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Deswell Industries (Deswell Industries) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 2.77 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Deswell Industries Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-27), Deswell Industries's share price is $2.30. Deswell Industries's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.83. Hence, Deswell Industries's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 2.77.

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

DSWL' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.72   Med: 5.87   Max: 37.88
Current: 2.78

During the past 13 years, Deswell Industries's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 37.88. The lowest was 2.72. And the median was 5.87.

DSWL's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
93.71% of 1352 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 16.935 vs DSWL: 2.78

Deswell Industries's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.30. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.83.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Deswell Industries was 460.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -1.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, Deswell Industries's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 35.50% per year. The lowest was -231.20% per year. And the median was -3.05% per year.


Deswell Industries Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Deswell Industries 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 37.38 2.79 20.64 - 3.49

Deswell Industries 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 - - - 3.49 -

Competitive Comparison of Deswell Industries's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Deswell Industries'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.


Deswell Industries's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Deswell Industries Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Deswell Industries'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)
=2.30/0.83
=2.77

Deswell Industries's Share Price of today is $2.30.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Deswell Industries's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.83.

* 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

Deswell Industries  (NAS:DSWL) 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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Deswell Industries (Deswell Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10B, Edificio Associacao Industrial De Macau, No. 32-36 Rua do Comandante Mata e Oliveira, Macao, MAC
Deswell Industries Inc is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of injection-molded plastic parts and components. In addition, it also offers manufacturing services for electronic products and subassemblies and manufactures metallic molds and accessory parts for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers. The company conducts all of its manufacturing activities at separate plastics, electronics and metallic operation factories located in the People's Republic of China. It operates through the Plastic Injection Molding and Electronic Products Assembling segments. The firm offers products such as automobile components, medical testing equipment, parts for audio equipment, av receivers, active subwoofers, digital system key sets, communication products and others.

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