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Cogeco (Cogeco) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 2.65 (As of Jun. 02, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-06-02), Cogeco's share price is $36.80. Cogeco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $13.89. Hence, Cogeco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 2.65.

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

CGECF' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.23   Med: 3.43   Max: 34.04
Current: 2.52

During the past 13 years, Cogeco's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 34.04. The lowest was 2.23. And the median was 3.43.

CGECF's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
89.92% of 258 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 12.245 vs CGECF: 2.52

Cogeco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $4.77. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $13.89.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cogeco was 28.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -38.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -8.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 0.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Cogeco's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 137.20% per year. The lowest was -38.70% per year. And the median was 7.00% per year.


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

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

Cogeco Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.39 2.77 3.38 3.66 7.68

Cogeco Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 4.14 7.88 7.68 3.23 3.05

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

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Cogeco'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.


Cogeco's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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



Cogeco Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cogeco'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)
=36.80/13.889
=2.65

Cogeco's Share Price of today is $36.80.
Cogeco's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $13.89.

* 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

Cogeco  (OTCPK:CGECF) 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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Cogeco (Cogeco) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Place Ville Marie, Bureau 3301, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3B 3N2
Cogeco Inc is a telecommunications company. The company has operating segments, namely Canadian broadband services, American broadband services and Others. The Canadian and American broadband services segments provide a wide range of Internet, video, and telephony services primarily to residential customers, as well as business services across their coverage areas. The Canadian broadband services activities are carried out by Cogeco Connexion in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario and the American broadband services activities are carried out by Atlantic Broadband in 12 states.