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Encore Wire (Encore Wire) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 17.30 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-16), Encore Wire's share price is $289.70. Encore Wire's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $16.75. Hence, Encore Wire's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 17.30.

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

WIRE' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.26   Med: 27.19   Max: 4966.67
Current: 17.3

During the past 13 years, Encore Wire's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 4966.67. The lowest was 4.26. And the median was 27.19.

WIRE's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
57.57% of 1645 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 20.86 vs WIRE: 17.30

Encore Wire's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.96. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $16.75.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Encore Wire was -39.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, Encore Wire's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 267.20% per year. The lowest was -143.30% per year. And the median was 11.70% per year.


Encore Wire Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Encore Wire'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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Encore Wire 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 22.47 - 9.84 4.95 12.66

Encore Wire 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 4.95 6.38 6.07 8.13 12.66

Competitive Comparison

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Encore Wire'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.


Encore Wire Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Encore Wire's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Encore Wire Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Encore Wire'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)
=289.70/16.749
=17.30

Encore Wire's Share Price of today is $289.70.
Encore Wire'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 $16.75.

* 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

Encore Wire  (NAS:WIRE) 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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Encore Wire (Encore Wire) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1329 Millwood Road, McKinney, TX, USA, 75069
Encore Wire Corp is engaged in manufacturing electrical building wire and cable. It supplies building wire for interior electrical wiring in commercial and industrial buildings, homes, apartments, and manufactured housing. The company's principal customers are wholesale electrical distributors, who sell building wire and a variety of other products to electrical contractors. Encore offers an electrical building wire product line that consists primarily of NM-B cable, UF-B cable, THHN/THWN-2, XHHW-2, RHH/RHW-2, and other types of wire products, including tray cable, metal-clad, and armored cable.
Executives
William Kelvin Walker director 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Matthew D. Ford officer: Controller 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Daniel L Jones director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Bret J Eckert officer: Vice President - Finance & CFO P O BOX 650205, DALLAS TX 75265
Gregory J Fisher director 14643 DALLAS PAKWAY, STE 1000, DALLAS TX 75254-8890
Scott D Weaver director C/O WESTERN REFINING, INC., 6500 TROWBRIDGE DRIVE, EL PASO TX 79905
Thomas William R Iii director 12900 PRESTON ROAD, SUITE 700, DALLAS TX 75230
John H Wilson director 12900 PRESTON RD, STE 700, DALLAS TX 75230
Gina A. Norris director 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Frank J Bilban officer: Vice President - Finance & CFO 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Donald Eugene Courtney director
Capital Southwest Corp director 8333 DOUGLAS AVE, SUITE 1100, DALLAS TX 75225
Norman R Medlen officer: Controller 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Cunningham Thomas Lee Iii director
Joseph M Brito director 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069