Cash Flow Screens
Cash rich companies and turnaround stories. Free cash flow is the lifeblood of any business — these screens find companies generating it.
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Cash Rich Companies
Companies generating free cash flow with low debt and strong returns — businesses that print money and keep it.
Emerging Turnarounds
Companies actively reducing debt while growing revenue — early signs of a business turnaround before the market prices it in.
About Cash Flow Investing
Free cash flow is the most honest measure of business health in existence. Reported profits can be manipulated through accounting choices — depreciation methods, inventory valuation, revenue recognition timing, capitalising expenses. But actual cash in the bank account cannot be faked. When a company generates more free cash than it spends on capital investments, it is genuinely creating value — full stop.
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow (P/FCF) below 12 means you're paying less than 12 years of current free cash generation for the entire business. By this measure, many 'expensive' growth stocks are actually cheap if their free cash conversion is high, while many 'cheap' cyclicals are expensive because their earnings don't convert to real cash.
Cash-rich companies compound in multiple ways: they reduce debt (improving the balance sheet), buy back shares (concentrating ownership), fund acquisitions (strategic growth), and pay dividends (direct returns). All without needing equity markets or bank debt. Over long periods, this self-funding flywheel creates enormous shareholder value.
The turnaround angle is equally powerful. A company actively reducing its debt load while simultaneously growing revenue is showing a fundamental business improvement: more cash coming in, less going out to service debt. This is exactly the pattern of a successful turnaround — often 12–18 months before the stock market fully recognises it and re-rates the stock.