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AMETEK Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 23.68 (As of Today)
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As of today (2021-01-18), AMETEK's share price is $119.000000. AMETEK's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2020 was $5.03. Hence, AMETEK's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 23.68.

NYSE:AME' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.27   Med: 19.24   Max: 24.59
Current: 23.68
12.27
24.59

During the past 13 years, AMETEK's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 24.59. The lowest was 12.27. And the median was 19.24.

NYSE:AME's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked lower than
60% of the 1565 Companies
in the Industrial Products industry.

( Industry Median: 18.57 vs. NYSE:AME: 23.68 )

AMETEK's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $1.29. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $5.03.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of AMETEK was 18.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 14.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, AMETEK's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 70.10% per year. The lowest was -24.70% per year. And the median was 14.40% per year.

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

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

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AMETEK Annual Data
Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.44 16.36 22.17 18.67 22.62

AMETEK Quarterly Data
Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.70 22.62 15.18 17.57 19.78
Competitive Comparison
* 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.

AMETEK Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

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


AMETEK Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

AMETEK'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)
=119.000000/5.025
=23.68

AMETEK's Share Price of today is $119.000000.
AMETEK's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2020 was 1.31 (Dec. 2019 ) + 1.099 (Mar. 2020 ) + 1.322 (Jun. 2020 ) + 1.294 (Sep. 2020 ) = $5.03.

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

AMETEK  (NYSE:AME) 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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