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MPNGF (Meituan) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 19.44 (As of Dec. 11, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-12-11), Meituan's share price is $22.20. Meituan's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $1.14. Hence, Meituan's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 19.44.

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

MPNGF' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.88   Med: 18.83   Max: 44.58
Current: 20.51

During the past 9 years, Meituan's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 44.58. The lowest was 8.88. And the median was 18.83.

MPNGF's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
65.82% of 746 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 12.27 vs MPNGF: 20.51

Meituan's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.36. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $1.14.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Meituan was 68.30% per year.

During the past 9 years, Meituan's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 28.70% per year. The lowest was -85.30% per year. And the median was -26.55% per year.


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

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

Meituan Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 210.97 - - 169.61 14.02

Meituan Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 21.62 14.02 14.46 13.77 19.28

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

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Meituan'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.


Meituan's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Meituan's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Meituan Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Meituan'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)
=22.20/1.142
=19.44

Meituan's Share Price of today is $22.20.
Meituan's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.14.

* 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

Meituan  (OTCPK:MPNGF) 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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Meituan Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 4 Wang Jing East Road, Block B and C, Hengjiweiye Building, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100102
Meituan is the largest food delivery service in China, with a 70.7% share of the market in 2020 per the Chinese government. For the year ended 2023, the firm generated 58% of revenue from on-demand services, 17% from hotel booking, coupon sales, advertising, and 25% from new initiatives. In the long term, its new initiatives business may transform the company into an all-encompassing grocer and logistics business involving community group buying, nonfood delivery, and online grocery, overtaking food delivery as its main business.

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