As of today (2024-04-24), Gold Fields's share price is R319.77.
Gold Fields's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was R2.91. Hence, Gold Fields's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 109.96.
The historical rank and industry rank for Gold Fields's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
JSE:GFI'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.7 Med: 23 Max: 124.35
Current: 109.96
During the past 13 years, Gold Fields's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 124.35. The lowest was 7.70. And the median was 23.00.
JSE:GFI's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 91.69% of 373
companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 12.84
vs JSE:GFI: 109.96
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Gold Fields was -52.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -30.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, Gold Fields's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 98.60% per year. The lowest was -217.30% per year. And the median was -12.40% per year.
Gold Fields Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Gold Fields'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 Gold Fields's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Gold subindustry, Gold Fields'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.
Gold Fields's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Gold Fields's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Gold Fields's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Gold Fields Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Gold Fields's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Gold Fields's Share Price of today is R319.77.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Gold Fields's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was R2.91.
* 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:
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.
Gold Fields Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Related Terms
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Gold Fields Ltd is a producer of gold and is a holder of gold reserves and resources in South Africa, Ghana, Australia and Peru. In Peru, the company also produces copper. The company is primarily involved in underground and surface gold and surface copper mining and silver and related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing and smelting. It conducts underground and surface mining operations at St. Ives, underground-only operations at Agnew, Granny Smith and South Deep and surface-only open pit mining at Damang, Tarkwa and Cerro Corona. The company's revenues are derived from the sale of gold that it produces.
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