As of today (2024-04-28), Avient's share price is $43.22.
Avient's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.90. Hence, Avient's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 48.29.
The historical rank and industry rank for Avient's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
AVNT'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.15 Med: 22.38 Max: 137.18
Current: 48.29
During the past 13 years, Avient's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 137.18. The lowest was 5.15. And the median was 22.38.
AVNT's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 79.11% of 828
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 18.685
vs AVNT: 48.29
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Avient was -71.80% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -19.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -11.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.40% per year.
During the past 13 years, Avient's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 85.10% per year. The lowest was -36.20% per year. And the median was 5.90% per year.
Avient Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Avient'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 Avient's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Avient'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.
Avient's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Avient's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Avient's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Avient Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Avient's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Avient's Share Price of today is $43.22. Avient's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.90.
* 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.
Avient Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Related Terms
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Avient Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemical and plastic-based products to designers and processors of plastics. The firm operates in three segments: Specialty Engineered Materials; Distribution; and Color, Additives, & Ink. The company's product portfolio includes concentrated color and ink blends, plastic resins, and various specialized polymer materials used in industries such as food packaging, construction, transportation, cosmetics, and healthcare. The color, additives, & ink segment and the distribution segment together generate a vast majority of revenue. More than half of the total revenue is derived from the United States.
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