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Cenit AG (FRA:CSH) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 26.98 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Cenit AG Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-26), Cenit AG's share price is €12.60. Cenit AG's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €0.47. Hence, Cenit AG's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 26.98.

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

FRA:CSH' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.56   Med: 15.01   Max: 63.23
Current: 27.19

During the past 13 years, Cenit AG's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 63.23. The lowest was 5.56. And the median was 15.01.

FRA:CSH's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
55.51% of 1470 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.24 vs FRA:CSH: 27.19

Cenit AG's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-0.40. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €0.47.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cenit AG was -61.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -29.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -0.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, Cenit AG's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 104.90% per year. The lowest was -38.90% per year. And the median was 2.40% per year.


Cenit AG Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cenit AG'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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Cenit AG Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Cenit AG Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.50 9.18 15.27 10.02 25.95

Cenit AG Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 10.02 14.69 10.37 16.44 25.95

Competitive Comparison of Cenit AG's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Application subindustry, Cenit AG'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.


Cenit AG's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cenit AG's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cenit AG Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cenit AG'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)
=12.60/0.467
=26.98

Cenit AG's Share Price of today is €12.60.
Cenit AG'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 €0.47.

* 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

Cenit AG  (FRA:CSH) 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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Cenit AG (FRA:CSH) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Industriestrasse 52-54, Stuttgart, DEU, 70565
Cenit AG is a software and information technology consulting company. It offers Product Lifecycle Management and Enterprise Information Management. The PLM (Product Lifestyle Management) segment focuses on the automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, and shipbuilding industries. The Enterprise Information Management focuses on products of the strategic software. The focus of the CENIT Group is on business process optimization and computer-aided design and development technologies. The company's revenue is generated from its Germany segment.
Executives
Peter Schneck Board of Directors

Cenit AG (FRA:CSH) Headlines

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