As of today (2024-04-26), Sodexo's share price is $16.8325.
Sodexo's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.59. Hence, Sodexo's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 10.61.
The historical rank and industry rank for Sodexo's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
SDXAY'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.93 Med: 13.99 Max: 39.66
Current: 10.81
During the past 13 years, Sodexo's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 39.66. The lowest was 6.93. And the median was 13.99.
SDXAY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 60.43% of 695
companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.39
vs SDXAY: 10.81
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Sodexo was 40.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 64.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, Sodexo's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 64.40% per year. The lowest was -31.80% per year. And the median was 6.80% per year.
Sodexo Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Sodexo'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.
Competitive Comparison of Sodexo's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Sodexo'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.
Sodexo's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Sodexo's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sodexo's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Sodexo Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Sodexo's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Sodexo's Share Price of today is $16.8325.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Sodexo's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.59.
* 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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Sodexo is one of the largest food service companies globally, operating in more than 80 countries with annual sales of over EUR 21 billion. Sodexo's model stems from operating on-premise catering facilities, rather than centralised industrial kitchens. While food services remains the largest business segment (58% of revenue in 2022), the company has actively pursued a strategy of diversifying its business activities into other areas, such as facilities-management services, which now represents 38% of group revenue.
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