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British American Tobacco (British American Tobacco) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 5.07 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), British American Tobacco's share price is $29.05. British American Tobacco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.73. Hence, British American Tobacco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 5.07.

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

BTI' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.04   Med: 15.43   Max: 26.5
Current: 5.14

During the past 13 years, British American Tobacco's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 26.50. The lowest was 5.04. And the median was 15.43.

BTI's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
86.21% of 29 companies
in the Tobacco Products industry
Industry Median: 13.37 vs BTI: 5.14

British American Tobacco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.90. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $5.73.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of British American Tobacco was 5.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 3.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, British American Tobacco's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 88.20% per year. The lowest was -25.10% per year. And the median was 16.20% per year.


British American Tobacco Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for British American Tobacco'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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British American Tobacco Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.05 6.88 7.00 7.64 5.06

British American Tobacco Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 7.00 - 7.64 - 5.06

Competitive Comparison

For the Tobacco subindustry, British American Tobacco'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.


British American Tobacco Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, British American Tobacco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



British American Tobacco Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

British American Tobacco'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)
=29.05/5.732
=5.07

British American Tobacco's Share Price of today is $29.05.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. British American Tobacco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.73.

* 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

British American Tobacco  (NYSE:BTI) 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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British American Tobacco (British American Tobacco) Business Description

Address
Globe House, 4 Temple Place, London, GBR, WC2R 2PG
Following the acquisition of Reynolds American, British American Tobacco is neck-and-neck with Philip Morris International to be the largest listed Global tobacco company--slightly larger than PMI on net revenue, but slightly smaller on total tobacco volume. British American's Global Drive Brands are Dunhill, Kent, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, and Rothmans, and it also owns Newport and Camel in the U.S. The firm also sells vapor e-cigarettes, primarily its Vuse brand, heated tobacco, with Glo, as well Velo modern oral tobacco products. The company holds 29% of ITC Limited, the leading Indian cigarette-maker.

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