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IPH (ASX:IPH) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 13.67 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-05-16), IPH's share price is A$6.11. IPH's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.45. Hence, IPH's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 13.67.

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

ASX:IPH' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.02   Med: 22.26   Max: 47.98
Current: 13.67

During the past 9 years, IPH's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 47.98. The lowest was 13.02. And the median was 22.26.

ASX:IPH's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
51.52% of 689 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.25 vs ASX:IPH: 13.67

IPH's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.27. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was A$0.45.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of IPH was 11.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -2.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.50% per year.

During the past 9 years, IPH's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 22.70% per year. The lowest was -2.10% per year. And the median was 10.75% per year.


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

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

IPH Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 26.64 18.74 19.55 20.40 20.94

IPH Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 - 20.40 - 20.94 -

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

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, IPH'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.


IPH's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, IPH's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



IPH Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

IPH'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)
=6.11/0.447
=13.67

IPH's Share Price of today is A$6.11.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. IPH's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.45.

* 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

IPH  (ASX:IPH) 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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IPH (ASX:IPH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
201 Sussex Street, Level 24, Tower 2, Darling Park, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
IPH Ltd provides intellectual property services and data analytics software development services. The company's intellectual property services, which is provided through the company's subsidiaries Spruson and Ferguson, Fisher Adams, Kelly Callinans, Pizzeys and Cullens, involve patents filing, prosecution, enforcement and management, designing, trademarks, and others. The company's intellectual property software business, which is operated under a subscription license model, is carried out through the company's subsidiary Practice Insight. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Australia & New Zealand.

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