As of today (2025-05-09), Smiths Group's share price is £19.79.
Smiths Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was £1.06. Hence, Smiths Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 18.67.
The historical rank and industry rank for Smiths Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
LSE:SMIN'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.92 Med: 21.55 Max: 36.53
Current: 18.67
During the past 13 years, Smiths Group's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 36.53. The lowest was 12.92. And the median was 21.55.
LSE:SMIN's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 56.72% of 1703
companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 22.2
vs LSE:SMIN: 18.67
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Smiths Group was 33.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -3.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, Smiths Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 121.50% per year. The lowest was -41.60% per year. And the median was -0.25% per year.
Smiths Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Smiths 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.
Competitive Comparison of Smiths Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Smiths 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.
Smiths Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Smiths Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Smiths Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Smiths Group's Share Price of today is £19.79.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Smiths Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was £1.06.
* 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:
Smiths Group (LSE:SMIN) 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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Smiths Group operates four distinct industrial capital goods businesses, each with industry leadership positions that serve a diverse range of end markets, including oil and gas, aviation & defense, and the general industrial sector. Despite serving disparate markets, each of Smiths Group's constituent companies provide an advanced technology offering backed by the group's engineering expertise. John Crane—Smiths Group's largest business—is the global industry leader in the design and manufacture of highly engineered mechanical seals, boasting the largest installed base across its energy and general industrial end markets. Smiths Detection is a global leading supplier of security and detection scanning equipment to aviation, sea ports, and municipal customers.
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