Excess Cash Flow

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Definition of 'Excess Cash Flow'

A term used to describe the income derived from mortgages or other assets backing a bond that is in excess of what is needed to retire the bond. The excess cash flow may be passed to investors who purchased a residual interest in the securities or used by the bond issuer to pay out to bond holders.
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Investopedia explains 'Excess Cash Flow'

Excess cash flow usually occurs as a result of overcollateralization in order to improve the borrower's credit rating and lower the lender's default risk. Also, in terms of financial statements, excess cash flow can als refer to available cash left after expenditures and dividends are paid.
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'Excess Cash Flow'

  • Fundamental Analysis: The Cash Flow Statement | Investopedia

    http://www.investopedia.com/university/fundamentalanalysis/fundanalysis8.asp
    ... Free cash flow, which is essentially the excess cash produced by the company, can
    be returned to shareholders or invested in new growth opportunities without ...

  • Cash Flow On Steroids: Why Companies Cheat

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/05/062405.asp
    ... a negative performance in the operating cash flow column ... Non-operating cash is usually
    money from securities ... made to protect the value of excess cash before the ...

  • To Invest Or To Reduce Debt, That's The Question

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/08/invest-reduce-debt.asp
    ... that you cannot stand the thought of potentially losing money through investing
    and abhor any kind of debt, you may be better off using excess cash flow to pay ...

  • Spotting Cash Cows

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/05/cashcow.asp
    ... If a cash cow company seems like it can no longer use its excess cash to boost ... of
    Mergers and Acquisitions.) The Life of the Cash Cow: Free Cash Flow To see if ...

  • Value-able Investing Lessons From Yacktman Funds

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Value-able-Investing-Lessons-From-Yacktman-Funds-KO-PEP-JNJ-VIA-NWS-CMCSA0310.aspx
    ... Excess cash flow can then be used for a combination of purposes, including growing
    the business organically or through acquisitions, repurchasing company stock ...

  • Wal-Mart Outmuscles Target

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Wal-Mart-Outmuscles-Target-TGT-WMT-SHLD-M-DDS0126.aspx
    ... Both also used excess cash flow to pay a dividend and repurchase shares, but
    Wal-Mart again was able to outmuscle Target by utilizing more than $7 billion to ...

  • Sam Adams Brewing Growth In The US

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Sam-Adams-Brewing-Growth-In-The-U.S.-SAM-BUD-FO-HOOK-SBMRY0311.aspx
    ... The company also ended the year without any long-term debt and $55.5 million in
    excess cash on the balance sheet. (Learn more about free cash flow in Free Cash ...

  • Delta Looking Strong Over The Long Haul

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Delta-Looking-Strong-Over-The-Long-Haul-DAL-UAL-AMR-LUV-LCC0503.aspx
    ... Debt levels are still lofty at $14.5 billion but management has ambitions to pay
    it down to closer to $10 billion within a few years with excess cash flow. ...

  • Accenture A Free-Cash-Flow Machine

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Accenture-A-Free-Cash-Flow-Machine-ACN-INFY-SAY-WIT-CSC1005.aspx
    ... It also touted that it "generated significant free cash flow, and our balance sheet
    remains exceptionally strong." This left ample excess capital to repurchase ...

  • DCF Analysis: The Forecast Period & Forecasting Revenue Growth ...

    http://www.investopedia.com/university/dcf/dcf1.asp
    ... So, our discounted cash flow needs to forecast the amount of free cash flow that
    the company will produce for this period. The excess return period tells us ...

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