Coles Group (ASX:COL) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 21.81 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)

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

As of today (2024-04-26), Coles Group's share price is A$16.42. Coles Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.75. Hence, Coles Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 21.81.

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

ASX:COL' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.89 Med: 15.91 Max: 21.8
Current: 21.8

During the past 6 years, Coles Group's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 21.80. The lowest was 11.89. And the median was 15.91.

ASX:COL's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
70.85% of 223 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 13.24 vs ASX:COL: 21.80

Coles Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.48. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was A$0.75.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Coles Group was -15.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.10% per year.

During the past 6 years, Coles Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.60% per year. The lowest was -9.10% per year. And the median was -1.25% per year.

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

The historical data trend for Coles Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

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Coles Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Coles Group Annual Data

Trend

Jun18

Jun19

Jun20

Jun21

Jun22

Jun23

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

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15.21

13.32

14.63

16.72

19.05

Coles Group Semi-Annual Data
	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial						-	16.72	-	19.05	-

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

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Coles 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.

Coles Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Coles Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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

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

Coles 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)
	=	16.42	/	0.753
	=	21.81

Coles Group's Share Price of today is A$16.42.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Coles Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.75.

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

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Coles Group (ASX:COL) 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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Coles Group (ASX:COL) Business Description

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Address

800-838 Toorak Road, Hawthorn East, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3123

Website

https://www.colesgroup.com.au

Coles Group Limited is one of Australia's largest retailers, operating the second-largest supermarket chain behind market leader Woolworths, and is the country's third-largest liquor retailer. The group has an extensive store network of about 2,500 store outlets and roughly 80% of Australian live within a 10-minute drive from their nearest Coles store. The retailer employs some 110,000 people, who process over 20 million individual customer transactions a week. This compares with Woolworths processing almost 30 million customer transactions per week from Australia's population of 25 million.