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Merit Group (FRA:HXP0) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 10.70 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Merit Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-26), Merit Group's share price is €0.76. Merit Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was €0.07. Hence, Merit Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 10.70.

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

FRA:HXP0' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.21   Med: 17.11   Max: 415.29
Current: 11.37

During the past 13 years, Merit Group's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 415.29. The lowest was 6.21. And the median was 17.11.

FRA:HXP0's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
77.96% of 1479 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 22.62 vs FRA:HXP0: 11.37

Merit Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was €0.02. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €0.07.

During the past 13 years, Merit Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 387.00% per year. The lowest was -91.20% per year. And the median was 11.90% per year.


Merit Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Merit Group Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 317.23 - 12.71 - 11.11

Merit Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 - - - 11.11 -

Competitive Comparison of Merit Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Merit Group'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.


Merit Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Merit Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Merit Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Merit Group'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)
=0.76/0.071
=10.70

Merit Group's Share Price of today is €0.76.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Merit Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was €0.07.

* 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

Merit Group  (FRA:HXP0) 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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Merit Group (FRA:HXP0) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
32 London Bridge Street, 9th Floor, The Shard, London, GBR, SE1 9SG
Merit Group PLC provides data, business, and political intelligence. The group operates through two operating segments namely, Dods and Merit Data and Technology. Dods business segment concentrates on the provision of key information and insights into the political and public policy environments around the UK and the European Union. The Merit Data and Technology segment focuses on the fields of data engineering, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Merit Data & Technology segment.

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