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Toast (TOST) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 140.65 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-04-27), Toast's share price is $23.91. Toast's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.17. Hence, Toast's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 140.65.

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

TOST' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 102   Med: 133.94   Max: 733.95
Current: 136.52

During the past 5 years, Toast's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 733.95. The lowest was 102.00. And the median was 133.94.

TOST's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
90.75% of 1470 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.24 vs TOST: 136.52

Toast's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.15. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.17.

During the past 5 years, Toast's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -6.40% per year. The lowest was -6.40% per year. And the median was -6.40% per year.


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

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

Toast Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
- - - - 104.94

Toast Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 - - - - 104.94

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

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Toast'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.


Toast's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Toast's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Toast Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Toast'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)
=23.91/0.17
=140.65

Toast's Share Price of today is $23.91.
Toast'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 $0.17.

* 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

Toast  (NYSE:TOST) 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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Toast (TOST) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
401 Park Drive, Suite 801, Boston, MA, USA, 02215
Toast is a U.S.-based restaurant technology company that provides point-of-sale, payment processing, and various software services to 99,000 restaurant locations across the United States at the end of September 2023. The firm generates sales from software subscription fees, as a percentage take rate from each financial transaction it processes, from loan origination and servicing fees from its Toast Capital arm, and from hardware installation and professional services. Unlike competitors, Toast intermediates every payment transaction on its platform, processing some $92 billion in gross platform volume in 2022. The firm's product offerings span point-of-sale systems, inventory and payroll management, delivery integration, e-commerce ordering, reservation management, and loyalty programs.
Executives
James Michael Matlock officer: Principal Accounting Officer TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Brian R Elworthy officer: General Counsel TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Aman Narang director, officer: See Remarks TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Elena Gomez officer: Chief Financial Officer TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Stephen Fredette director, officer: Co-President TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Christopher P Comparato director, officer: Chief Executive Officer TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02215
Bessemer Venture Partners Ix L.p. 10 percent owner C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS, 1865 PALMER AVENUE, SUITE 104, LARCHMONT NY 10538
David Yuan director 250 MIDDLEFIELD RD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Mark J Hawkins director C/O LOGITECH, INC., 6505 KAISER DRIVE, FREMONT CA 94555
Richard Kent Bennett director 1865 PALMER AVENUE, SUITE 104, LARCHMONT NY 10538
Technology Investment Dining Group, Llc 10 percent owner 18 BANK STREET, LEBANON NH 03766
Jonathan Grimm 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer TOAST, INC., 401 PARK DRIVE, SUITE 801, BOSTON MA 02215
Paul D Bell director C/O DELL INC., ONE DELL WAY, ROUND ROCK TX 78682-2244
Hmi Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 555 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Hmi Capital Partners, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O HMI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., 555 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104