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Polycom (Polycom) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 19.58 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Polycom Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-26), Polycom's share price is $12.47. Polycom's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 was $0.64. Hence, Polycom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 19.58.

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

PLCM's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 16.84
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow only.

Polycom's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was $0.09. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.64.


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

The historical data trend for Polycom'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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Polycom Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Polycom Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.70 15.23 17.12 12.75 25.91

Polycom Quarterly Data
Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 12.08 11.62 25.91 16.23 17.66

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Polycom'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.


Polycom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Polycom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Polycom Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Polycom'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)
=12.47/0.637
=19.58

Polycom's Share Price of today is $12.47.
Polycom's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.64.

* 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

Polycom  (NAS:PLCM) 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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Polycom (Polycom) Business Description

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Polycom Inc was incorporated in December 1990 in Delaware. The Company provides an open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice, video and content collaboration solutions. Its solutions are powered by the Polycom RealPresence Platform, comprehensive software infrastructure and rich application programming interfaces (APIs) that interoperate with a set of communication, business, mobile, and cloud applications and devices to deliver secure face-to-face video collaboration across different environments. The Company is engaged in helping organizations achieve new levels of teamwork, efficiency and productivity by unleashing the power of human collaboration. The Company sells its solutions through a high-touch sales model that leverages its network of channel partners, including distributors, value-added resellers, system integrators; communications services providers, and retailers. The Company serves in three geographical segments; Americas, EMEA and APAC. Its products and solutions are; UC Group Systems, which includes immersive telepresence, group video and group voice systems. UC Platform, which includes collaboration servers, virtualization management "distributed media optimization", resource management, recording and streaming, open API's and remote access technologies that constitute the RealPresence Platform, and UC Personal Devices, which includes desktop video devices and desktop voice products. It competes in the UC&C market with products and solutions that enable voice, video and content collaboration on-premises, across intranets, extranets, mobile devices, and the Internet via its customer premises-based RealPresence Platform, web-based social-collaboration business platforms, and video collaboration-as-a-service offerings delivered from the cloud. These competitors include but are not limited to Cisco Systems, Inc., Acano, Avaya Inc., Blue Jeans Networks, Inc., ClearOne Communications, Inc., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Logitech International S.A./LifeSize, PexIP, Snom Technology Ag, Vidyo, Inc., Yamaha Corporation/Revolabs, Inc., Yealink, ZTE Corporation and others. Its products and services are subject to various federal, state, local, and foreign laws and regulations.
Executives
Laura Durr officer: CFO C/O XPERI HOLDING CORPORATION, 3025 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Peter Leav director, officer: President & CEO 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Martha Helena Bejar director C/O POLYCOM, INC., 6001 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Gary James Daichendt director 2633 RIVIERA DRIVE, LAGUNA BEACH CA 92651
Robert J Frankenberg director 701 E. SUNBURST LN, ALPINE UT 84004
Betsy S Atkins director, other: Former Director
William Arthur Owens director C/O CENTURYLINK, INC., 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Eric F Brown officer: CFO, COO & EVP C/O POLYCOM, INC., 4750 WILLOW ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Tracey Newell officer: EVP Global Sales 4750 WILLOW ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Andrew M. Miller director, officer: President and CEO 6001 AMERICA CENTER DR., SAN JOSE CA 95164
David G Dewalt director
Sudhakar Ramakrishna officer: Pres. of Products & Services 4750 WILLOW RD., PLEASANTON CA 94588
Michael R Kourey officer: Former EVP, Fin & Admin. & CFO
Robert C Hagerty director, officer: President/CEO
Kevin Kennedy other: Former Director

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