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Perceptron (Perceptron) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 21.87 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-04-26), Perceptron's share price is $6.975. Perceptron's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2020 was $0.32. Hence, Perceptron's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 21.87.

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

PRCP' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.87   Med: 34.41   Max: 1031.11
Current: 20

During the past 13 years, Perceptron's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 1031.11. The lowest was 9.87. And the median was 34.41.

PRCP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 16.84 vs PRCP: 20.00

Perceptron's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $0.22. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.32.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 67.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, Perceptron's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 114.60% per year. The lowest was 0.00% per year. And the median was -4.40% per year.


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

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

Perceptron Annual Data
Trend Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
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Perceptron Quarterly Data
Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20
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 - - 11.37 - 20.36

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

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Perceptron'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.


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

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

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



Perceptron Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Perceptron'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)
=6.975/0.319
=21.87

Perceptron's Share Price of today is $6.975.
Perceptron's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.32.

* 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

Perceptron  (NAS:PRCP) 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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Perceptron (Perceptron) Business Description

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Address
47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, MI, USA, 48170-2461
Perceptron Inc is a metrology equipment and solutions company. It develops, produces and sells a comprehensive range of automated industrial metrology products and solutions to manufacturing organizations for dimensional gauging and dimensional inspection and 3d scanning. Its product portfolio includes 3D machine vision solutions, robot guidance, coordinate measuring machines, laser scanning and advanced analysis software. The company and its subsidiaries operate in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. It generates the majority of its sales from Europe.
Executives
Harbert Management Corp 10 percent owner 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Raymond J Harbert 10 percent owner 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Jay Freeland director, officer: Chairman, Interim Pres & CEO 125 TECHNOLOGY PARK, LAKE MARY FL 32746
Sujatha Kumar director 47827 HALYARD DR PLYMOUTH MI 48170-2461
Rick Neely director 6409 GUADALUPE MINES ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95120
James A Ratigan director 47827 HALYARD DRIVE PLYMOUTH MI 48170
Harbert Fund Advisors, Inc. 10 percent owner 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Harbert Discovery Fund, Lp 10 percent owner HARBERT DISCOVERY FUND GP, LLC, 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
John F. Bryant director, 10 percent owner C/O HARBERT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Kenan Lucas 10 percent owner C/O HARBERT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Harbert Discovery Fund Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
William Charles Taylor director 47827 HALYARD DRIVE PLYMOUTH MI 48170
Bill Roeschlein officer: Interim CFO C/O SELECTICA, INC., 3 WEST PLUMERIA, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Laura Pecoraro officer: Vice President of Finance 47827 HALYARD DR PLYMOUTH MI 48170-2461
Valkenburg Richard Van officer: V.P Global Sales & Marketing 47827 HALYARD PLYMOUTH MI 48170