As of today (2024-04-28), Challenger's share price is $43.70.
Challenger's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.36. Hence, Challenger's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 10.02.
The historical rank and industry rank for Challenger's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
CFIGY'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.76 Med: 4.65 Max: 31.01
Current: 10.32
During the past 13 years, Challenger's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 31.01. The lowest was 1.76. And the median was 4.65.
CFIGY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 55.65% of 345
companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 8.62
vs CFIGY: 10.32
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Challenger was -78.80% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 28.80% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 9.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, Challenger's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 118.50% per year. The lowest was -51.70% per year. And the median was 6.20% per year.
Challenger Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Challenger's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Challenger's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Challenger's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Challenger's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Challenger's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Challenger's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Challenger Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Challenger's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Challenger's Share Price of today is $43.70.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Challenger's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.36.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
Challenger Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Related Terms
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Challenger's core business is selling annuity products in the Australian retirement market and, since November 2016, selling Australian dollar-denominated annuities into Japan's large retirement market. The firm's annuity products provide investors guaranteed regular payments over an agreed term for an up-front lump sum investment and is designed primarily to protect investors from the longevity risk of outliving their savings. Challenger also operates a funds management business, Fidante Partners, which has minority stakes in several boutique global investment managers, and Challenger Investment Management, which primarily manages investments supporting its annuities business.
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