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NIC (FRA:NAI) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 42.19 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-05-05), NIC's share price is €27.80. NIC's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was €0.66. Hence, NIC's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 42.19.

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

FRA:NAI's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 22.96
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow only.

NIC's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was €0.09. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €0.66.


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

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

NIC Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.37 18.99 15.39 24.88 33.87

NIC Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
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 24.88 17.70 24.85 28.07 33.87

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, NIC'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.


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

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

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



NIC Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

NIC'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)
=27.80/0.659
=42.19

NIC's Share Price of today is €27.80.
NIC's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €0.66.

* 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

NIC  (FRA:NAI) 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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NIC (FRA:NAI) Business Description

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Address
25501 West Valley Parkway, Suite 300, Olathe, KS, USA, 66061
NIC Inc is a leading provider of digital government services that help governments use technology to provide a higher level of service to businesses and citizens and increase efficiencies. The company has two operating channels: state enterprise businesses and software and services businesses. In State enterprise businesses, the company enters into long-term contracts with state and local governments to design, build and operate Internet-based, enterprise-wide portals on their behalf, the software and services businesses provide software development and payment processing services, other than outsourced portal services, to state and local governments as well as federal agencies. It generates a majority of its revenue from the State Enterprise.

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