cash flow to Lenders: 24

Free Cash flow or Cash flow from all


assets are earnings that are available for
all capital providers
Cash flow to Shareholders: 56
FCF = 80

As FCF is distributed among lenders and shareholders. So,

Cash flow to lenders + Cash flow to shareholders is basically my FCF

FCF is the free income for all capital providers. Anyone who provided capital in this
company can look at the FCF amount and say this is basically the return of the
company.

CFAA or FCF = cash flow to lenders + cash flow to shareholders

Cash flow to lenders = interest +loan repayment – loan taken

BRAC

2019: 12 interest; I repaid additional loan of 3 taka

Outflow of 12 and an additional outflow of 3


Cash flow to Shareholders = Dividend + Withdrawal – new share issued
Taxation:

Government raises money from 2 main sources:

 Revenue
o Tax, VAT, and return on different investments: bonds, stocks, funds,
real estate, currency, precious metal etc.
 Debt Finance
o Treasury bonds, taking loans from global aid agencies, such as World
Bank, JICA etc.

Taxation Policies: taxation falls under fiscal policy. On the other hand, controlling
money supply falls under monetary policy.

 Marginal Taxation: progressive tax; tax rate will increase with income.
There are income slabs or brackets that decide how much tax you have to
pay.
 Average Taxation: flat tax regardless of income
o 20%

Example of marginal tax: Let’s say Mr. X earned 50,000 USD last FY. He has to pay
tax using the following marginal tax schedule:

0- 5000 0%
a15000 – 9000 10%
b9000 – 20000 12%
c20,000 - 40000 15%
d40,000 - 60000 20%
e60K & above 25%

 1st 5000 *0% = 0


 4000*10% = 400
 11,000 * 12% = 1320
 20,000 * 15% = 3000
 10,000 * 20% = 2000
 0 * 25% = 0
 Total tax = 6720 USD
 Effective (average) tax = 6720/50,000 = 13.44%

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