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Tesco (TSCDY) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 19.30 (As of May. 13, 2025)


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

As of today (2025-05-13), Tesco's share price is $14.84. Tesco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was $0.77. Hence, Tesco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 19.30.

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

TSCDY' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.03   Med: 14.09   Max: 56.92
Current: 18.5

During the past 13 years, Tesco's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 56.92. The lowest was 6.03. And the median was 14.09.

TSCDY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
64.89% of 225 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 12.47 vs TSCDY: 18.50

Tesco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Feb. 2025 was $-0.02. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.77.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Tesco was -41.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -15.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Tesco's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 71.90% per year. The lowest was -289.30% per year. And the median was -1.00% per year.


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

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

Tesco Annual Data
Trend Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24 Feb25
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 8.70 7.73 8.15 19.01

Tesco Semi-Annual Data
Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24 Feb25
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 7.73 - 8.15 - 19.01

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

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Tesco'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.


Tesco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Tesco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Tesco Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Tesco'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)
=14.84/0.769
=19.30

Tesco's Share Price of today is $14.84.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Tesco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was $0.77.

* 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

Tesco  (OTCPK:TSCDY) 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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Tesco Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Kestrel Way, Tesco House, Shire Park, Welwyn Garden, GBR, AL7 1GA
Tesco is one of the largest food retailers in the world, operating thousands of stores in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe. It recently sold its Asia business. According to Kantar, Tesco is the market leader in the UK with a share around 27%, roughly double that of Asda or Sainsbury's. Tesco operates a core supermarket business in addition to convenience and neighborhood outlets. With a 35% digital market share in the UK, the company holds a dominant position online. Tesco gained exposure to the cash-and-carry and out-of-home delivering industries with the landmark GBP 4 billion acquisition of Booker in 2018.

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