Terms starting with F
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Free Cash Flow
Financial Statements & Accounting
₹ crore
The cash a business generates after funding the capital expenditure needed to maintain and grow its asset base.
Free Cash Flow = Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenditure
Free Cash Flow to Equity
Fundamental Analysis & Valuation
₹ crore
The cash available to shareholders after operating costs, capital expenditure, debt interest and net debt movements.
FCFE = Free Cash Flow to Firm - Interest x (1 - Tax Rate) + Net New Borrowing
Free Cash Flow to Firm
Fundamental Analysis & Valuation
₹ crore
The cash generated by operations available to all capital providers, before any payments to lenders or shareholders.
FCFF = EBIT x (1 - Tax Rate) + Depreciation and Amortisation - Capital Expenditure - Increase in Working Capital
Free Cash Flow Yield
Fundamental Analysis & Valuation
%
Free cash flow expressed as a percentage of market capitalisation or enterprise value.
Free Cash Flow Yield = Free Cash Flow / Market Capitalisation x 100
Free Float
Market Basics & Instruments
shares
The portion of a company's shares that is actually available for public trading, excluding promoter, strategic and locked-in holdings.
Free Float = Total Shares Outstanding - Promoter Holding - Strategic and Locked-in Holdings
Free-Float Market Capitalisation
Market Basics & Instruments
₹ crore
The market value of only those shares available for public trading, used to weight constituents in Indian indices.
Free-Float Market Capitalisation = Market Price x Free Float Shares
Front Running
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation
qualitative
Trading ahead of a known large order to profit from the price movement that order will cause.
Test: a person with knowledge of an impending substantial order transacts in the same security before that order is executed
Fund Manager
Funds, ETFs & Index Investing
qualitative
The individual responsible for making investment decisions within a scheme's mandate.
Test: the named person holds discretion over security selection within the limits set by the scheme document and by regulation
Fund of Funds
Funds, ETFs & Index Investing
%
A mutual fund that invests in units of other funds rather than directly in securities.
Total Cost = Fund of Funds Expense Ratio + Weighted Average Expense Ratio of the Underlying Funds
Fundamental Analysis
Fundamental Analysis & Valuation
qualitative
The study of a company's financial statements, industry and economics in order to estimate what its shares are worth.
Test: the conclusion rests on the issuer's business economics rather than on the behaviour of its price
Futures Contract
Derivatives, Futures & Options
₹
A standardised exchange-traded agreement to buy or sell an underlying asset at a set price on a set future date.
Contract Value = Futures Price x Lot Size; Profit or Loss = (Exit Price - Entry Price) x Lot Size, sign adjusted for direction