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Alten (XPAR:ATE) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 19.65 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-05-21), Alten's share price is €125.70. Alten's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €6.40. Hence, Alten's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 19.65.

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

XPAR:ATE' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.61   Med: 21.26   Max: 47.09
Current: 19.66

During the past 13 years, Alten's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 47.09. The lowest was 9.61. And the median was 21.26.

XPAR:ATE's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
56.98% of 1476 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.045 vs XPAR:ATE: 19.66

Alten's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €6.03. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €6.40.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Alten was 2.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 16.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, Alten's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 76.10% per year. The lowest was -19.30% per year. And the median was 14.30% per year.


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

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

Alten 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 18.48 10.77 25.39 18.81 21.16

Alten Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 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 Premium Member Only 25.39 - 18.81 - 21.16

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Alten'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.


Alten's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Alten's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Alten Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Alten'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)
=125.70/6.396
=19.65

Alten's Share Price of today is €125.70.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Alten's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €6.40.

* 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

Alten  (XPAR:ATE) 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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Alten (XPAR:ATE) Business Description

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Address
40, avenue Andre-Morizet, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, Paris, FRA, 92513
Alten is an engineering and technology consulting firm. The company provides design and research projects for the technical and information systems divisions of corporate clients in the industrial, telecommunications, and service sectors. Alten's business consists of three operating segments: engineering and technology consulting; telecoms and networks; and information systems. The engineering and technology consulting segment contributes the majority of group revenue. Alten generates approximately half of its revenue in France with most of the balance derived in other European countries.

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