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Fletcher Building (NZSE:FBU) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 54.55 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Fletcher Building Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-26), Fletcher Building's share price is NZ$3.00. Fletcher Building's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was NZ$0.06. Hence, Fletcher Building's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 54.55.

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

NZSE:FBU' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.06   Med: 17.3   Max: 57.8
Current: 54.55

During the past 13 years, Fletcher Building's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 57.80. The lowest was 6.06. And the median was 17.30.

NZSE:FBU's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
88.49% of 252 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 14.015 vs NZSE:FBU: 54.55

Fletcher Building's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was NZ$-0.40. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was NZ$0.06.

During the past 13 years, Fletcher Building's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 85.50% per year. The lowest was -35.20% per year. And the median was 4.40% per year.


Fletcher Building Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Fletcher Building Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 18.14 9.58 22.40 -

Fletcher Building Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 - 22.40 - - -

Competitive Comparison of Fletcher Building's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Building Materials subindustry, Fletcher Building'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.


Fletcher Building's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Fletcher Building's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fletcher Building Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Fletcher Building'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)
=3.00/0.055
=54.55

Fletcher Building's Share Price of today is NZ$3.00.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Fletcher Building's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was NZ$0.06.

* 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:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Fletcher Building  (NZSE:FBU) 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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Fletcher Building (NZSE:FBU) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
810 Great South Road, Penrose, Auckland, NTL, NZL, 1061
Fletcher Building is a New Zealand-based building materials company with operations focused in New Zealand, but also extending to Australia. It has a conglomerate structure with diverse operations across concrete, building products, steel, retail distribution, construction, and development. Having previously expanded internationally through acquisitions, operations have gradually refocused on the New Zealand and Australian businesses.

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