As of today (2024-04-25), Potbelly's share price is $10.44.
Potbelly's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.08. Hence, Potbelly's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 139.20.
The historical rank and industry rank for Potbelly's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
PBPB'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.84 Med: 42.11 Max: 903.57
Current: 142.01
During the past 13 years, Potbelly's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 903.57. The lowest was 12.84. And the median was 42.11.
PBPB's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 96.46% of 254
companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 15.155
vs PBPB: 142.01
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Potbelly was -41.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, Potbelly's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 33.50% per year. The lowest was -31.90% per year. And the median was -4.40% per year.
Potbelly Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Potbelly'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 Potbelly's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Restaurants subindustry, Potbelly'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.
Potbelly's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Restaurants Industry
For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Potbelly's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Potbelly's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Potbelly Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Potbelly's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Potbelly's Share Price of today is $10.44.
Potbelly'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 $0.08.
* 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.
Potbelly Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Related Terms
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Potbelly Corp owns and franchises hundreds of limited-service restaurants specializing in sandwiches and salads, shakes. The menu includes toasty sandwiches, signature salads, soups, chili, sides, desserts, and, in breakfast locations it serves breakfast sandwiches and steel-cut oatmeal. Most of its locations are company-owned and located in the United States, with Illinois and Texas housing far more locations than any other state. The company has franchise partners in a number of countries. Excluding the United States, most of Potbelly's franchises are in the Middle East.
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