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You have been retained by Murphy & Company to recommend a distribution system template for projected free cash flow of +79.0, -38.8, +188.7, -5.4, and 6.7 over the 2016–2020-time period. What 10 questions do you need to pose to the C-Suite and the board to make a free cash flow distribution decision that is satisfactory to all involved? Be as specific as needed.
Here we have the given cash flow as
Year | Cash flow |
2016 | 79 |
2017 | -38.8 |
2018 | 188.7 |
2019 | -5.4 |
2020 | 6.7 |
We can observe theere is no consistency in the cash flow or a perticular pattern is not observed. following questions can be addressed to the board.
Sr. No. | Que | Remarks |
1 | How the marginal revenue for the years where the flow is negative can be improved? | On this the invester will judge their holdings |
2 | How the FCF can be made uniform? | Less deviations and the standard deviation reflects the less risks. |
3 | Does FCF helps to reduce uncertainty? | free cash flow help the investor be able to separate the stocks that make sense from the stocks that are most likely going to create a loss |
4 | How much is the extent to solve the invester's problems | FCF used to measure accuracy of the forecasts that are being used to simulate future growth |
5 | What is the level of transperancy in the business | Free cash flow metrics will only work when a company is operating with 100% transparency. |
6 | How much efficient investers to predit the projections | FCF works based on the projections created by the investor. |
7 | What are the expectations of long term investers | FCF helps to small investers |
8 | What are the expectations of short term investers | FCF helps to small investers |
9 | How the trend of FCF can be made increasing | An increasing free cash flows are the indicators of increased earnings. |
10 | How reliable Free Cash Flow is? | to attract investers company should have reliable FCF pattern. |