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Afya (BSP:A2FY34) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 5.05 (As of Jun. 25, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-06-25), Afya's share price is R$45.45. Afya's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was R$9.01. Hence, Afya's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 5.05.

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

BSP:A2FY34' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.55   Med: 19.43   Max: 86.93
Current: 9.12

During the past 7 years, Afya's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 86.93. The lowest was 8.55. And the median was 19.43.

BSP:A2FY34's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
61.9% of 168 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 11.745 vs BSP:A2FY34: 9.12

Afya's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$3.34. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was R$9.01.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Afya was 41.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 54.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 49.90% per year.

During the past 7 years, Afya's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 95.50% per year. The lowest was 26.50% per year. And the median was 55.85% per year.


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

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

Afya Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 47.75 52.06 23.62 13.58 12.19

Afya Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 8.67 9.78 9.47 12.19 10.18

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

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Afya'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.


Afya's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Afya's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Afya Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Afya'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)
=45.45/9.005
=5.05

Afya's Share Price of today is R$45.45.
Afya's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was R$9.01.

* 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

Afya  (BSP:A2FY34) 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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Afya (BSP:A2FY34) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Alameda Oscar Niemeyer, No. 119, Room 504, Vila da Serra, Nova Lima, MG, BRA
Afya Ltd is a medical education group based in Brazil. Its education portfolio has several courses in addition to Medicine, such as Management, Dentistry, Law, Engineering, Nursing, Psychology, and Accounting Sciences, among others. It has three segments; Undergrad provides educational services through undergraduate courses related to medicine, other health sciences, and other undergraduate programs, Continuing Education provides specialization programs and graduate courses in medicine; and Digital Services provides content and technology for medical education, clinical decisions software, practice management tools (that encompass electronic medical records, telemedicine, and digital prescription, and provides access, demand and efficiency for the healthcare players.

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