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Pinnacle Foods (Pinnacle Foods) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 19.69 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Pinnacle Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-05), Pinnacle Foods's share price is $66.66. Pinnacle Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2018 was $3.39. Hence, Pinnacle Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 19.69.

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

PF's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 15.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow only.

Pinnacle Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2018 was $0.57. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $3.39.


Pinnacle Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pinnacle Foods'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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Pinnacle Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Pinnacle Foods Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 16.34 9.22 18.85 16.39 22.10

Pinnacle Foods Quarterly Data
Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18
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 20.04 20.53 22.10 17.32 19.22

Competitive Comparison of Pinnacle Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Pinnacle Foods'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.


Pinnacle Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Pinnacle Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Pinnacle Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Pinnacle Foods'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)
=66.66/3.385
=19.69

Pinnacle Foods's Share Price of today is $66.66.
Pinnacle Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.39.

* 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

Pinnacle Foods  (NYSE:PF) 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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Pinnacle Foods (Pinnacle Foods) Business Description

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Pinnacle makes, sells, and distributes packaged food products. The firm owns several long-standing brands, including Birds Eye, Duncan Hines, Vlasic, Mrs. Butterworth's, Van de Kamp, and Wish-Bone. Its 2016 acquisition of Boulder Brands added Smart Balance, Earth Balance, and gluten-free products under the Udi's and Glutino labels. Its frozen segment accounted for 41% of 2017 sales, with grocery contributing 35%, Boulder delivering about 13%, and specialty foods around 10%. Almost all of the company's sales are generated in North America.