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You are an investor looking to buy an ownership interest in a business

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You are an investor looking to buy an ownership interest in a business.  One company is a manufacturing company and the other is an online retailer.  Here are the cash flow summaries for both:

                                             MFR                     ONLINE RETAILER

Cash from Operations               $75,000                $15,000

Cash from Financing                   50,000                 75,000

Cash from Investing                 <75,000>             <25,000>

Net Free Cash Flow                  $50,000                $65,000

 

If your most important investment criterion is "quality of cash flow" which of these two companies would you choose to invest your money in?  Why?