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Cathay Financial Holding Co (TPE:2882) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : N/A (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Cathay Financial Holding Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-27), Cathay Financial Holding Co's share price is NT$48.90. Cathay Financial Holding Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$-4.98. Hence, Cathay Financial Holding Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is N/A.

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

During the past 13 years, Cathay Financial Holding Co's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 83.68. The lowest was 2.04. And the median was 5.68.

TPE:2882's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 8.62
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow only.

Cathay Financial Holding Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$-6.73. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was NT$-4.98.

During the past 13 years, Cathay Financial Holding Co's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 31.00% per year. The lowest was -46.60% per year. And the median was 3.40% per year.


Cathay Financial Holding Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cathay Financial Holding Co'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 Financial Holding Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Cathay Financial Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.20 2.88 11.75 - -

Cathay Financial Holding Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 - 3.27 2.08 25.03 -

Competitive Comparison of Cathay Financial Holding Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Cathay Financial Holding Co'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 Financial Holding Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Cathay Financial Holding Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cathay Financial Holding Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Cathay Financial Holding Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cathay Financial Holding Co'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)
=48.90/-4.978
=N/A

Cathay Financial Holding Co's Share Price of today is NT$48.90.
Cathay Financial Holding Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was NT$-4.98.

* 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 Financial Holding Co  (TPE:2882) 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 Financial Holding Co (TPE:2882) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 296, Section 4, Renai Road, Da'an District, Taipei, TWN, 106
Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd is a financial holding company that primarily serves the Taiwan market. The scope of its business is limited by the operation of law to the investment and management of financial services enterprises. The company is a hub for financial services primarily in insurance and banking, and secondarily in asset management. Cathay Financial Holding emphasizes cross-selling and information technology integration in its business model. most of its insurance business, which constitutes approximately half of the company's revenue mix, is related to life insurance. Its banking business, which makes up nearly the other half of its business, is mostly related to consumer and corporate banking.

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