Smiths News (Smiths News) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 1.24 (As of Today)

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As of today (2024-04-19), Smiths News's share price is $4.13. Smiths News's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2023 was $3.32. Hence, Smiths News's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 1.24.

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

SMWPY' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.5 Med: 5.65 Max: 15.82
Current: 3.69

During the past 13 years, Smiths News's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 15.82. The lowest was 1.50. And the median was 5.65.

SMWPY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
88.81% of 590 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 14.06 vs SMWPY: 3.69

Smiths News's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $2.77. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $3.32.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Smiths News was -30.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 31.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 15.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -2.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, Smiths News's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 145.30% per year. The lowest was -64.20% per year. And the median was -4.50% per year.

Smiths News Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smiths News's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

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* 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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Smiths News Annual Data

Trend

Aug14

Aug15

Aug16

Aug17

Aug18

Aug19

Aug20

Aug21

Aug22

Aug23

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

6.41

3.62

2.66

1.62

3.22

Smiths News Semi-Annual Data
	Feb14	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow																2.66	-	1.62	-	3.22

Competitive Comparison

For the Publishing subindustry, Smiths News'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.

Smiths News Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Smiths News's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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

Smiths News Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Smiths News'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)
	=	4.13	/	3.322
	=	1.24

Smiths News's Share Price of today is $4.13.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Smiths News's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2023 was $3.32.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio

Market Cap

Free Cash Flow

Smiths News (OTCPK:SMWPY) 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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Smiths News (Smiths News) Business Description

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Address

Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN2 8UH

Website

https://www.smithsnews.co.uk

Smiths News PLC is a UK-based wholesale distributor of published content. The group is one of the UK's foremost publishers of newspapers and magazines, and it also operates as a book distributor through bookstores and an online platform serving the needs of academics and public libraries. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom. Its segments include Smiths News Core; Dawson Media Direct (DMD); Instore and others.