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RCL Foods (JSE:RCL) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 39.46 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is RCL Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-15), RCL Foods's share price is R10.30. RCL Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was R0.26. Hence, RCL Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 39.46.

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

JSE:RCL' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.04   Med: 24.83   Max: 536.07
Current: 39.46

During the past 13 years, RCL Foods's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 536.07. The lowest was 4.04. And the median was 24.83.

JSE:RCL's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
78.09% of 1141 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 15.67 vs JSE:RCL: 39.46

RCL Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was R-0.49. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was R0.26.

During the past 13 years, RCL Foods's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 57.00% per year. The lowest was -73.10% per year. And the median was -6.25% per year.


RCL Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

RCL Foods Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 5.92 346.43 6.60 -

RCL Foods 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 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 - 6.60 - - -

Competitive Comparison of RCL Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, RCL Foods'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.


RCL Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, RCL Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



RCL Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

RCL Foods'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)
=10.30/0.261
=39.46

RCL Foods's Share Price of today is R10.30.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. RCL Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was R0.26.

* 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

RCL Foods  (JSE:RCL) 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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RCL Foods (JSE:RCL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Ten The Boulevard, Westway Office Park, Westville, NL, ZAF, 3629
RCL Foods Ltd is a leading African food producer with operations across South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia. RCL Foods operates through the below segments, Groceries segment: Engaged in Culinary (includes Mayonnaise, Peanut Butter, Rusks etc.) and Pet Food and Beverages operations; Baking segment: Includes the Milling, Speciality, Pies, Sunbake and Sunshine bakeries and Buns and Rolls; Sugar segment: Includes Sugar and molasses-based feed (Molatek) operations; Rainbow segment includes the chicken business, grain-based feed (Epol and Driehoek) and Waste-to-Value operations. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Rainbow segment.