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ALOT (AstroNova) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 52.78 (As of Jul. 01, 2025)


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What is AstroNova Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-07-01), AstroNova's share price is $11.40. AstroNova's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2025 was $0.22. Hence, AstroNova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 52.78.

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

ALOT' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.24   Med: 20.47   Max: 362.83
Current: 52.8

During the past 13 years, AstroNova's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 362.83. The lowest was 5.24. And the median was 20.47.

ALOT's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
79.32% of 1383 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 18.19 vs ALOT: 52.80

AstroNova's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $0.57. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.22.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of AstroNova was -89.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, AstroNova's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 142.60% per year. The lowest was -94.30% per year. And the median was -5.95% per year.


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

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

AstroNova Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.95 - - 11.52 23.67

AstroNova Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
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 8.54 8.89 11.87 23.67 38.47

Competitive Comparison of AstroNova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, AstroNova'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.


AstroNova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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


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AstroNova Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

AstroNova'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)
=11.40/0.216
=52.78

AstroNova's Share Price of today is $11.40.
AstroNova's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.22.

* 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

AstroNova  (NAS:ALOT) 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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AstroNova Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 East Greenwich Avenue, West Warwick, RI, USA, 02893
AstroNova Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes a broad range of specialty printers and data acquisition and analysis systems, including both hardware and software, which incorporate technologies to acquire, store, analyze, and present data in multiple formats sold under the QuickLabel, TrojanLabel and GetLabels brand names. Its target markets for hardware and software products include aerospace, apparel, automotive, avionics, chemicals, computer peripherals, communications, distribution, food and beverage, general manufacturing, packaging, and transportation. It has two segments, Product Identification (PI) and Test & Measurement (T&M). It generates the majority of its revenue from the PI segment that includes specialty printing systems and related supplies.
Executives
Richard S Warzala director 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Stephen M Petrarca officer: Vice President 600 E GREENWICH AVE, W WARWICK RI 02893
Alexis P Michas director 940 WINTER STREET, C/O PERKINELMER, WALTHAM MA 02451
Yvonne Schlaeppi director 600 EAST GREENWICH AVENUE, WEST WARWICK X1 02893
Thomas Wayne Carll officer: Vice President 264 CASTLE ROCKS ROAD, WARWICK RI 02864
David S Smith officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION, 80 ARKAY DRIVE, HAUPPAUGE NY 11788
Mitchell I Quain director 53 FOREST AVENUE, SUITE 101, OLD GREENWICH CT 06870
Jean A Bua director
Harold Schofield director 9 ATLANTIC AVENUE, NARRAGANSETT RI 02882
Michael J Natalizia officer: Vice President and CTO 50 EDGEWATER ROAD, NARRAGANSETT RI 02882
Michael Morawetz officer: VP - International Branches 36396 STEINAU, SUDENTENSTRASSE 2M 12
Everett V Pizzuti director ADAMS J GWALTNEY, 1500 FLEET CENTER, PROVIDENCE RI 029302393
Albert W. Ondis Declaration Of Trust 10 percent owner 515 BEACH ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 02903
Eric E Pizzuti officer: Vice President 72 FOOTE STREET, BARRINGTON RI 02806
John P Jordan officer: Chief Financial Officer 600 EAST GREENWICH AVENUE, WEST WARWICK RI 02893