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Green Brick Partners (Green Brick Partners) Free Cash Flow : $206 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Green Brick Partners Free Cash Flow?

Green Brick Partners's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-22 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $206 Mil.

Green Brick Partners's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.49. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.45.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Green Brick Partners was 142.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 91.70% 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, Green Brick Partners's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 91.70% per year. The lowest was -69.60% per year. And the median was -30.00% per year.


Green Brick Partners Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Green Brick Partners'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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Green Brick Partners Free Cash Flow Chart

Green Brick Partners Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Free Cash Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -24.63 32.23 -94.41 88.67 205.54

Green Brick Partners Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Free Cash Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 58.67 153.13 54.19 20.59 -22.37

Green Brick Partners 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.

Green Brick Partners'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
=213.342+-7.802
=206

Green Brick Partners'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
=-19.357+-3.013
=-22

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 $206 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.


Green Brick Partners  (NYSE:GRBK) 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, Green Brick Partners's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=0.87295238/51.94+0.2
=21.68 %

* 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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Green Brick Partners (Green Brick Partners) Business Description

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Address
2805 Dallas Parkway, Suite 400, Plano, TX, USA, 75093
Green Brick Partners Inc is a homebuilding and land development company. It acquires and develops land, as well as provides land and construction financing to its controlled builders. The company has three reportable segments: builder operations central, builder operations southeast, and land development. The majority of company's revenue is generated from the builder operations central segment that is entirely the operations of builders in Texas. The company is engaged in various aspects of the homebuilding process, including land acquisition and development, entitlements, design, construction, marketing, sales, and brand image creation. In addition to homebuilding, the company provides home financing services, such as mortgage and title, through its subsidiaries.
Executives
David Einhorn director, 10 percent owner 140 EAST 45TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Jed Dolson officer: See Remarks 3131 HARVARD AVENUE, SUTE 103, DALLAS TX 75205
Dme Capital Management, Lp director, 10 percent owner 140 EAST 45TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Dme Advisors Gp, L.l.c. director, 10 percent owner 140 EAST 45TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Dme Advisors, Lp director, 10 percent owner 140 EAST 45TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Greenlight Capital Inc director, 10 percent owner 140 EAST 45TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Elizabeth Blake director BIOFUEL ENERGY CORP., 1600 BROADWAY SUITE 2200, DENVER CO 80202
Harry Brandler director 2 GRAND CENTRAL TOWER, 140 EAST 45TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Kathleen Olsen director 4 BROOKSIDE DRIVE, PORT WASHINGTON NY 11050
Richard S Press director 101 BOGLE STREET, WESTON MA 02493
Richard Arthur Costello officer: Chief Financial Officer 2805 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 400, PLANO TX 75093
Neal J Suit officer: General Counsel & EVP C/O LEGACY HOUSING CORPORATION, 1600 AIRPORT FREEWAY, #100, BEDFORD TX 76022
Lila A Murphy director 2000 S. COLORADO BLVD., SUITE 10200, DENVER CO 80222
John R Farris director P.O. BOX 309, FRANKFORT KY 40602-0309
Summer Loveland officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2805 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 400, PLANO TX 75093