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Colbun (XSGO:COLBUN) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate : -17.10% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Colbun 3-Year FCF Growth Rate?

Colbun's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was CLP1.71.

During the past 12 months, Colbun's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -17.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -15.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -0.30% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Colbun was 64.40% per year. The lowest was -37.30% per year. And the median was -2.00% per year.


Competitive Comparison of Colbun's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Colbun's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Colbun's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Colbun's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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Colbun 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation

This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.


Colbun  (XSGO:COLBUN) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation

Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.


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Colbun (XSGO:COLBUN) Business Description

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Avenida Apoquindo 4775, Piso 11, Santiago, CHL
Colbun SA is a Chilean origin utility company engaged in the electric power generation, transmission and distribution using a diverse field of natural energy resources. The company supplies energy to 18 large customers, among which 15 are regulated customers and three are free or industrial customers such as mining companies, transport services, and water treatment plants. Colbun owns and operates thermoelectric power stations and hydroelectric and hydro run-of-the-river power plants. It operates 23 power plants in Chile and one in Peru, through which it has a total installed capacity of around 3,852 MW.

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