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Clearfield (Clearfield) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 24.35 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-16), Clearfield's share price is $28.98. Clearfield's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.19. Hence, Clearfield's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 24.35.

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

CLFD' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.96   Med: 34.62   Max: 261.36
Current: 24.35

During the past 13 years, Clearfield's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 261.36. The lowest was 12.96. And the median was 34.62.

CLFD's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
63.15% of 1346 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 16.905 vs CLFD: 24.35

Clearfield's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.36. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $1.19.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 29.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Clearfield's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 229.30% per year. The lowest was -140.50% per year. And the median was 11.25% per year.


Clearfield Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clearfield'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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Clearfield Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.04 56.82 68.66 - 37.03

Clearfield 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 - 50.74 46.51 37.03 24.44

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Clearfield'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.


Clearfield Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Clearfield's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clearfield's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Clearfield Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Clearfield'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)
=28.98/1.19
=24.35

Clearfield's Share Price of today is $28.98.
Clearfield'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 $1.19.

* 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

Clearfield  (NAS:CLFD) 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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Clearfield (Clearfield) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7050 Winnetka Avenue North, Suite 100, Brooklyn Park, MN, USA, 55428
Clearfield Inc mainly designs, manufactures, and distributes fiber protection, fiber management and fiber delivery solutions for communications networks. It provides a range of products including copper assemblies, cassettes, box enclosures, fiber connectors, frames, microduct, terminals, vaults, pedestal inserts, FieldSmart, WaveSmart, and CraftSmart. The company has a global presence with the majority of the revenue derived from the United States. The company has two reportable segments namely Clearfield segment and Nestor cables segment. The majority of revenue is derived from Clearfield segment.
Executives
Carol Ann Wirsbinski director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., STE. 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Ronald G Roth director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Jones Walter Louis Jr director 7050 WINNETKA AVE N,, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Roger G Harding director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N. SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Donald R. Hayward director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Daniel R Herzog other: Comptroller 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Cheri B Podzimek other: President of Subsidiary 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
John P Hill officer: Chief Operating Officer 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Charles N Hayssen director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Patrick Goepel director 7050 WINNETKA AVE N, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Clearfield, Inc. director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Zucherman Stephen L Md director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Reddan John G Jr director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Bruce G. Blackey officer: Chief Financial Officer 5480 NATHAN LANE #120, PLYMOUTH MN 55442
Anil K Jain director 4 WEST BAY LANE, NORTH OAKS MN 55127