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Tata Consultancy Services (NSE:TCS) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 44.47 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Tata Consultancy Services Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-28), Tata Consultancy Services's share price is ₹3821.35. Tata Consultancy Services's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹85.94. Hence, Tata Consultancy Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 44.47.

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

NSE:TCS' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.28   Med: 30.96   Max: 69.16
Current: 44.47

During the past 13 years, Tata Consultancy Services's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 69.16. The lowest was 19.28. And the median was 30.96.

NSE:TCS's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
72.73% of 1474 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.235 vs NSE:TCS: 44.47

Tata Consultancy Services's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹0.00. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was ₹85.94.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Tata Consultancy Services was 7.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, Tata Consultancy Services's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 48.90% per year. The lowest was 5.30% per year. And the median was 16.50% per year.


Tata Consultancy Services Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tata Consultancy 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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Tata Consultancy Services Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Tata Consultancy Services Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.53 33.36 37.43 30.18 33.93

Tata Consultancy Services Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 30.18 30.55 31.53 44.14 33.93

Competitive Comparison of Tata Consultancy Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Tata Consultancy 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.


Tata Consultancy Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Tata Consultancy Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Tata Consultancy Services Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Tata Consultancy Services'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)
=3821.35/85.937
=44.47

Tata Consultancy Services's Share Price of today is ₹3821.35.
Tata Consultancy Services's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ₹85.94.

* 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

Tata Consultancy Services  (NSE:TCS) 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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Tata Consultancy Services (NSE:TCS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Raveline Street, TCS House, Fort, Mumbai, MH, IND, 400001
Tata Consultancy Services is a leading global IT services provider, with nearly 450,000 employees. Based in Mumbai, the India IT services firm leverages its offshore outsourcing model to derive half of its revenue from North America. The company offers traditional IT services offerings: consulting, managed services, and cloud infrastructure services as well as business process outsourcing as a service, or BPaaS.