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Mercantile Bank (DHA:MERCANBANK) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 0.77 (As of May. 29, 2025)


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What is Mercantile Bank Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-05-29), Mercantile Bank's share price is BDT8.20. Mercantile Bank's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was BDT10.66. Hence, Mercantile Bank's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 0.77.

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

DHA:MERCANBANK' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.77   Med: 4.29   Max: 71.12
Current: 0.77

During the past 9 years, Mercantile Bank's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 71.12. The lowest was 0.77. And the median was 4.29.

DHA:MERCANBANK's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
92.83% of 1129 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 7.68 vs DHA:MERCANBANK: 0.77

Mercantile Bank's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was BDT-0.76. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was BDT10.66.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Mercantile Bank was 5602.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 9.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 33.70% per year.

During the past 9 years, Mercantile Bank's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 39.10% per year. The lowest was -47.00% per year. And the median was 11.00% per year.


Mercantile Bank Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Mercantile Bank Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 7.01 3.25 7.92 3.10 2.91

Mercantile Bank Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 71.12 2.91 2.58 1.06 0.99

Competitive Comparison of Mercantile Bank's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Mercantile Bank'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.


Mercantile Bank's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Mercantile Bank's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Mercantile Bank Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Mercantile Bank'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)
=8.20/10.663
=0.77

Mercantile Bank's Share Price of today is BDT8.20.
Mercantile Bank's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was BDT10.66.

* 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

Mercantile Bank  (DHA:MERCANBANK) 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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Mercantile Bank Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
61, Dilkusha Commercial Area, Dhaka, BGD, 1000
Mercantile Bank PLC is a commercial bank that engages in providing banking and financial services. It offers a range of services such as SME financing, Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Foreign Trade, NRB banking, Treasury instruments services, and E-banking, among others. Its operating segments comprise Commercial Banking including Off-shore Banking Units, Islamic Banking Window Operations, Mercantile Bank Securities Limited; MBL Assets Management Limited, and Mercantile Exchange House (UK) Ltd.

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