As of today (2024-04-18), L'Oreal's share price is $94.06.
L'Oreal's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.48. Hence, L'Oreal's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 37.96.
The historical rank and industry rank for L'Oreal's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
LRLCY'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 24.16 Med: 31.66 Max: 49.1
Current: 39.27
During the past 13 years, L'Oreal's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 49.10. The lowest was 24.16. And the median was 31.66.
LRLCY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 76.42% of 1111
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 15.29
vs LRLCY: 39.27
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of L'Oreal was 24.10% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 5.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 9.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, L'Oreal's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 46.40% per year. The lowest was -2.80% per year. And the median was 11.80% per year.
L'Oreal Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for L'Oreal'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.
* Premium members only.
L'Oreal Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
29.53
31.85
41.29
36.34
39.57
L'Oreal 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
41.29
-
36.34
-
39.57
Competitive Comparison
For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, L'Oreal'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.
L'Oreal Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, L'Oreal's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where L'Oreal's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
L'Oreal Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
L'Oreal's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
L'Oreal's Share Price of today is $94.06.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. L'Oreal's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.48.
* 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.
L'Oreal Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Related Terms
Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of L'Oreal's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.
Founded in 1909, L'Oreal has grown into the largest beauty company in the world, participating in categories including skincare (40% of 2022 sales), makeup (20%), haircare (27%), fragrance (9%), and sanitary products (4%). The firm also has a diversified geographic footprint, generating 32% of sales in its home market of Western Europe, 25% from North America, 19% in North Asia, and the rest from various emerging markets across South Asia, Latin America, and Africa. L'Oreal owns a mix of premium and mass beauty brands sold through a wide range of channels such as mass retail, drugstores, department stores, travel retail, e-commerce, hair salons, and medi-spas. Leading brands include Lancome, Yves Saint Laurent, Maybelline, Kiehl's, L'Oreal Paris, Kerastase, CeraVe, Garnier, and Armani.
Quick Browse
Personalize
Premium Gurus 
Create New Portfolio
Portfolio Contest
LRLCY has been successfully added to your 