FactSet Research Systems (FactSet Research Systems) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

FactSet Research Systems Annual Data
	Trend	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17	Aug18	Aug19	Aug20	Aug21	Aug22	Aug23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow							28.76	31.62	29.69	34.46	29.03

FactSet Research Systems Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow																29.41	26.57	29.03	27.74	29.42

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, FactSet Research Systems'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.

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, FactSet Research Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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

FactSet Research Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

FactSet Research Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

FactSet Research Systems's Share Price of today is $434.02.
FactSet Research Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $15.72.

* 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:

FactSet Research Systems  (NYSE:FDS) 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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