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Planar Systems (Planar Systems) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 17.05 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Planar Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-26), Planar Systems's share price is $6.58. Planar Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was $0.39. Hence, Planar Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 17.05.

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

PLNR's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 16.84
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow only.

Planar Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was $0.02. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.39.


Planar Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Planar Systems'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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Planar Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Planar Systems Annual Data
Trend Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 34.55 - - - 13.73

Planar Systems Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 21.88 13.73 24.19 13.24 11.30

Competitive Comparison of Planar Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Planar Systems'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.


Planar Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Planar Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Planar Systems'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)
=6.58/0.386
=17.05

Planar Systems's Share Price of today is $6.58.
Planar Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.39.

* 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

Planar Systems  (NAS:PLNR) 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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Planar Systems (Planar Systems) Business Description

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Planar Systems Inc was incorporated on April 27, 1983. The Company is a provider of specialty display products, solutions, and services for customers in a number of end-market segments. Products include display components, completed displays, and display solutions and systems based on a variety of flat panel and front- and rear-projection technologies. The Company capitalizes on its strong supply chain, logistics, and distribution relationships to sell a variety of mainly LCD based displays to the United States marketplace. The Company offers High-End Home Display which offers various high-performance home theater front-projection systems, video processing equipment, large-format thin displays, and accessories, that aims at the high-end home market and certain commercial installations The Company employs sales professionals in many countries around the world and sells both directly to end users and through reseller channels.The Company's direct competitors are numerous and diverse. In display systems including AMLCD components sourced from manufacturers, Planar's value-added specialty display products compete against those of NEC, Acer, Viewsonic, Dell and others in the IT market. The Company's operations are subject to environmental and various other regulations in each of the jurisdictions in which it conducts business.
Executives
Richard Hill director
Harold Hughes director C/O RAMBUS INC., 1050 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE 700, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
David Sandberg director 40 SE 5TH STREET, SUITE 502, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Red Oak Partners, Llc director 95 S. FEDERAL HWY, SUITE 201, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Greg Turnbull director 123 SAGLNAW DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Steven E Wynne director 27700 SW PARKWAY AVENUE, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Esther Kay Stepp director
Steven J Buhaly officer: COO/CFO 1195 NW LOMPTON DRIVE, BEAVESTON OR 97006
Jeffrey T Siegal officer: Corporate Controller 1195 NW LOMPTON DRIVE, BEAVESTON OR 97006
Balaji Krishnamurthy other: Chairman, President & CEO 1195 NW LOMPTON DRIVE, BEAVESTON OR 97006

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