As of today (2024-04-19), Broadcom's share price is $1204.00.
Broadcom's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $42.13. Hence, Broadcom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 28.58.
The historical rank and industry rank for Broadcom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
AVGO'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.55 Med: 19.96 Max: 39.1
Current: 29.22
During the past 13 years, Broadcom's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 39.10. The lowest was 8.55. And the median was 19.96.
AVGO's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 52.8% of 483
companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 27.96
vs AVGO: 29.22
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Broadcom was 5.80% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 14.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 17.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 36.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, Broadcom's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 69.70% per year. The lowest was 3.30% per year. And the median was 46.20% per year.
Broadcom Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Broadcom'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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Broadcom Annual Data
Trend
Oct14
Oct15
Oct16
Oct17
Oct18
Oct19
Oct20
Oct21
Oct22
Oct23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
13.28
12.72
17.12
12.19
20.37
Broadcom Quarterly Data
Apr19
Jul19
Oct19
Jan20
Apr20
Jul20
Oct20
Jan21
Apr21
Jul21
Oct21
Jan22
Apr22
Jul22
Oct22
Jan23
Apr23
Jul23
Oct23
Jan24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
14.69
15.56
21.91
20.37
28.01
Competitive Comparison
For the Semiconductors subindustry, Broadcom'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.
Broadcom Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Broadcom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Broadcom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Broadcom Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Broadcom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Broadcom's Share Price of today is $1204.00.
Broadcom's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $42.13.
* 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.
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Broadcom is the sixth-largest semiconductor company globally and has expanded into various software businesses, with over $30 billion in annual revenue. It sells 17 core semiconductor product lines across wireless, networking, broadband, storage, and industrial markets. It is primarily a fabless designer but holds some manufacturing in-house, like for its best-of-breed FBAR filters that sell into the Apple iPhone. In software, it sells virtualization, infrastructure, and security software to large enterprises, financial institutions, and governments.Broadcom is the product of consolidation. Its businesses are an amalgamation of former companies like legacy Broadcom and Avago Technologies in chips, as well as Brocade, CA Technologies, and Symantec in software.
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