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Future (LSE:FUTR) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 6.79 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-05-25), Future's share price is £10.41. Future's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was £1.53. Hence, Future's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 6.79.

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

LSE:FUTR' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.05   Med: 23.08   Max: 109.09
Current: 6.79

During the past 13 years, Future's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 109.09. The lowest was 4.05. And the median was 23.08.

LSE:FUTR's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
78.15% of 595 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 13.97 vs LSE:FUTR: 6.79

Future's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was £0.77. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was £1.53.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Future was 16.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 21.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 59.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, Future's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 124.00% per year. The lowest was -66.40% per year. And the median was 27.25% per year.


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

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

Future Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.42 24.52 27.13 8.38 6.25

Future Semi-Annual Data
Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 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 - 8.38 - 6.25 -

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

For the Publishing subindustry, Future'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.


Future's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Future's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Future Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Future'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)
=10.41/1.533
=6.79

Future's Share Price of today is £10.41.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Future's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was £1.53.

* 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

Future  (LSE:FUTR) 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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Future (LSE:FUTR) Business Description

Address
Quay House, The Ambury, Bath, GBR, BA1 1UA
Future PLC is engaged in media group and digital publishing. It focuses on various areas which include Technology, games, films, music, and photography under the brand Techradar, Gamesradar+, PC gamer, Digital camera, The Photography Show, and others. The company's business segments are Media segment which comprises websites and events and the Magazine segment which includes magazines. It generates a majority of its revenue from the Media segment. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from the United kingdom.

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