As of today (2024-04-25), China Telecom's share price is $26.45.
China Telecom's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.40. Hence, China Telecom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 7.78.
The historical rank and industry rank for China Telecom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
CHA'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.17 Med: 29.16 Max: 263.33
Current: 18.23
During the past 13 years, China Telecom's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 263.33. The lowest was 9.17. And the median was 29.16.
CHA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 62.69% of 260
companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 12.61
vs CHA: 18.23
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of China Telecom was 197.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 37.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 38.10% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 24.60% per year.
During the past 13 years, China Telecom's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 89.00% per year. The lowest was -39.70% per year. And the median was 16.10% per year.
China Telecom Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for China Telecom'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.
Competitive Comparison of China Telecom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Telecom Services subindustry, China Telecom'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.
China Telecom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, China Telecom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where China Telecom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
China Telecom Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
China Telecom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
China Telecom's Share Price of today is $26.45. China Telecom's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.40.
* 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:
China Telecom (NYSE:CHA) 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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China Telecom (China Telecom) Business Description
China Telecom is the largest fixed-line operator in China, originally covering 21 southern provinces. It has 102 million fixed-line subscribers, 189 million broadband customers, and 406 million wireless subscribers, having overtaken China Unicom to become the second-largest wireless operator in China behind China Mobile. The firm is increasing its cross-selling of products and seeing strong growth from industrial digitization services, such as internet data centers and cloud computing. Its internet data center business is already the largest in China, with a plan to have 560,000 cabinets by end 2023.
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