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QinetiQ Group (STU:QY6) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 40.16 (As of May. 14, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-05-14), QinetiQ Group's share price is €4.136. QinetiQ Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was €0.10. Hence, QinetiQ Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 40.16.

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

STU:QY6' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.05   Med: 18.84   Max: 61.56
Current: 40.48

During the past 13 years, QinetiQ Group's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 61.56. The lowest was 6.05. And the median was 18.84.

STU:QY6's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
68.46% of 149 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 28.49 vs STU:QY6: 40.48

QinetiQ Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was €-0.02. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €0.10.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of QinetiQ Group was -60.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 27.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 18.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -3.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, QinetiQ Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 114.60% per year. The lowest was -34.30% per year. And the median was 9.30% per year.


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

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

QinetiQ 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 47.81 39.75 17.85 16.91 19.45

QinetiQ 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 - 16.91 - 19.45 -

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

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, QinetiQ 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.


QinetiQ Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, QinetiQ Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



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

QinetiQ 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)
=4.136/0.103
=40.16

QinetiQ Group's Share Price of today is €4.136.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. QinetiQ Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was €0.10.

* 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

QinetiQ Group  (STU:QY6) 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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QinetiQ Group (STU:QY6) Business Description

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Address
Ively Road, Cody Technology Park, Farnborough, Hampshire, GBR, GU14 0LX
QinetiQ Group PLC is a company operating in the global aerospace, defense, and security sectors. The services and products offered are air (air engineering services, air traffic management, safety, and environmental management); C4ISR (communication, reconnaissance, intelligence and surveillance, space security, fast jet sensor fusion training, sensors, cyber and data science among many others); Cyber (accreditation support, security health check, data classification, insider threat management among others); Maritime ( Maritime Autonomy Centre, Naval Mission Systems, Maritime Stealth among many others).

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