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Just as your pulse is checked during a routine physical, free cash flow is used as an indicator of a company's health. It equals the cash brought in from operations minus the money needed to pay the bills. Think about leftover money in your checking account after you pay this month's bills.
Investors and analysts see this leftover money as a gauge of a company's ability to perform. It is available for transactions such as handing out dividends and working on new products.
Some argue free cash flow is wrongly overshadowed by the emphasis often placed on earnings. Earnings numbers can be manipulated and don't always tell the whole story -- and earnings don't mean much if there's nothing left over after a company pays its expenses. Even if you bring in a six-figure salary, but no money left after paying the bills, are you in great financial shape?
You don't have to be Einstein to figure out free cash flow. To calculate the number, subtract the company's expenditures and dividends from its operating cash flow.
If the free cash flow is written in red ink, it doesn't necessarily signal curtains. This is common for young companies looking to grow. It also could be a result of heavy investments, which in the long run could be worth a standing ovation.
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Monday, July 21, 2008
j2 Global to Host Q2 2008 Earnings Conference Call
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LOS ANGELES, Jul 21, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----j2 Global Communications, Inc. (NASDAQGS:JCOM), the provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communications services, invites the public, members of the press, the financial community, stockholders and other interested parties to listen to a live audio Webcast of its Second Quarter 2008 earnings conference call at 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
Hemi Zucker, chief executive officer, Scott Turicchi, president, and Kathy Griggs, chief financial officer, will host the call. Materials presented during the call will be posted on the Company's Web site at http://www.j2global.com at least thirty minutes prior to the call and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation FD.
What: j2 Global Communications, Inc., Second Quarter 2008 Conference Call When: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Where: www.j2global.com How: Live over the Internet. Simply log onto the call via the Web at the address above. Contact: Scott Turicchi at investor@j2global.com
Questions for the conference call will be taken via e-mail at investor@j2global.com and can be sent anytime prior to or during the Webcast. If you are unable to participate during the live Webcast, the conference call and presentation materials will be archived at www.j2global.com.
About j2 Global Communications
Founded in 1995, j2 Global Communications, Inc. provides outsourced, value-added messaging and communications services to individuals and businesses around the world. j2 Global's network spans more than 3,000 cities in 45 countries on six continents. The Company offers faxing and voicemail solutions, document management solutions, Web-initiated conference calling, and unified-messaging and communications services. j2 Global markets its services principally under the brand names eFax(R), eFax Corporate(R), eFaxDeveloperTM, Fax.comTM, Send2Fax(R), eFax BroadcastTM, jBlast(R), jConnect(R), Onebox(R), Onebox ReceptionistTM, RapidFAXTM, eVoice(R), eVoice ReceptionistTM, YAC(R) and Electric Mail(R). As of December 31, 2007, j2 Global had achieved 12 consecutive fiscal years of revenue growth and 6 consecutive fiscal years of positive and growing operating earnings. For more information about j2 Global, please visit www.j2global.com.
SOURCE: j2 Global Communications, Inc.
j2 Global Communications, Inc. Jeff Adelman, 800-577-1790 press@j2global.com
Copyright Business Wire 2008
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