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Ruffer Investment Co (LSE:RICA) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 6.91 (As of May. 24, 2025)


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What is Ruffer Investment Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-05-24), Ruffer Investment Co's share price is £2.80. Ruffer Investment Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was £0.41. Hence, Ruffer Investment Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 6.91.

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

LSE:RICA' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.91   Med: 55   Max: 400
Current: 6.91

During the past 13 years, Ruffer Investment Co's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 400.00. The lowest was 6.91. And the median was 55.00.

LSE:RICA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
75.84% of 977 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 12.97 vs LSE:RICA: 6.91

Ruffer Investment Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was £0.22. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was £0.41.

During the past 13 years, Ruffer Investment Co's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 54.80% per year. The lowest was -88.30% per year. And the median was -49.30% per year.


Ruffer Investment Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ruffer Investment Co'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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Ruffer Investment Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Ruffer Investment Co Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
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Ruffer Investment Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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Competitive Comparison of Ruffer Investment Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Asset Management subindustry, Ruffer Investment Co'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.


Ruffer Investment Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Ruffer Investment Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Ruffer Investment Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Ruffer Investment Co'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)
=2.80/0.405
=6.91

Ruffer Investment Co's Share Price of today is £2.80.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Ruffer Investment Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was £0.41.

* 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

Ruffer Investment Co  (LSE:RICA) 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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Ruffer Investment Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Royal Avenue, 1 Royal Plaza, Saint Peter Port, GGY, GY1 2HL
Ruffer Investment Co Ltd is a closed-end investment company. Its principal objective is to achieve a positive total annual return, after all expenses, of at least twice the Bank of England Bank Rate. The company adopts a stock picking approach and invests across a broad range of assets, geographies, and sectors including listed or quoted equities or equity-related securities, options, and bonds that are issued by corporate issuers, supra-nationals, or government organizations and investment in funds. It uses derivatives, including futures, options, swap agreements, structured products, warrants, and forward currency contracts, for efficient portfolio management. The majority part of the company's revenue comes from investment income such as dividends and interest.

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