During the past 12 months, Sigma-Aldrich's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 0.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 7.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.40% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Sigma-Aldrich was 80.60% per year. The lowest was -11.50% per year. And the median was 12.00% per year.
Competitive Comparison of Sigma-Aldrich's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sigma-Aldrich's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate 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.
Sigma-Aldrich's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sigma-Aldrich's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sigma-Aldrich's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate falls into.
Sigma-Aldrich 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation
This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.
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Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.
Sigma-Aldrich 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Related Terms
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Sigma-Aldrich Corp was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in May 1975. The Company is a life science and a technology company that helps in enhancing human health and safety. The Company manufactures and distributes chemicals, biochemicals and other essential products and equipment products to its customers in research and applied labs as well as in industrial and commercial markets. The Company operates in three units including Research, Applied and SAFC Commercial. The Research unit products and services includes chemicals, reagents and kits, enabling the scientists to discover and develop new drugs and materials; Applied unit products and services includes high quality components and kits, chemical reagents, critical raw materials and certified reference standards, providing customized solutions to and constitute critical components and materials for diagnostic companies, testing laboratories and industrial companies; SAFC Commercial unit's products and services are used by its customers to develop and manufacture pharma, biopharma and electronics products. Its customers include pharmaceutical companies, universities, commercial laboratories, industrial companies, biotechnology companies, non-profit organizations, governmental institutions, diagnostic, chemical and electronics companies and hospitals. The Company's trademarks are the brand names; Sigma-Aldrich, Sigma, Aldrich, Fluka, Riedel-de Haën, Supelco, SAFC, SAFC Biosciences, SAFC Hitech, Genosys, Proligo, Pharmorphix, Cerilliant, Vetec, BioReliance and Cell Marque. The Company is subject to extensive regulation by federal, state and local governments and similar international agencies relating to the manufacture, sale and distribution of its products.
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