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PAA (Plains All American Pipeline LP) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 6.16 (As of May. 10, 2025)


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What is Plains All American Pipeline LP Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-05-10), Plains All American Pipeline LP's share price is $16.44. Plains All American Pipeline LP's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $2.67. Hence, Plains All American Pipeline LP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 6.16.

The historical rank and industry rank for Plains All American Pipeline LP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

PAA' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.19   Med: 7.01   Max: 40.08
Current: 6.2

During the past 13 years, Plains All American Pipeline LP's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 40.08. The lowest was 3.19. And the median was 7.01.

PAA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
62.42% of 596 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 8.655 vs PAA: 6.20

Plains All American Pipeline LP's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $0.80. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $2.67.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Plains All American Pipeline LP was -14.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 17.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, Plains All American Pipeline LP's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 119.20% per year. The lowest was -67.70% per year. And the median was 23.90% per year.


Plains All American Pipeline LP Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Plains All American Pipeline LP'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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Plains All American Pipeline LP Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Plains All American Pipeline LP Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.73 4.03 4.22 4.88 6.41

Plains All American Pipeline LP Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 4.88 6.78 7.91 5.62 6.41

Competitive Comparison of Plains All American Pipeline LP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Plains All American Pipeline LP'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.


Plains All American Pipeline LP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Plains All American Pipeline LP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Plains All American Pipeline LP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Plains All American Pipeline LP Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Plains All American Pipeline LP'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)
=16.44/2.667
=6.16

Plains All American Pipeline LP's Share Price of today is $16.44.
Plains All American Pipeline LP's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.67.

* 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

Plains All American Pipeline LP  (NAS:PAA) 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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Plains All American Pipeline LP Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
Plains All American Pipeline LP through its subsidiaries, engages in the pipeline transportation, terminaling, storage, and gathering of crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Crude Oil and NGL. The Crude Oil segment offers gathering and transporting crude oil through pipelines, gathering systems, trucks, and barges or railcars. The NGL segment is involved in natural gas processing and NGL fractionation, storage, transportation, and terminalling. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Crude Oil segment.
Executives
Jeremy L. Goebel officer: EVP & CCO 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Ellen Desanctis director 12326 OLD OAKS, HOUSTON TX 77024
Willie Cw Chiang director, officer: Chairman & CEO 370 17TH STREET, SUITE 2775, DENVER CO 80202
Chris Herbold officer: Sr. VP Finance and CAO 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Richard K. Mcgee officer: EVP, General Counsel & Sec. 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77002
Al Swanson officer: EVP & CFO 333 CLAY STREET, # 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Kevin S Mccarthy director C/O KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS, LP, 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SECOND FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Chris R. Chandler officer: EVP & COO 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Harry N Pefanis director, officer: President 333 CLAY STREET, STE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Plains Gp Holdings Lp director, 10 percent owner 333 CLAY ST, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Paa Gp Holdings Llc director, 10 percent owner 333 CLAY ST, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Plains All American Gp Llc director, 10 percent owner 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Plains Aap, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Chris Temple director 3953 MAPLE AVENUE, SUITE 180, DALLAS TX 75219
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Lp director, other: See remarks 2121 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 9TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067