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

: 18.33 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-23), Wesfarmers's share price is $21.24. Wesfarmers's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.16. Hence, Wesfarmers's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 18.33.

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

WFAFY' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.68   Med: 22.15   Max: 50.96
Current: 19.13

During the past 13 years, Wesfarmers's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 50.96. The lowest was 12.68. And the median was 22.15.

WFAFY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
66.04% of 742 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 12.025 vs WFAFY: 19.13

Wesfarmers's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.69. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $1.16.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Wesfarmers was 165.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -7.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 1.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 5.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Wesfarmers's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 86.90% per year. The lowest was -44.60% per year. And the median was -0.20% per year.


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

The historical data trend for Wesfarmers'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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Wesfarmers Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 30.06 13.79 26.90 41.05 19.33

Wesfarmers 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 - 41.05 - 19.33 -

Competitive Comparison

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Wesfarmers'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.


Wesfarmers Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

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

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



Wesfarmers Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Wesfarmers'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)
=21.24/1.159
=18.33

Wesfarmers's Share Price of today is $21.24.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Wesfarmers's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.16.

* 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

Wesfarmers  (OTCPK:WFAFY) 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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Wesfarmers (Wesfarmers) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
123 St Georges Terrace, Level 14, Brookfield Place Tower 2, Perth, WA, AUS, 6000
Wesfarmers is Australia's largest conglomerate. Its retail operations include the Bunnings hardware chain (number one in market share), discount department stores Kmart and Target (number one and three) and Officeworks in office supplies (number one). These activities account for the vast majority of group earnings before taxes. Other operations include chemicals, fertilisers, industrial and medical gases, LPG production and distribution, and industrial and safety supplies. Management is focused on generating cash and creating shareholder wealth in the long term.

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