Metcash (Metcash) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 7.56 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)

Metcash Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Metcash Annual Data
	Trend	Apr14	Apr15	Apr16	Apr17	Apr18	Apr19	Apr20	Apr21	Apr22	Apr23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					10.91	19.30	7.65	15.21	17.18

Metcash Semi-Annual Data
	Apr14	Oct14	Apr15	Oct15	Apr16	Oct16	Apr17	Oct17	Apr18	Oct18	Apr19	Oct19	Apr20	Oct20	Apr21	Oct21	Apr22	Oct22	Apr23	Oct23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	15.21	-	17.18	-

Competitive Comparison of Metcash's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Metcash'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.

Metcash's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Metcash's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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

Metcash Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Metcash's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Metcash's Share Price of today is $10.88.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Metcash's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2023 was $1.44.

* 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:

Metcash  (OTCPK:MHTLY) 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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