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Imperial Brands (Imperial Brands) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 5.81 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Imperial Brands Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-28), Imperial Brands's share price is $23.23. Imperial Brands's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $4.00. Hence, Imperial Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 5.81.

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

IMBBY' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.97   Med: 7.95   Max: 15.62
Current: 5.61

During the past 13 years, Imperial Brands's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 15.62. The lowest was 2.97. And the median was 7.95.

IMBBY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
79.31% of 29 companies
in the Tobacco Products industry
Industry Median: 13.05 vs IMBBY: 5.61

Imperial Brands's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $4.16. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $4.00.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Imperial Brands was -4.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -8.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -1.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Imperial Brands's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 198.10% per year. The lowest was -78.10% per year. And the median was 5.85% per year.


Imperial Brands Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Imperial Brands Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.42 3.33 6.81 5.57 5.25

Imperial Brands 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 6.81 - 5.57 - 5.25

Competitive Comparison of Imperial Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Tobacco subindustry, Imperial Brands'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.


Imperial Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry

For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Imperial Brands's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Imperial Brands Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Imperial Brands'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)
=23.23/3.998
=5.81

Imperial Brands's Share Price of today is $23.23.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Imperial Brands's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $4.00.

* 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

Imperial Brands  (OTCPK:IMBBY) 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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Imperial Brands (Imperial Brands) Business Description

Address
121 Winterstoke Road, Bristol, GBR, BS3 2LL
Imperial Brands is the world's fourth-largest international tobacco company (excluding China National Tobacco) with total fiscal 2023 volume of 198 billion cigarettes sold in more than 160 countries. The firm holds a leading global position in the fine-cut tobacco and hand-rolling paper categories, and it has a logistics platform in Western Europe, Altadis. Through acquisition, Imperial is the third-largest manufacturer in the U.S. and owns the Winston and blu brands.

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