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

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As of today (2024-04-23), Harmonic's share price is $9.70. Harmonic's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.01. Hence, Harmonic's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is N/A.

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

During the past 13 years, Harmonic's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 4130.00. The lowest was 11.82. And the median was 25.96.

HLIT's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 16.59
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow only.

Harmonic's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.03. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $-0.01.

During the past 13 years, Harmonic's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 152.70% per year. The lowest was -291.10% per year. And the median was 18.90% per year.


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

The historical data trend for Harmonic'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.

* Premium members only.

Harmonic 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 33.33 102.64 44.55 - -

Harmonic 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 - 54.85 - 85.22 -

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Harmonic'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.


Harmonic Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

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

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



Harmonic Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Harmonic'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)
=9.70/-0.006
=N/A

Harmonic's Share Price of today is $9.70.
Harmonic'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 $-0.01.

* 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

Harmonic  (NAS:HLIT) 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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Harmonic (Harmonic) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2590 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, USA, 95131
Harmonic Inc designs and manufactures video infrastructure products and system solutions to deliver video and broadband services to consumer devices. The firm operates in two segments: Video, which sells video processing, production, and playout solutions to cable operators and satellite and telecommunications providers; and Broadband which sells broadband access solutions and related services. Majority of the revenue generated from the company is from United States.
Executives
Walter Jankovic officer: Chief Financial Officer 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jeremy Rosenberg officer: Interim CFO & SVP Bus Dev 2590 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Patrick Harshman officer: President, BAN Division 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Nimrod Ben-natan officer: VP, Solutions & Strategy 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Neven Haltmayer officer: Vice President, R&D 549 BALTIC WAY, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Sanjay Kalra officer: Chief Financial Officer HARMONIC INC., 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Ian Graham officer: SVP, Intl Sales & Video Svcs 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Sophia Kim director 2590 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Nikos Theodosopoulos director C/O ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Daniel T Whalen director 2055 BENJAMIN CIRCLE, WALL NJ 07719
David Krall director C/O AVID TECHNOLOGY INC, ONE PARK WEST, TEWKSBURY MA 01876
Eric Louvet officer: SVP Sales NA & APAC 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Susan Swenson director C/O PALM INC, 5470 GREAT AMERICAN PARKWAY MS12116, SANTA CLARA CA 95052
Deborah Clifford director 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
William F Reddersen director