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Ceylon Cold Stores (COL:CCS.N0000) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 5.54 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Ceylon Cold Stores Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-26), Ceylon Cold Stores's share price is රු62.10. Ceylon Cold Stores's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was රු11.20. Hence, Ceylon Cold Stores's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 5.54.

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

COL:CCS.N0000' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.78   Med: 22.5   Max: 550.56
Current: 5.54

During the past 13 years, Ceylon Cold Stores's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 550.56. The lowest was 4.78. And the median was 22.50.

COL:CCS.N0000's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
84.29% of 70 companies
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 17.69 vs COL:CCS.N0000: 5.54

Ceylon Cold Stores's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was රු3.82. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was රු11.20.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 62.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, Ceylon Cold Stores's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 102.20% per year. The lowest was -15.50% per year. And the median was 35.50% per year.


Ceylon Cold Stores Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ceylon Cold Stores'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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Ceylon Cold Stores Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Ceylon Cold Stores Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 57.76 23.82 208.02 - 4.83

Ceylon Cold Stores 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 - 16.70 5.73 5.93 4.83

Competitive Comparison of Ceylon Cold Stores's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Ceylon Cold Stores'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.


Ceylon Cold Stores's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ceylon Cold Stores's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ceylon Cold Stores Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Ceylon Cold Stores'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)
=62.10/11.202
=5.54

Ceylon Cold Stores's Share Price of today is රු62.10.
Ceylon Cold Stores'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 රු11.20.

* 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

Ceylon Cold Stores  (COL:CCS.N0000) 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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Ceylon Cold Stores (COL:CCS.N0000) Business Description

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Address
No. 148, Vauxhall Street, Colombo, LKA, 02
Ceylon Cold Stores PLC is a Sri Lankan company that is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of beverages and frozen confectionery. The company operates through two business segments namely Manufacturing and Supermarkets. It generates maximum revenue from the Supermarkets segment. The company offers carbonated soft drinks, including ginger beer, cream, and apple soda, raspberry flavored Necto, orange-flavored orange crush and orange barley, lemonade, dry ginger ale, and toni, bottled drinking water, energy drinks, and ice creams. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Sri Lanka.

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