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Wavestone (XPAR:WAVE) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 138.43 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-05-16), Wavestone's share price is €59.80. Wavestone's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was €0.43. Hence, Wavestone's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 138.43.

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

XPAR:WAVE' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.21   Med: 19.08   Max: 138.43
Current: 138.43

During the past 13 years, Wavestone's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 138.43. The lowest was 6.21. And the median was 19.08.

XPAR:WAVE's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
91.83% of 1468 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 22.625 vs XPAR:WAVE: 138.43

Wavestone's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was €0.43. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €0.43.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Wavestone was -90.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -10.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 22.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, Wavestone's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 156.40% per year. The lowest was -41.10% per year. And the median was 17.70% per year.


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

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

Wavestone Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.83 6.50 9.79 16.47 23.68

Wavestone Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 - 16.47 - 23.68 -

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Wavestone'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.


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

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

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



Wavestone Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Wavestone'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)
=59.80/0.432
=138.43

Wavestone's Share Price of today is €59.80.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Wavestone's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was €0.43.

* 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

Wavestone  (XPAR:WAVE) 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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Wavestone (XPAR:WAVE) Business Description

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100-101 Terrasse Boieldieu, Tour Franklin, Paris La Defense Cedex, Paris, FRA, 92042
Wavestone SA is a management and Information Technology consulting firm. The company serves Services, Consumer goods and distribution, Energy and Utilities, Manufacturing, Public sector and International Institutions, and the Transport and Travel sector. Its technologies include IT and Data architecture, Cybersecurity and digital trust, and others. It provides services such as financial risks and purchases, management and financing of innovation, supply chain, and others. Geographically, it generates the majority of its revenue from France.