Why You Should Care About Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited’s (NSE:CROMPTON) Cash Levels

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Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited (NSE:CROMPTON) 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. What is left after investment, determines the value of the stock since this cash flow technically belongs to investors of the company. Today we will examine Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals’s ability to generate cash flows, as well as the level of capital expenditure it is expected to incur over the next couple of years, which will result in how much money goes to you.

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What is free cash flow?

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals generates cash through its day-to-day business, which needs to be reinvested into the company in order for it to continue operating. What remains after this expenditure, is known as its free cash flow, or FCF, for short.

There are two methods I will use to evaluate the quality of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals’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.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals’s yield of 2.02% 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 Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals but are not being adequately rewarded for doing so.

What’s the cash flow outlook for Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals?

Another important consideration is whether this return is likely to be maintained over the next couple of years. We can gauge this by looking at Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals’s expected operating cash flows. In the next couple of years, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals’s operating cash flows is expected to grow by a double-digit 70%, which is encouraging, should capital expenditure levels maintain at an appropriate level. Below is a table of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals’s operating cash flow in the past year, as well as the anticipated level going forward.

	Current	+1 year	+2 year
Operating Cash Flow (OCF)	₹3.2b	₹4.6b	₹5.4b
OCF Growth Year-On-Year		46%	17%
OCF Growth From Current Year			70%

Next Steps:

Low free cash flow yield means you are not currently well-compensated for the risk you’re taking on by holding onto Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals relative to a well-diversified market index. However, the high growth in operating cash flow may change the tides in the future. Keep in mind that cash is only one aspect of investment analysis and there are other important fundamentals to assess. I recommend you continue to research Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals to get a more holistic view of the company by looking at:

1. Valuation: What is CROMPTON 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 CROMPTON is currently mispriced by the market.
2. Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals’s board and the CEO’s back ground.
3. Other High-Performing Stocks: If you believe you should cushion your portfolio with something less risky, scroll through our free list of these great stocks here.

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