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National Grid (National Grid) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 122.07 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), National Grid's share price is $13.306. National Grid's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.11. Hence, National Grid's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 122.07.

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

NGGTF' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.77   Med: 50.06   Max: 5810
Current: 114.72

During the past 13 years, National Grid's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 5810.00. The lowest was 14.77. And the median was 50.06.

NGGTF's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
95.47% of 309 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 11.32 vs NGGTF: 114.72

National Grid's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-0.21. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.11.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -39.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, National Grid's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 154.90% per year. The lowest was -72.90% per year. And the median was 16.80% per year.


National Grid Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for National Grid'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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National Grid Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 76.65 1,051.78 - 58.33 5,482.50

National Grid Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 - 58.33 - 5,482.50 -

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, National Grid'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.


National Grid Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, National Grid's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



National Grid Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

National Grid'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)
=13.306/0.109
=122.07

National Grid's Share Price of today is $13.306.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. National Grid's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.11.

* 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

National Grid  (OTCPK:NGGTF) 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.


National Grid Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Related Terms

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National Grid (National Grid) Business Description

Address
1-3 Strand, London, GBR, WC2N 5EH
National Grid owns and operates the electric transmission system in England and Wales. It sold the bulk of its U.K. gas transmission business in fiscal 2023 to fund the acquisition of PPL's U.K. power distribution assets. In the Northeastern United States, it serves electricity and gas customers combined in three states. It also owns regulated transmission and electricity generation in the United States, metering services, merchant transmission lines in the U.K., and the Grain (U.K.) liquefied natural gas facility.