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Acacia Communications (Acacia Communications) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 42.06 (As of May. 10, 2024)


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What is Acacia Communications Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-10), Acacia Communications's share price is $114.99. Acacia Communications's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was $2.73. Hence, Acacia Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 42.06.

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

ACIA' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.49   Med: 33.04   Max: 64.48
Current: 40.7

During the past 8 years, Acacia Communications's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 64.48. The lowest was 16.49. And the median was 33.04.

ACIA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 17.41 vs ACIA: 40.70

Acacia Communications's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was $1.19. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $2.73.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Acacia Communications was 74.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 32.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 27.20% per year.

During the past 8 years, Acacia Communications's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 78.60% per year. The lowest was -22.20% per year. And the median was 51.65% per year.


Acacia Communications Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acacia Communications'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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Acacia Communications Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Acacia Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 21.78 31.60 22.74 46.51 26.26

Acacia Communications Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
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 46.51 53.79 38.26 36.49 26.26

Competitive Comparison of Acacia Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Acacia Communications'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.


Acacia Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Acacia Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Acacia Communications Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Acacia Communications'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)
=114.99/2.734
=42.06

Acacia Communications's Share Price of today is $114.99.
Acacia Communications's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.73.

* 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

Acacia Communications  (NAS:ACIA) 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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Acacia Communications (Acacia Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Three Mill and Main Place, Suite 400, Maynard, MA, USA, 01754
Acacia Communications Inc manufactures optical interconnect products used in offering communication services. The company offers optical interconnect solutions such as sophisticated modules for digital signal processing (DSP) and optical functions required to process network traffic. Its product application includes in Submarine, Long-haul terrestrial networks, metro carrier, and Data Center Interconnect. The company generates most of its revenues from China and has operates spread across the United States, Germany, Thailand, and other countries.
Executives
Eric L Fisher officer: VP of Global Sales 3 MILL AND MAIN PLACE SUITE 400 MAYNARD MA 01754
Bhupendra C Shah officer: Vice President of Engineering C/O ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 CLOCK TOWER PLACE, SUITE 100 MAYNARD MA 01754
John F Gavin officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 CLOCK TOWER PLACE, SUITE 100 MAYNARD MA 01754
Christian J. Rasmussen officer: VP Digital Signal Proc&Optics C/O ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 CLOCK TOWER PLACE, SUITE 100 MAYNARD MA 01754
Mehrdad Givehchi officer: VP of Hardware and Software C/O ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 CLOCK TOWER PLACE, SUITE 100 MAYNARD MA 01754
Benny P Mikkelsen director, officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 CLOCK TOWER PLACE, SUITE 100 MAYNARD MA 01754
Murugesan Shanmugaraj director, officer: President & CEO C/O ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 CLOCK TOWER PLACE, SUITE 100 MAYNARD MA 01754
Francis J Murphy officer: VP, Finance and PAO C/O ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 CLOCK TOWER PLACE, SUITE 100 MAYNARD MA 01754
Vincent Roche director
Stan J Reiss director C/O ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 CLOCK TOWER PLACE, SUITE 100 MAYNARD MA 01754
Laurinda Y Pang director C/O GLOBAL CROSSING LIMITED 200 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 300 FLORHAM PARK X1 07932
David J Aldrich director 20 SYLVAN ROAD, WOBURN MA 01801
Eric A Swanson director C/O ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 CLOCK TOWER PLACE, SUITE 100 MAYNARD MA 01754
John Ritchie director 303 VELOCITY WAY, FOSTER CITY X1 94404
Peter Y Chung director C/O SUMMIT PARTNERS, 222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLR, BOSTON MA 02116

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