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Cummins (BSP:C1MI34) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 364.70 (As of May. 31, 2025)


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

As of today (2025-05-31), Cummins's share price is R$431.80. Cummins's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was R$1.18. Hence, Cummins's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 364.70.

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

BSP:C1MI34' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.56   Med: 17.53   Max: 9291.11
Current: 8930

During the past 13 years, Cummins's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 9291.11. The lowest was 7.56. And the median was 17.53.

BSP:C1MI34's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
99.88% of 1712 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 22.745 vs BSP:C1MI34: 8930.00

Cummins's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was R$-1.72. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was R$1.18.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cummins was -99.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -42.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -24.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -2.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, Cummins's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 186.40% per year. The lowest was -57.90% per year. And the median was 9.10% per year.


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

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

Cummins Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.76 20.91 32.96 12.42 173.78

Cummins Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 16.45 33.94 149.01 173.78 8,706.67

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

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Cummins'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.


Cummins's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Cummins's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Cummins Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cummins'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)
=431.80/1.184
=364.70

Cummins's Share Price of today is R$431.80.
Cummins's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was R$1.18.

* 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

Cummins  (BSP:C1MI34) 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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Cummins Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
500 Jackson Street, Box 3005, Columbus, IN, USA, 47202-3005
Cummins is a leading manufacturer of diesel and other engines used in heavy- and medium-duty commercial trucks, off-highway equipment, and locomotives, in addition to prime power and standby generators. The company also sells powertrain components, which include filtration products, transmissions, turbochargers, aftertreatment systems, and fuel systems. Sales are approximately 60% US and Canada and 40% rest of world. Much of Cummins' foreign sales (China, India, and so forth) are through joint ventures. The company operates 650 distributors and over 19,000 dealer locations across 190 countries. Cummins' business model is unique as it competes with many of its heavy-duty truck manufacturer customers, who also make their own engines.

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