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Kakao (XKRX:035720) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 34.46 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-05-01), Kakao's share price is ₩48814.785054. Kakao's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩1,416.63. Hence, Kakao's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 34.46.

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

XKRX:035720' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.07   Med: 36.46   Max: 830.79
Current: 34.61

During the past 13 years, Kakao's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 830.79. The lowest was 12.07. And the median was 36.46.

XKRX:035720's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
73.45% of 290 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 18.965 vs XKRX:035720: 34.61

Kakao's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩603.13. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was ₩1,416.63.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Kakao was 1665.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 63.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -12.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -0.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Kakao's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 73.50% per year. The lowest was -62.00% per year. And the median was 10.85% per year.


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

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

Kakao 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 20.95 240.65 53.20 662.52 38.38

Kakao 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 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 662.52 135.38 64.36 51.77 38.38

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

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Kakao'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.


Kakao's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Kakao's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kakao Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Kakao'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)
=48814.785054/1416.627
=34.46

Kakao's Share Price of today is ₩48814.785054.
Kakao'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 ₩1,416.63.

* 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

Kakao  (XKRX:035720) 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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Kakao (XKRX:035720) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
242, Cheomdan-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju, KOR
Kakao operates the largest mobile messaging app in South Korea, Kakao Talk. The company aims to help its users connect with everything and has been expanding its content and services through self-development and mergers and acquisitions. Kakao merged with the second- largest Internet search portal, Daum, in 2014, and it acquired leading music streaming service provider Loen Entertainment in 2016.

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