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Cathay Pacific Airways (Cathay Pacific Airways) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 3.08 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Cathay Pacific Airways's share price is $5.2155. Cathay Pacific Airways's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.69. Hence, Cathay Pacific Airways's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 3.08.

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

CPCAY' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.96   Med: 8.03   Max: 19.38
Current: 3.16

During the past 13 years, Cathay Pacific Airways's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 19.38. The lowest was 2.96. And the median was 8.03.

CPCAY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
85.15% of 660 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 10.26 vs CPCAY: 3.16

Cathay Pacific Airways's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.22. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $1.69.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cathay Pacific Airways was 21.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, Cathay Pacific Airways's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 44.00% per year. The lowest was -41.90% per year. And the median was -7.50% per year.


Cathay Pacific Airways Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cathay Pacific Airways'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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Cathay Pacific Airways Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.70 - 6.27 3.89 3.08

Cathay Pacific Airways Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.27 - 3.89 - 3.08

Competitive Comparison

For the Airlines subindustry, Cathay Pacific Airways'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.


Cathay Pacific Airways Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Cathay Pacific Airways's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cathay Pacific Airways's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Cathay Pacific Airways Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cathay Pacific Airways'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)
=5.2155/1.694
=3.08

Cathay Pacific Airways's Share Price of today is $5.2155.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Cathay Pacific Airways's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.69.

* 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

Cathay Pacific Airways  (OTCPK:CPCAY) 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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Cathay Pacific Airways (Cathay Pacific Airways) Business Description

Address
88 Queensway, 33rd Floor, One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, HKG
Cathay Pacific Airways is the largest airline group in Hong Kong. It operated a fleet of 222 aircraft as of December 2022 and carried more than 35 million passengers in 2019. Its route network extends to 119 destinations in 35 countries. The group operates the full-service airline Cathay Pacific and the low-cost carrier HK Express. It also runs the cargo carrier Air Hong Kong.

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