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APP (AppLovin) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 54.41 (As of May. 10, 2025)


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What is AppLovin Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-05-10), AppLovin's share price is $328.54. AppLovin's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $6.04. Hence, AppLovin's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 54.41.

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

APP' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8   Med: 29.35   Max: 129.72
Current: 44.86

During the past 6 years, AppLovin's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 129.72. The lowest was 8.00. And the median was 29.35.

APP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
75.16% of 1554 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 21.86 vs APP: 44.86

AppLovin's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $2.02. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $6.04.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of AppLovin was 121.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 78.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 59.00% per year.

During the past 6 years, AppLovin's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 78.90% per year. The lowest was 22.60% per year. And the median was 68.10% per year.


AppLovin Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

AppLovin Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 89.60 9.50 13.67 53.78

AppLovin Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 13.67 20.93 20.88 26.06 53.78

Competitive Comparison of AppLovin's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Application subindustry, AppLovin'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.


AppLovin's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, AppLovin's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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AppLovin Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

AppLovin'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)
=328.54/6.038
=54.41

AppLovin's Share Price of today is $328.54.
AppLovin's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.04.

* 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

AppLovin  (NAS:APP) 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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AppLovin Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1100 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 94304
AppLovin is a vertically integrated advertising technology company that acts as a demand-side platform for advertisers, a supply-side platform for publishers, and an exchange facilitating transactions between the two. About 80% of AppLovin's revenue comes from the DSP, AppDiscovery, while the remainder comes from the SSP, Max, and gaming studios, which develop mobile games. AppLovin announced in February 2025 its plans to divest from the lower-margin gaming studios to focus exclusively on the ad tech platform. AppLovin's primary tool for future growth is Axon 2, which is an ad optimizer operating within the DSP that allows advertisers to place ads according to specified return thresholds.
Executives
Vasily Shikin officer: Chief Technology Officer 1100 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Arash Adam Foroughi director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO & Chairperson 1100 PAGE MILL, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Victoria Valenzuela officer: CLO & Corp. Secretary 1100 PAGE MILL RD, PALO ALTO CA 94304-1047
Herald Y Chen director, officer: President & CFO 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 1150, FOSTER CITY CA 94404-2127
Dawson Alyssa Harvey director 1100 PAGE MILL RD, PALO ALTO CA 94304-1974
Georgiadis Mary Margaret Hastings director 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015
Eduardo Vivas director 1100 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Kkr Denali Holdings L.p. 10 percent owner C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kkr Group Partnership L.p. 10 percent owner C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Craig Scott Billings director C/O WYNN RESORTS, LIMITED, 3131 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Katie Kihorany Jansen officer: Chief Marketing Officer 1100 PAGE MILL RD, PALO ALTO CA 94304-1047
Todd R Morgenfeld director C/O PINTEREST, INC., 651 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Kkr Group Co. Inc. 10 percent owner 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Elena Arutunian officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1100 PAGE MILL RD, PALO ALTO CA 94304-1047
Angel Pride Holdings Ltd 10 percent owner ROOM 710, 7/F, WING ON HOUSE, NO. 71 DES VOREX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG F4 0000

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