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China Maple Leaf Educational Systems (FRA:CML1) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 1.30 (As of Jun. 18, 2024)


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What is China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-06-18), China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's share price is €0.0285. China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was €0.02. Hence, China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 1.30.

The historical rank and industry rank for China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:CML1' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.28   Med: 12.07   Max: 36.59
Current: 1.61

During the past 11 years, China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 36.59. The lowest was 1.28. And the median was 12.07.

FRA:CML1's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
96.43% of 168 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 11.72 vs FRA:CML1: 1.61

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was €0.01. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €0.02.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -34.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -28.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year.

During the past 11 years, China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 204.30% per year. The lowest was -41.50% per year. And the median was 13.00% per year.


China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Maple Leaf Educational Systems'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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China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.89 17.98 5.73 6.57 7.55

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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 - 6.57 - 7.55 -

Competitive Comparison of China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, China Maple Leaf Educational Systems'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.


China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Education Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems'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)
=0.0285/0.022
=1.30

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's Share Price of today is €0.0285.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. China Maple Leaf Educational Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was €0.02.

* 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

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems  (FRA:CML1) 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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China Maple Leaf Educational Systems (FRA:CML1) Business Description

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Address
No. 13, Baolong First Road, Baolong Street, Longgang District, Guangdong Province, Shenzhen, CHN, 518116
China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Ltd provides one of China's private international school systems and has been a Chinese international school operator since 1995. Its Maple Leaf Systems and its secondary, middle, elementary, and foreign national schools have been accredited by Cognia, since 2017. The core component of business is a bilingual, dual-curriculum and dual-diploma high school education. It enables graduates of People's Republic of China, or PRC, and British Columbia, or BC, certified schools to receive both a fully accredited BC high school diploma and a PRC high school diploma. It operates all schools under the "Maple Leaf" brand. The company's reportable segment includes, PRC segment, and the Overseas segment which generates majority of the revenue of the company.

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