If you are currently a shareholder in Visaka Industries Limited (NSE:VISAKAIND), or considering investing in the stock, you need to examine how the business generates cash, and how it is reinvested. After investment, what’s left over is what belongs to you, the investor. This also determines how much the stock is worth. I’ve analysed below, the health and outlook of Visaka Industries’s cash flow, which will help you understand the stock from a cash standpoint. Cash is an important concept to grasp as an investor, as it directly impacts the value of your shares and the future growth potential of your portfolio.
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What is Visaka Industries’s cash yield?
Free cash flow (FCF) is the amount of cash Visaka Industries 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.
I will be analysing Visaka Industries’s FCF by looking at its FCF yield and its operating cash flow growth. The yield will tell us whether the stock is generating enough cash to compensate for the risk investors take on by holding a single stock, which I will compare to the market index. The growth will proxy for sustainability levels of this cash generation.
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
Although, Visaka Industries generate sufficient cash from its operational activities, its FCF yield of 5.02% is roughly in-line with the broader market’s high single-digit yield. This means investors are being compensated at the same level as they would be if they just held the well-diversified market index.
Does Visaka Industries have a favourable cash flow trend?
Can Visaka Industries 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, a double-digit growth in operating cash of 33% is expected. The future seems buoyant if Visaka Industries can maintain its levels of capital expenditure as well. Below is a table of Visaka Industries’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) | ₹880m | ₹1.1b | ₹1.2b |
| OCF Growth Year-On-Year | 26% | 6.0% | |
| OCF Growth From Current Year | 33% |
Next Steps:
Visaka Industries is compensating investors at a cash yield similar to the wider market portfolio. However, you are taking on more risk by holding a single-stock rather than the well-diversified market index. This means, in terms of risk and return, it’s not the best deal. Keep in mind that cash is only one aspect of investment analysis and there are other important fundamentals to assess. You should continue to research Visaka Industries to get a better picture of the company by looking at:
- Valuation: What is VISAKAIND 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 VISAKAIND 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 Visaka Industries’s board and the CEO’s back ground.
- 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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