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As of today (2024-05-05), CarGurus's share price is $22.75. CarGurus's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.72. Hence, CarGurus's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 31.64.
The historical rank and industry rank for CarGurus's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 9 years, CarGurus's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 259.83. The lowest was 8.28. And the median was 33.32.
CarGurus's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.16. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.72.
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of CarGurus was -60.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -17.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 20.50% per year.
During the past 9 years, CarGurus's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 98.30% per year. The lowest was -17.70% per year. And the median was 58.00% per year.
The historical data trend for CarGurus'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.
CarGurus Annual Data | |||||||||||||||||||
Trend | Dec15 | Dec16 | Dec17 | Dec18 | Dec19 | Dec20 | Dec21 | Dec22 | Dec23 | ||||||||||
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 71.36 | 24.20 | 46.66 | 7.52 | 33.10 |
CarGurus 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 | 7.52 | 11.84 | 12.11 | 11.70 | 33.10 |
For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, CarGurus'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.
For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, CarGurus's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where CarGurus's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
CarGurus'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) |
= | 22.75 | / | 0.719 | |
= | 31.64 |
CarGurus's Share Price of today is $22.75.
CarGurus'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 $0.72.
* 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 |
CarGurus (NAS:CARG) 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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Manik Gupta | director | 1999 SCOTT LN, LOS ALTOS CA 94024 |
Javier Esquivel Zamora | officer: General Counsel and Secretary | C/O CARGURUS, INC., 2 CANAL PARK, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141 |
Samuel Zales | officer: Chief Operating Officer | C/O CARGURUS, INC., 2 CANAL PARK, 4TH FL., CAMBRIDGE MA 02141 |
Scot Christopher Fredo | officer: CFO and Treasurer | C/O CARGURUS, INC., 2 CANAL PARK, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141 |
Thomas Michael Caputo | officer: Sr. VP, Product | C/O CARGURUS, INC., 2 CANAL PARK, 4TH FL., CAMBRIDGE MA 02141 |
Andrea Lee Eldridge | officer: Chief People Officer | C/O CARGURUS, INC., 2 CANAL PARK, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141 |
Yann Bruno Gellot | officer: VP, Finance & Accounting (PAO) | C/O CARGURUS, INC., 2 CANAL PARK, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141 |
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