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Check Point Software Technologies (Check Point Software Technologies) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 18.44 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-18), Check Point Software Technologies's share price is $158.38. Check Point Software Technologies's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.59. Hence, Check Point Software Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 18.44.

The historical rank and industry rank for Check Point Software Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

CHKP' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.34   Med: 15.85   Max: 25.34
Current: 18.47

During the past 13 years, Check Point Software Technologies's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 25.34. The lowest was 10.34. And the median was 15.85.

CHKP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
59.89% of 1471 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.36 vs CHKP: 18.47

Check Point Software Technologies's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.02. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $8.59.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Check Point Software Technologies was 1.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, Check Point Software Technologies's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 160.50% per year. The lowest was -6.00% per year. And the median was 9.90% per year.


Check Point Software Technologies Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Check Point Software Technologies'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.

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Check Point Software Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.65 16.53 13.16 14.81 17.74

Check Point Software Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.81 15.03 14.57 15.55 17.74

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Check Point Software Technologies'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.


Check Point Software Technologies Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Check Point Software Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Check Point Software Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Check Point Software Technologies Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Check Point Software Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=158.38/8.587
=18.44

Check Point Software Technologies's Share Price of today is $158.38.
Check Point Software Technologies's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $8.59.

* 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:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Check Point Software Technologies  (NAS:CHKP) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

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.


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Check Point Software Technologies (Check Point Software Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 Shlomo Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv, ISR, 6789159
Check Point Software Technologies is a pure-play cybersecurity vendor. The company offers solutions for network, endpoint, cloud, and mobile security in addition to security management. Check Point, a software specialist, sells to enterprises, businesses, and consumers. Around 50% of revenue is generated in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, 40% from the Americas, and 10% from the Asia-Pacific region. The firm, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, was founded in 1993 and has about 5,000 employees.