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Nathan's Famous (Nathan's Famous) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 13.50 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-18), Nathan's Famous's share price is $65.39. Nathan's Famous's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.85. Hence, Nathan's Famous's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 13.50.

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

NATH' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.18   Med: 21.9   Max: 68.89
Current: 13.5

During the past 13 years, Nathan's Famous's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 68.89. The lowest was 9.18. And the median was 21.90.

NATH's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
53.75% of 253 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 14.86 vs NATH: 13.50

Nathan's Famous's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.53. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $4.85.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Nathan's Famous was 3.60% 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 4.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, Nathan's Famous's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 43.60% per year. The lowest was -120.80% per year. And the median was 13.65% per year.


Nathan's Famous Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nathan's Famous'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.

* Premium members only.

Nathan's Famous Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.95 22.40 23.15 14.07 16.10

Nathan's Famous 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.37 16.10 15.46 13.72 16.10

Competitive Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Nathan's Famous'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.


Nathan's Famous Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Nathan's Famous's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nathan's Famous Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Nathan's Famous'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)
=65.39/4.845
=13.50

Nathan's Famous's Share Price of today is $65.39.
Nathan's Famous'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 $4.85.

* 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

Nathan's Famous  (NAS:NATH) 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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Nathan's Famous (Nathan's Famous) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Jericho Plaza, Second Floor - Wing A, Jericho, NY, USA, 11753
Nathan's Famous Inc is an owner of fast food franchises in the United States. The company's reportable segment includes the Branded Product Program, Product licensing, Restaurant operations and Corporate. Branded Product Program derives revenue principally from the sale of hot dog products either directly to foodservice operators or to various foodservice distributors who resell the products to foodservice operators. It generates maximum revenue from the Branded Product Program segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
Executives
Brian S Genson director
Joanne Podell director ONE JERICHO PLAZA, JERICHO NY 11753
Robert E Steinberg officer: VP Finance, CFO, Treasurer NATHAN'S FAMOUS INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, JERICHO NY 11753
Andrew M Levine director C/O NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Ronald G Devos officer: VP-Fin, CFO and Secy
James Robert Walker officer: SVP, Restaurants C/O NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Robert J Eide director 70 EAST SUNRISE HIGHWAY STE 415, VALLEY STREAM NY 11581
Randy Watts officer: VP - Franchise Operations 1400 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 400, WESTBURY NY 11590
Leigh Platte officer: Vice President, Food Service C/O NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Scott F. Harvey officer: Executive Vice President ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Donald P Schedler officer: Vice President
Barry Leistner director
Wayne Norbitz director, officer: President
Donald L Perlyn director, officer: Executive Vice President
Howard M Lorber director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD, 10TH FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33137

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