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PVARF (Porvair) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 20.31 (As of Apr. 14, 2025)


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

As of today (2025-04-14), Porvair's share price is $9.20. Porvair's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2024 was $0.45. Hence, Porvair's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 20.31.

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

PVARF' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.98   Med: 24.77   Max: 64.71
Current: 19.38

During the past 13 years, Porvair's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 64.71. The lowest was 16.98. And the median was 24.77.

PVARF's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
51.56% of 1670 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 20.045 vs PVARF: 19.38

Porvair's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Nov. 2024 was $0.39. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.45.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Porvair was 3.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 17.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, Porvair's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 64.60% per year. The lowest was -120.40% per year. And the median was 11.20% per year.


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

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

Porvair Annual Data
Trend Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23 Nov24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 36.99 24.64 18.70 17.03 18.37

Porvair Semi-Annual Data
May15 Nov15 May16 Nov16 May17 Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23 May24 Nov24
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 18.70 - 17.03 - 18.37

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

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Porvair'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.


Porvair's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Porvair's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Porvair Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Porvair'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)
=9.20/0.453
=20.31

Porvair's Share Price of today is $9.20.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Porvair's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2024 was $0.45.

* 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

Porvair  (OTCPK:PVARF) 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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Porvair Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7 Regis Place, Bergen Way, King's Lynn, Norfolk, GBR, PE30 2JN
Porvair PLC is an environmental treatment control company. It develops filtration solutions to be used by various types of industries. The company caters to its clients through three divisions, Aerospace and Industrial, Laboratory and Metal Melt Quality. Aerospace and Industrial Division is a key revenue generator, designs and manufactures specialist filtration equipment for application in aerospace, energy, bioscience, water and industrial applications. Laboratory Division designs and manufactures instruments and consumables for use in environmental and bioscience laboratories. Metal Melt Quality Division designs and manufactures porous ceramic filters for the filtration of molten metals. The company generates majority of its manufacturing revenue from sales in the United States.

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