Analyze One-Year Free Cash Flow Growth Seamlessly

The FreeCashFlowOneYearGrowth function in MarketXLS helps you instantly calculate the one-year percentage growth of a company's free cash flow directly in your Excel worksheet. This function leverages cloud-based financial data, ensuring quick, accurate updates. Whether you are assessing a company's recent performance or performing a fundamental analysis for investment decisions, FreeCashFlowOneYearGrowth gives you the clarity and speed you need.

Why Use This Function?

• Provides fast, one-year growth data for free cash flow of US-listed stocks.
• Ideal for quick fundamental checks, trend analysis, or as part of broader valuation models.
• Helps you decide if a company’s free cash flow is expanding or contracting year over year.
• Integrates seamlessly into your Excel workflow, allowing you to combine outputs with other formulas or create comprehensive dashboards.
• Returns a clear numeric result or "NA" if the data is not available or the symbol is invalid, so you can quickly see where more research is needed.

How to Use in Excel

=FreeCashFlowOneYearGrowth("SYMBOL")

Simply enter the formula in any cell, replacing "SYMBOL" with the ticker symbol (e.g., "AAPL"). The function then fetches the free cash flow data and calculates a one-year growth rate.

1. Select a cell where you want the growth result to appear.
2. Type =FreeCashFlowOneYearGrowth("AAPL") or reference another cell containing the symbol text.
3. Press Enter, and MarketXLS will retrieve and display the one-year growth figure.

Parameters Explained

• This function specifically calculates free cash flow growth over one year.
• Always ensure a valid MarketXLS license; otherwise, the function returns "NA" or an error message.

Example Usage

Basic Examples

1. Simple direct input:
   =FreeCashFlowOneYearGrowth("MSFT")
   This returns Microsoft’s one-year percentage growth in free cash flow.

2. Reference a cell for the symbol:
   Suppose cell A2 contains "TSLA", then:
   =FreeCashFlowOneYearGrowth(A2)
   Automatically updates if you change A2’s text to any other valid ticker.

3. Comparing multiple stocks side-by-side:
   • A1: "AAPL"
   • B1: "MSFT"
   • A2: =FreeCashFlowOneYearGrowth(A1)
   • B2: =FreeCashFlowOneYearGrowth(B1)

Each cell will show the one-year free cash flow growth rate for the respective ticker symbol.

Advanced Scenarios

• Combine this with Excel’s built-in functions (e.g., IF or conditional formatting) to highlight stocks whose free cash flow grew above a certain threshold.
• Incorporate results into a larger fundamental analysis dashboard, referencing multiple MarketXLS functions to gauge health across different metrics.
• Use negative growth values as a quick flag for deeper investigation if a company’s free cash flow has declined.

Common Questions and Troubleshooting

• Q: Why am I getting "NA"?
  A: This can happen if the symbol is invalid, the data is unavailable for the requested period, or your MarketXLS license is not active.

• Q: What if the free cash flow was negative in the previous year?
  A: Negative free cash flow or insufficient data can cause the function to return a negative or zero growth figure, or "NA" where data is missing.

• Q: Does the function handle trailing twelve months (TTM)?
  A: No, this specific function is strictly for one-year growth. Consider other MarketXLS functions for TTM or custom periods.

• Q: Can I use international ticker symbols?
  A: The function primarily focuses on US market data. If coverage exists, it may return results for certain international tickers, but this is not guaranteed.

Remember:

• Always verify your ticker symbols before using the function.
• Negative or zero growth results can be as insightful as positive ones, indicating a company’s free cash flow trends.
• Combine this function with other MarketXLS functions for deeper analysis, such as analyzing revenue growth, net income trends, or price-based KPIs.