What is Veeco Instruments Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?
As of today (2025-05-11), Veeco Instruments's share price is $19.21.
Veeco Instruments's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $0.75. Hence, Veeco Instruments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 25.75.
The historical rank and industry rank for Veeco Instruments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
VECO'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.14 Med: 37.04 Max: 467.27
Current: 25.79
During the past 13 years, Veeco Instruments's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 467.27. The lowest was 13.14. And the median was 37.04.
VECO's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 50.52% of 481
companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 26.23
vs VECO: 25.79
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Veeco Instruments was 18.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, Veeco Instruments's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 64.50% per year. The lowest was -72.20% per year. And the median was 11.05% per year.
Veeco Instruments Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Veeco Instruments'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.
Competitive Comparison of Veeco Instruments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Veeco Instruments'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.
Veeco Instruments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Veeco Instruments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Veeco Instruments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Veeco Instruments's Share Price of today is $19.21. Veeco Instruments'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 $0.75.
* 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:
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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Veeco Instruments Inc is a United States-based company engaged in designing, developing, and manufacturing thin-film process equipment, mainly used for producing electronic devices. The company focuses on semiconductor process equipment that addresses a range of challenging materials engineering problems for our customers. Its products include Laser Processing Systems, Lithography Systems, Ion Beam Systems, SiC CVD Systems, MOCVD Systems, Wet Processing Systems, MBE Technologies, Atomic Layer Deposition Systems, Physical Vapor Deposition Systems, Dicing and Lapping Systems, as well as Gas & Vapor Delivery Systems. The majority of the company's revenue is generated from sales to the Semiconductor Industry and within China.
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