Yahoo Finance Why Baby Bunting Group Limited’s (ASX:BBN) Cash Is A Factor You Need To Consider
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Baby Bunting Group Limited (ASX:BBN) shareholders, and potential investors, need to understand how much cash the business makes from its core operational activities, as well as how much is invested back into the business. After investment, what’s left over is what belongs to you, the investor. This also determines how much the stock is worth. I will take you through BBN’s cash flow health and the risk-return concept based on the stock’s cash flow yield, using the most recent financial data. This will help you think about the company from a cash perspective, which is a crucial factor to investing.
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What is Baby Bunting Group's cash yield?
Free cash flow (FCF) is the amount of cash Baby Bunting Group has left after it pays off its expenses, including its net capital expenditures, which is what the company needs to spend each year to maintain or grow its business operations.
There are two methods I will use to evaluate the quality of Baby Bunting Group’s FCF: firstly, I will measure its FCF yield relative to the market index yield; secondly, I will examine whether its operating cash flow will continue to grow into the future, which will give us a sense of sustainability.
Free Cash Flow = Operating Cash Flows – Net Capital Expenditure
Free Cash Flow Yield = Free Cash Flow / Enterprise Value
where Enterprise Value = Market Capitalisation + Net Debt
Baby Bunting Group’s yield of 1.58% indicates its sub-standard capacity to generate cash, compared to the stock market index as a whole, accounting for the size differential. This means investors are taking on more concentrated risk on Baby Bunting Group but are not being adequately rewarded for doing so.
What’s the cash flow outlook for Baby Bunting Group?
Can BBN improve its operating cash production in the future? Let’s take a quick look at the cash flow trend the company is expected to deliver over time. In the next couple of years, the company is expected to grow its cash from operations at a double-digit rate of 80%, ramping up from its current levels of AU$13m to AU$24m in two years’ time. Although this seems impressive, breaking down into year-on-year growth rates, BBN's operating cash flow growth is expected to decline from a rate of 39% next year, to 29% in the following year. However the overall picture seems encouraging, should capital expenditure levels maintain at an appropriate level.
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The company’s low yield relative to the market index means you are taking on more risk holding the single-stock Baby Bunting Group as opposed to the diversified market portfolio, and being compensated for less. Though the high operating cash flow growth in the future could change this. Keep in mind that cash is only one aspect of investment analysis and there are other important fundamentals to assess. I suggest you continue to research Baby Bunting Group to get a more holistic view of the company by looking at:
Valuation: What is BBN worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether BBN is currently mispriced by the market.
Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Baby Bunting Group’s board and the CEO’s back ground.
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