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Domino's Pizza (Domino's Pizza) Free Cash Flow : $485 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Domino's Pizza Free Cash Flow?

Domino's Pizza's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $123 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $485 Mil.

Domino's Pizza's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.50. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $13.72.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Domino's Pizza was 27.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 21.20% 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 Free Cash Flow Growth Rate using Free Cash Flow per Share data.

During the past 13 years, Domino's Pizza's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 37.20% per year. The lowest was -57.70% per year. And the median was 17.25% per year.


Domino's Pizza Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Domino's Pizza's Free Cash Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Domino's Pizza Free Cash Flow Chart

Domino's Pizza Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Free Cash Flow
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Domino's Pizza Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Domino's Pizza Free Cash Flow Calculation

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.

Domino's Pizza's Free Cash Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=590.864+-105.396
=485

Domino's Pizza's Free Cash Flow for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure
=168.734+-46.125
=123

Free Cash Flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $485 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Domino's Pizza  (NYSE:DPZ) Free Cash Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is very close to Warren Buffett's definition of Owner's Earnings, except that in Warren Buffett's Owner's Earnings, the spending for Property, Plant, and Equipment is only for maintenance (replacement), while in the Free Cash Flow calculation, the cost of new Property, Plant, and Equipment due to business expansion is also deducted. There, Free Cash Flow is more conservative than Owner's Earnings.

In Don Yacktman's calculation of forward rate of return, he uses Free Cash Flow for the calculation. Yacktman explained the forward rate of return concept in detail in his interview with GuruFocus. Yacktman defines forward rate of return as the normalized free cash flow yield plus real growth plus inflation.

This is what Yacktman said in his March 2012 interview - when the S&P 500 was at 1400:

If the business is stable, this calculation is fairly straightforward. For instance, on the S&P 500 we would normalize earnings. We would then calculate what percentage of those earnings are not reinvested in the underlying businesses and are therefore free. Historically, for the S&P 500, this has been just under 50% of earnings. Currently, we expect the S&P to earn about 70 on a normalized basis, a number which is far below reported earnings due to our adjusting for record high profit margins. $70 X ½ / 1400 gives you a normalized free cash flow yield of approximately 2.5%.

The historical real growth rate of the S&P 500 (companies) is about 1.5%. Assuming an inflation rate of 2.5%, the forward rate of return on an investment in the S&P 500 is about 6.5% today (2.5% free cash flow yield plus 1.5% real growth plus 2.5% inflation).

For the growth part of the Forward Rate of Return calculation, GuruFocus uses the 5-year average growth rate of EBITDA per share as the growth rate, and the growth rate is always capped at 20%. For the Free Cash Flow we use per share data averaged over seven years. The reason we use seven years is because research shows that seven years is the length of the typical business cycle.

Therefore, as of Dec23, Domino's Pizza's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=12.14114286/412.23+0.1284
=15.79 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Free Cash Flow within a report period can be affected by management's decisions of capital spending. Therefore, it is important to look at long term when it comes to Free Cash Flow.


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Domino's Pizza (Domino's Pizza) Business Description

Address
30 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 48105
Domino's is a restaurant operator and franchiser with nearly 20,000 global stores across more than 90 international markets at the end of 2022. The firm generates revenue through the sales of pizza, wings, salads, sandwiches, and desserts at company-owned stores, royalty and marketing contributions from franchise-operated stores, and its network of 26 domestic (and five Canadian) dough manufacturing and supply chain facilities, which centralize purchasing, preparation, and last-mile delivery for the firm's U.S. and Canadian restaurants. With roughly $17.7 billion in 2022 system sales, Domino's is the largest player in the global pizza market, ahead of Pizza Hut, Little Caesars, and Papa John's.
Executives
Sam Jackson officer: EVP, Human Resources 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DRIVE, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Andy Ballard director ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1350, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Lisa V Price officer: EVP, Chief Human Resources Ofc 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DR, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Cynthia A Headen officer: EVP, Supply Chain Services 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DR, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Andrew Balson director, 10 percent owner
Patricia E Lopez director 333 LUDLOW ST, STAMFORD CT 06902
Joseph Hugh Jordan officer: EVP, International 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DR, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
James A Goldman director
Reddy Sandeep officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer C/O GUESS?, INC., 1444 SOUTH ALAMEDA STREET, LOS ANGELES CA 90021
Russell J Weiner officer: President, Domino's U.S.A. 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DR, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Jessica L Parrish officer: VP, Treasurer, Corp Controller 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DRIVE, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Allison Richard E Jr officer: President, Domino's Int'l 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DR, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Kevin Scott Morris officer: EVP, Gen'l Counsel, Secretary 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DR, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Diana F Cantor director 9201 FOREST HILL AVENUE, RICHMOND VA 23235
Timothy P. Mcintyre officer: EVP, Comm, Investor Relations 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DR, ANN ARBOR MI 48105

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