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Safaricom (NAI:SCOM) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 76.53 (As of Sep. 22, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-09-22), Safaricom's share price is KES15.00. Safaricom's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was KES0.20. Hence, Safaricom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 76.53.

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

NAI:SCOM' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.45   Med: 21.98   Max: 78.83
Current: 76.52

During the past 13 years, Safaricom's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 78.83. The lowest was 10.45. And the median was 21.98.

NAI:SCOM's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
91.8% of 256 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 11.92 vs NAI:SCOM: 76.52

Safaricom's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was KES0.68. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was KES0.20.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Safaricom was -77.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -46.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, Safaricom's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 59.00% per year. The lowest was -46.00% per year. And the median was 26.00% per year.


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

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

Safaricom Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.27 22.16 - 16.23 69.07

Safaricom 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 - - 16.23 - 69.07

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

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Safaricom'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.


Safaricom's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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



Safaricom Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Safaricom'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)
=15.00/0.196
=76.53

Safaricom's Share Price of today is KES15.00.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Safaricom's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was KES0.20.

* 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

Safaricom  (NAI:SCOM) 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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Safaricom Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Safaricom House, Waiyaki Way, P.O. Box 66827, Westlands, Nairobi, KEN, 00800
Safaricom PLC is a Kenya-based telecommunications company. The principal activities of the company are the provision of telecommunication services, providing a comprehensive range of integrated telecommunication services including voice and data both mobile and fixed, SMS, the internet, and m-pesa. The company also offers a wide range of devices such as Mobile handsets, mobile broadband modems, routers, tablets, and notebooks. The majority of its revenue comes from service revenues: Voice, m-pesa, mobile data, messaging, fixed data and other service revenue. The company serves both individual and corporate/enterprise customers.

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