# Dividend Kings

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<div class="answer" id="bkmrk-free-cash-flow-%28fcf%29">Free cash flow (FCF) is a company's available cash repaid to creditors and as dividends and interest to investors. Management and investors use free cash flow as a measure of a company's financial health. FCF reconciles net income by adjusting for non-cash expenses, changes in working capital, and capital expenditures.</div><div class="answer" id="bkmrk--2"></div><div class="answer" id="bkmrk-in-financial-account">In financial accounting, free cash flow or free cash flow to firm is the amount by which a business's operating cash flow exceeds its working capital needs and expenditures on fixed assets. It is that portion of cash flow that can be extracted from a company and distributed to creditors and securities holders without causing issues in its operations.</div>