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Cigna (LIM:CI) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 7.21 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-05-01), Cigna's share price is $233.80. Cigna's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $32.44. Hence, Cigna's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 7.21.

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

LIM:CI' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.41   Med: 12.16   Max: 125.82
Current: 10.36

During the past 13 years, Cigna's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 125.82. The lowest was 6.41. And the median was 12.16.

LIM:CI's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
69.23% of 13 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 15.44 vs LIM:CI: 10.36

Cigna's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.49. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $32.44.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cigna was 46.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 14.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 29.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Cigna's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 173.10% per year. The lowest was -49.50% per year. And the median was 10.75% per year.


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

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

Cigna 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 9.21 8.29 12.97 14.09 8.68

Cigna Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 14.09 7.58 7.41 7.85 8.68

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

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Cigna'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.


Cigna's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Cigna's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cigna Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cigna'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)
=233.80/32.436
=7.21

Cigna's Share Price of today is $233.80.
Cigna'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 $32.44.

* 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

Cigna  (LIM:CI) 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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Cigna (LIM:CI) Business Description

Address
900 Cottage Grove Road, Bloomfield, CT, USA, 06002
Cigna primarily provides pharmacy benefit management and health insurance services. Its PBM services, which were greatly expanded by its 2018 merger with Express Scripts, are mostly sold to health insurance plans and employers. Its largest PBM contract is the Department of Defense and it recently won a deal with top-tier insurer Centene. In health insurance and other benefits, Cigna mostly serves employers through self-funding arrangements, but it also operates in government programs, such as Medicare Advantage. The company operates mostly in the U.S. with 18 million U.S. medical members covered as of the end of June 2023.

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