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Change Healthcare (Change Healthcare) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 23.46 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Change Healthcare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-26), Change Healthcare's share price is $27.49. Change Healthcare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $1.17. Hence, Change Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 23.46.

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

CHNG' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.5   Med: 23.18   Max: 43.59
Current: 23.46

During the past 6 years, Change Healthcare's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 43.59. The lowest was 16.50. And the median was 23.18.

CHNG's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 18.3 vs CHNG: 23.46

Change Healthcare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2022 was $0.01. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $1.17.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Change Healthcare was 34.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 255.10% per year.

During the past 6 years, Change Healthcare's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 255.10% per year. The lowest was 255.10% per year. And the median was 255.10% per year.


Change Healthcare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Change Healthcare Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - - 20.87 16.80

Change Healthcare Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22
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 26.45 22.30 24.57 16.80 19.68

Competitive Comparison of Change Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Change Healthcare'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.


Change Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Change Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Change Healthcare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Change Healthcare'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)
=27.49/1.172
=23.46

Change Healthcare's Share Price of today is $27.49.
Change Healthcare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.17.

* 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

Change Healthcare  (NAS:CHNG) 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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Change Healthcare (Change Healthcare) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
424 Church Street, Suite 1400, Nashville, TN, USA, 37219
Change Healthcare is a spinoff of various healthcare processing and consulting services acquired by McKesson over numerous years. Recently, these processing assets were contributed to a joint venture and in June 2019 public shares were issued with McKesson retaining the majority interest. As of the end of the March 2020 quarter, McKesson distributed all its interest in the public processor. Core services consist of insurance (healthcare) claim clearinghouse for healthcare payers in addition to administrative and consulting services to assist healthcare providers improve reimbursement coding, billing, and collections.
Executives
Tracy Byers officer: SVP and GM, Enterprise Imaging C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 424 CHURCH STREET, SUITE 1400 NASHVILLE TN 37219
Steven B. Martin officer: EVP, Enterprise Technology 3055 LEBANON PIKE SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214
Nella Domenici director C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Paul Rareshide officer: SVP, Corporate Controller C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214
Fredrik J Eliasson officer: EVP & CFO 500 WATER STREET, JACKSONVILLE FL 32202
De Crescenzo Neil E. director, officer: President & CEO C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214
Diana Mckenzie director METLIFE, 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10166
Roderick H. O'reilly officer: See Remarks C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC., 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000, NASHVILLE TN 37214
August Calhoun officer: See Remarks C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214
Thomas Mcenery officer: EVP & Chief Marketing Officer
Bansi Nagji director MCKESSON CORPORATION, 6555 STATE HIGHWAY 161, IRVING TX 75039
Alex P. Choy officer: See Remarks C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214
Linda Whitley-taylor officer: EVP & Chief People Officer C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 NORTH WARSON ROAD, SAINT LOUIS MO 63132
Phillip W. Roe director 20 BURTON HILLS BOULEVARD SUITE 100 NASHVILLE TN 37215
Kriten Joshi officer: See Remarks C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214

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