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Carrefour (LTS:0NPH) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 3.94 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Carrefour's share price is €15.7375. Carrefour's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €3.99. Hence, Carrefour's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 3.94.

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

LTS:0NPH' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.84   Med: 20.84   Max: 117.14
Current: 3.92

During the past 13 years, Carrefour's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 117.14. The lowest was 3.84. And the median was 20.84.

LTS:0NPH's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
85.27% of 224 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 13.355 vs LTS:0NPH: 3.92

Carrefour's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €5.22. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €3.99.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Carrefour was 24.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 18.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 33.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, Carrefour's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 135.20% per year. The lowest was -58.40% per year. And the median was 5.20% per year.


Carrefour Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Carrefour'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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Carrefour Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.77 5.95 6.14 5.00 4.26

Carrefour Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.14 - 5.00 - 4.26

Competitive Comparison

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Carrefour'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.


Carrefour Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Carrefour's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Carrefour Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Carrefour'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)
=15.7375/3.99
=3.94

Carrefour's Share Price of today is €15.7375.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Carrefour's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €3.99.

* 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

Carrefour  (LTS:0NPH) 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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Carrefour (LTS:0NPH) Business Description

Address
93 Avenue de Paris, Massy Cedex, Paris, FRA, 91300
Carrefour is a multiformat retailer with operations in more than 30 countries, with tens of thousands of shops globally, over 1,000 drive-thru locations, and about 340,000 employees. Although hypermarkets still account for the bulk of sales in France, the company, founded in 1959, is expanding away from its initial large hypermarket style. Due to its emphasis on creating smaller stores, its exposure to the nonfood sector has decreased. Approximately 73% of sales are generated in Europe, and the rest in Latin America (27%).

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