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IMS Health Holdings (IMS Health Holdings) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 60.85 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is IMS Health Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-13), IMS Health Holdings's share price is $31.34. IMS Health Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 was $0.52. Hence, IMS Health Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 60.85.

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

IMS's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked *
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 17.64
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow only.

IMS Health Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was $0.17. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.52.


IMS Health Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for IMS Health Holdings'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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IMS Health Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

IMS Health Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - - - 28.11

IMS Health Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16
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 25.78 30.25 28.11 35.35 49.24

Competitive Comparison of IMS Health Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Health Information Services subindustry, IMS Health Holdings'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.


IMS Health Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, IMS Health Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where IMS Health Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



IMS Health Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

IMS Health Holdings'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)
=31.34/0.515
=60.85

IMS Health Holdings's Share Price of today is $31.34.
IMS Health Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.52.

* 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

IMS Health Holdings  (NYSE:IMS) 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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IMS Health Holdings (IMS Health Holdings) Business Description

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IMS Health Holdings Inc was formed on October 23, 2009 in Delaware. The Company is an information and technology services company. It provides clients in the healthcare industry with comprehensive solutions to measure and improve their performance. It has collections of healthcare information, spanning sales, prescription and promotional data, medical claims, electronic medical records and social media. The Company provides service to healthcare organizations and decision makers around the world, spanning the breadth of life science companies, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer health and medical device manufacturers, as well as distributors, providers, payers, government agencies, policymakers, researchers and the financial community. The Company offers various information offerings developed to meet its clients' needs by using data secured from network of suppliers. The Company's offerings compete with various firms, including Accenture, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Covance, Deloitte, Evidera, GfK, Health Market Science, IBM, Infosys, inVentiv Health, Kantar Health, McKinsey, Nielsen, OptumInsight, Parexel, Press Ganey, Quintiles, RTI Health Solutions, Symphony Health Solutions, Synovate Healthcare, The Advisory Board, Trizetto, Verisk and ZS Associates. The Company has trademarks and service marks that it uses in connection with the operation of its business, including IMS Health, IMS, the IMS logo, IMS One, MIDAS, Xponent, DDD, AppScript, AppNucleus, MD360 Provider Performance Management and Evidence360.
Executives
Michael R Mcdonnell officer: EVP and CFO C/O IQVIA HOLDINGS INC., 83 WOOSTER HEIGHTS ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810
David Bonderman other: Former 10% Owner 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Lgp Associates V Llc director 11111 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Peridot Coinvest Manager Llc director 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Green V Holdings, Llc director 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Green Equity Investors V, L.p. director 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Green Equity Investors Side V, L.p. director 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Gei Capital V, Llc director 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Sharad Mansukani director C/O AGILON HEALTH, INC., 6210 E HWY 290, SUITE 450, AUSTIN TX 78723
Lgp Management Inc director 11111 SANTA MONICA BLVD, STE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Leonard Green & Partners, L.p. director 11111 SANTA MONICA BLVD, STE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Jim Fasano director 83 WOOSTER HEIGHTS, DANBURY CT 06810
Cpp Investment Board Private Holdings, Inc. 10 percent owner ONE QUEEN STREET EAST,, SUITE 2500, TORONTO A6 M5C 2W5
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board 10 percent owner ONE QUEEN STREET EAST, STE 2500, TORONTO ONTARIO A6 0000
Kevin C Knightly officer: SVP, Information Offerings 1499 POST ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824

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