As of today (2024-04-26), APA's share price is $32.345.
APA's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.51. Hence, APA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 12.91.
The historical rank and industry rank for APA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
APA'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.79 Med: 12.72 Max: 100690
Current: 12.91
During the past 13 years, APA's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 100690.00. The lowest was 3.79. And the median was 12.72.
APA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 61.28% of 594
companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 10.17
vs APA: 12.91
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of APA was -67.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 102.20% per year.
During the past 13 years, APA's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 102.20% per year. The lowest was -252.10% per year. And the median was 22.80% per year.
APA Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for APA'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 APA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, APA'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.
APA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, APA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where APA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
APA Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
APA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
APA's Share Price of today is $32.345. APA'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 $2.51.
* 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.
APA Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Related Terms
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Based in Houston, APA is an independent exploration and production company. It operates primarily in the U.S., Egypt, the North Sea, and Suriname. At year-end 2022, proved reserves totaled 890 million barrels of oil equivalent, with net reported production of 400 thousand boe/day that year (64% of which was oil and natural gas liquids, with the remainder natural gas).
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