Vulcan Steel (ASX:VSL) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 4.95 (As of Jun. 06, 2024)

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What is Vulcan Steel Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-06-06), Vulcan Steel's share price is A$7.21. Vulcan Steel's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was A$1.46. Hence, Vulcan Steel's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 4.95.

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

ASX:VSL' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.84 Med: 8.78 Max: 10.07
Current: 4.96

During the past 3 years, Vulcan Steel's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 10.07. The lowest was 4.84. And the median was 8.78.

ASX:VSL's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
75.62% of 365 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 9.77 vs ASX:VSL: 4.96

Vulcan Steel's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.64. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was A$1.46.

Vulcan Steel Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vulcan Steel's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

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Vulcan Steel Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Vulcan Steel Annual Data

Trend

Jun21

Jun22

Jun23

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

9.65

Vulcan Steel Semi-Annual Data
	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	-	-	-	9.65	-

Competitive Comparison of Vulcan Steel's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Steel subindustry, Vulcan Steel'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.

Vulcan Steel's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Vulcan Steel's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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

Vulcan Steel Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Vulcan Steel'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)
	=	7.21	/	1.458
	=	4.95

Vulcan Steel's Share Price of today is A$7.21.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Vulcan Steel's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was A$1.46.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio

Market Cap

Free Cash Flow

Vulcan Steel (ASX:VSL) 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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Vulcan Steel (ASX:VSL) Business Description

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VSL:New Zealand

Address

29 Neales Road, East Tamaki, Auckland, NTL, NZL, 2013

Website

https://www.vulcan.co

Vulcan Steel Ltd is a metals distributor and processor. Its products include Steel, Stainless Steel, Engineering steel, Plate processing, and Coil processing. The company has two operating segments namely, Steel business across New Zealand and Australia which includes Steel distribution, Plate processing, and Coil processing; and Metals business across New , which includes Stainless Steel, Engineering Steel and Aluminium.