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

: 31.42 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Prudential's share price is $18.13. Prudential's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.58. Hence, Prudential's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 31.42.

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

PUK' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.87   Med: 24.73   Max: 191.3
Current: 31.7

During the past 13 years, Prudential's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 191.30. The lowest was 10.87. And the median was 24.73.

PUK's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
87.06% of 340 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 8.69 vs PUK: 31.70

Prudential's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.34. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.58.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Prudential was -27.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -33.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -25.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -12.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, Prudential's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 217.00% per year. The lowest was -79.70% per year. And the median was 3.00% per year.


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

The historical data trend for Prudential'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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Prudential 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 40.62 16.79 184.71 36.02 39.08

Prudential Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 184.71 - 36.02 - 39.08

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Prudential'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.


Prudential Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Prudential's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Prudential Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Prudential'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)
=18.13/0.577
=31.42

Prudential's Share Price of today is $18.13.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Prudential's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.58.

* 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

Prudential  (NYSE:PUK) 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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Prudential (Prudential) Business Description

Address
1 Angel Court, London, GBR, EC2R 7AG
Originally established as Prudential Mutual Assurance, Investment, and Loan Association in 1848, Prudential plc has moved on a lot since then. Set up to sell life insurance and loans to the middle and then the industrializing and urbanizing working classes, the company subsequently diversified into Europe and then North America with the purchase of Jackson National Life in around 1985. During its time as owner of Jackson, Prudential focused on building out a simple chassis-style product portfolio where customers could choose a variety of add-ons. The company also became renowned for its focus on building requisite internal capabilities to support its strong product offerings, including compelling technology and a large and well-trained distribution force.