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Tesco (TSCDY) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 8.20 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Tesco's share price is $10.646. Tesco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.30. Hence, Tesco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 8.20.

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

TSCDY' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.03   Med: 15.92   Max: 86.87
Current: 8.24

During the past 13 years, Tesco's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 86.87. The lowest was 6.03. And the median was 15.92.

TSCDY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
65.04% of 226 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 13.4 vs TSCDY: 8.24

Tesco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.41. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $1.30.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Tesco was 3.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Tesco's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 71.90% per year. The lowest was -289.30% per year. And the median was 1.50% per year.


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

The historical data trend for Tesco'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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Tesco Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 8.70 7.73 8.15

Tesco Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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 8.70 - 7.73 - 8.15

Competitive Comparison

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Tesco'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.


Tesco Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

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

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



Tesco Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Tesco'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)
=10.646/1.298
=8.20

Tesco's Share Price of today is $10.646.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Tesco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.30.

* 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

Tesco  (OTCPK:TSCDY) 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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Tesco (TSCDY) Business Description

Address
Kestrel Way, Tesco House, Shire Park, Welwyn Garden, GBR, AL7 1GA
Tesco is one of the largest food retailers in the world, operating thousands of stores in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe. According to Kantar, Tesco is the market leader in the U.K. with a share of more than 27%, roughly double that of Asda or Sainsbury's. Tesco operates a core supermarket business in addition to convenience and neighborhood outlets. With a 35% digital market share in the U.K., the company holds a dominant position online. Tesco gained exposure to the cash-and-carry and out-of-home delivering industries with the landmark GBP 4 billion acquisition of Booker in 2018.

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