As of today (2024-04-19), Consumer Portfolio Services's share price is $8.99.
Consumer Portfolio Services's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.41. Hence, Consumer Portfolio Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 0.95.
The historical rank and industry rank for Consumer Portfolio Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
CPSS'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.12 Med: 0.74 Max: 5.23
Current: 0.96
During the past 13 years, Consumer Portfolio Services's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 5.23. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.74.
CPSS's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 91.21% of 239
companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 6.62
vs CPSS: 0.96
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Consumer Portfolio Services was 17.10% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -1.80% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -0.40% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 9.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, Consumer Portfolio Services's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 155.30% per year. The lowest was -56.10% per year. And the median was 8.35% per year.
Consumer Portfolio Services Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Consumer Portfolio Services'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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Consumer Portfolio Services Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
0.38
0.43
1.56
1.10
1.00
Consumer Portfolio Services Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
1.10
1.31
1.37
0.97
1.00
Competitive Comparison
For the Credit Services subindustry, Consumer Portfolio Services'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.
Consumer Portfolio Services Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Consumer Portfolio Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Consumer Portfolio Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Consumer Portfolio Services's Share Price of today is $8.99.
Consumer Portfolio Services's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.41.
* 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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Consumer Portfolio Services (Consumer Portfolio Services) Business Description
Consumer Portfolio Services Inc is a U.S based company operating in the specialty finance sector. Its business is to purchase and service retail automobile contracts originated primarily by franchised automobile dealers and, to a lesser extent, by select independent dealers in the U.S. in the sale of new and used automobiles, light trucks and passenger vans. Through its automobile contract purchases, the company provides indirect financing to the customers of dealers having limited credit histories, low incomes or past credit problems, who it refers to as sub-prime customers. It serves as an alternative source of financing for dealers, facilitating sales to customers.
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