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Sword Group (XPAR:SWP) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 18.10 (As of May. 07, 2024)


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What is Sword Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-07), Sword Group's share price is €36.50. Sword Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €2.02. Hence, Sword Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 18.10.

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

XPAR:SWP' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.33   Med: 21.75   Max: 69.38
Current: 17.33

During the past 13 years, Sword Group's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 69.38. The lowest was 8.33. And the median was 21.75.

XPAR:SWP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
62.3% of 1459 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23 vs XPAR:SWP: 17.33

Sword Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €2.04. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €2.02.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Sword Group was 120.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -12.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, Sword Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 68.20% per year. The lowest was -32.40% per year. And the median was -5.00% per year.


Sword Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Sword Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.13 10.44 59.15 43.15 19.82

Sword Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 59.15 - 43.15 - 19.82

Competitive Comparison of Sword Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sword Group'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.


Sword Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sword Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sword Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Sword Group'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)
=36.50/2.017
=18.10

Sword Group's Share Price of today is €36.50.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Sword Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €2.02.

* 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

Sword Group  (XPAR:SWP) 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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Sword Group (XPAR:SWP) Business Description

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Address
2, rue d’Arlon, Windhof, LUX, L-8399
Sword Group is a computer engineering services company which provides consulting, services and software. The firm's main business segments are IT Services and Software. These segments encompass information and content engineering systems integration, targeting of regulated markets, compliance management, software for risk and compliance, document and project management. The firm generates revenues mainly from consultancy and engineering services and sale of software licenses. Its targeted markets are institutions and government authorities, healthcare, banking and insurance, intellectual property and sports federations.