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Kainos Group (LSE:KNOS) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 20.92 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Kainos Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-15), Kainos Group's share price is £10.44. Kainos Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.50. Hence, Kainos Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 20.92.

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

LSE:KNOS' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.79   Med: 31.48   Max: 109.69
Current: 20.64

During the past 11 years, Kainos Group's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 109.69. The lowest was 16.79. And the median was 31.48.

LSE:KNOS's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
54.81% of 1465 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 22.78 vs LSE:KNOS: 20.64

Kainos Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.18. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was £0.50.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Kainos Group was 20.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 53.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 35.00% per year.

During the past 11 years, Kainos Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 63.70% per year. The lowest was -1.00% per year. And the median was 31.10% per year.


Kainos Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Kainos Group Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.66 50.62 31.48 42.68 29.22

Kainos Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 - 42.68 - 29.22 -

Competitive Comparison of Kainos Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Application subindustry, Kainos Group'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.


Kainos Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Kainos Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Kainos Group'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)
=10.44/0.499
=20.92

Kainos Group's Share Price of today is £10.44.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Kainos Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.50.

* 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

Kainos Group  (LSE:KNOS) 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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Kainos Group (LSE:KNOS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4-6 Upper Crescent, Kainos House, Belfast, Northern Ireland, GBR, BT7 1NT
Kainos Group PLC provides information technology services, consulting and software solutions. It is structured into two divisions namely Digital Services and Workday Practice. Digital Services include full life cycle development and support of digital solutions for government and commercial customers. Workday Practice includes includes cloud-based software for Human Capital Management and Financial Management and Planning, Workday Products. The company derives majority of its revenues from the Digital Services segment.

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