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CI Financial (STU:CF7) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 9.03 (As of May. 21, 2025)


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What is CI Financial Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-05-21), CI Financial's share price is €19.90. CI Financial's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was €2.20. Hence, CI Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 9.03.

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

STU:CF7' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.14   Med: 8.67   Max: 14.03
Current: 9.46

During the past 13 years, CI Financial's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 14.03. The lowest was 4.14. And the median was 8.67.

STU:CF7's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
65.13% of 975 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 13.05 vs STU:CF7: 9.46

CI Financial's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.62. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €2.20.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of CI Financial was 57.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -0.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 3.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, CI Financial's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 48.80% per year. The lowest was -12.00% per year. And the median was 3.10% per year.


CI Financial Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

CI Financial 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 6.64 8.29 5.70 6.40 9.89

CI Financial Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 8.20 6.72 7.23 9.89 9.38

Competitive Comparison of CI Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Asset Management subindustry, CI Financial'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.


CI Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, CI Financial's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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CI Financial Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

CI Financial'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)
=19.90/2.203
=9.03

CI Financial's Share Price of today is €19.90.
CI Financial's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €2.20.

* 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

CI Financial  (STU:CF7) 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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CI Financial Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
15 York Street, 2nd Floor, Legal Department, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 0A3
CI Financial is a provider of asset- and wealth-management products and services. The company has a decent share in the Canadian fund market (fifth behind Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion, IGM Financial, and Fidelity at the end of last year) and remains the second-largest non-bank-affiliated asset manager in the Canadian market, with CAD 135.4 billion in assets under management (including CAD 36.0 billion in AUM managed for its CI Assante Wealth Management, CI Private Counsel, and Aligned Capital Partners subsidiaries) at the end of September. The firm also had CAD 350.7 billion in assets under advisement (including CAD 250.6 billion from its US wealth-management operations and CAD 100.1 billion from its Canadian wealth-management partners) and CAD 31.9 billion in custody assets.

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