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Advantech Co (TPE:2395) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 32.89 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Advantech Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-01), Advantech Co's share price is NT$380.00. Advantech Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$11.56. Hence, Advantech Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 32.89.

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

TPE:2395' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 23.16   Med: 34.12   Max: 75.92
Current: 32.89

During the past 13 years, Advantech Co's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 75.92. The lowest was 23.16. And the median was 34.12.

TPE:2395's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
72.12% of 1352 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 16.99 vs TPE:2395: 32.89

Advantech Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$0.42. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was NT$11.56.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Advantech Co was 22.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, Advantech Co's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 44.20% per year. The lowest was -13.00% per year. And the median was 12.10% per year.


Advantech Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Advantech Co 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 42.08 37.35 32.91 31.48 38.43

Advantech Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 35.69 38.23 27.02 38.43 34.88

Competitive Comparison of Advantech Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Advantech Co'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.


Advantech Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Advantech Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Advantech Co'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)
=380.00/11.555
=32.89

Advantech Co's Share Price of today is NT$380.00.
Advantech Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was NT$11.56.

* 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

Advantech Co  (TPE:2395) 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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Advantech Co (TPE:2395) Business Description

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Address
No. 1, Alley 20, Lane 26, Rueiguang Road, Neihu District, Taipei, TWN, 114519
Founded in 1981, Advantech is the world's largest industrial PC, or IPC, supplier, offering single-board computers, fanless IPCs, digital posts and more. The company reports three segments: embedded PCs, industry PC and automation solutions, and service and others. They contributed 50%, 39% and 11% revenue in 2022, respectively. Leveraging its presence in 27 countries, Advantech is expanding into Internet of Things verticals like smart retail, medical, transportation, industrial automation and energy by investing in Internet of Things solution partners and its proprietary WISE-PaaS platform. The headquarters is in Taipei, Taiwan. The company maintains most manufacturing facilities in Taiwan and Kunshan, China; and has 14 service centers globally.

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