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Educational Development (Educational Development) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 1.74 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Educational Development's share price is $2.05. Educational Development's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 was $1.18. Hence, Educational Development's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 1.74.

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

EDUC' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.73   Med: 10.44   Max: 56.12
Current: 1.74

During the past 13 years, Educational Development's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 56.12. The lowest was 0.73. And the median was 10.44.

EDUC's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
95.76% of 590 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 14.06 vs EDUC: 1.74

Educational Development's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Nov. 2023 was $0.82. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $1.18.

During the past 13 years, Educational Development's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 107.00% per year. The lowest was -45.10% per year. And the median was 5.95% per year.


Educational Development Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Educational Development'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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Educational Development Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.88 11.92 35.80 - -

Educational Development Quarterly Data
Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 6.10 1.93 0.72

Competitive Comparison

For the Publishing subindustry, Educational Development'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.


Educational Development Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Educational Development's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Educational Development Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Educational Development'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)
=2.05/1.177
=1.74

Educational Development's Share Price of today is $2.05.
Educational Development's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.18.

* 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

Educational Development  (NAS:EDUC) 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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Educational Development (Educational Development) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
5402 South 122nd East Avenue, Tulsa, OK, USA, 74146
Educational Development Corp is the United States trade publisher of the line of educational children's books produced in the United Kingdom. Its business activity functions with two reportable segments: Direct Sales Division segment and Publishing Division segment. The Publishing Division segment markets its products to retail accounts, which include the book, school supplies, toy and gift stores and museums, through commissioned sales representatives, trade and specialty wholesalers and an internal telesales group. The Direct Sales Division segment sells their books and products through independent brand partners direct to the customer. It derives a majority of revenue from the Direct sales division segment.
Executives
O Keefe Daniel E officer: Chief Financial Officer 1221 E HOUSTON, BROKEN ARROW OK 74012
Heather N. Cobb officer: Chief Sales & Marketing Offcr 5402 S. 122ND ST. EAST AVE., TULSA OK 74137
Craig M White officer: VP, Operations 10302 E 55TH PL, TULSA OK 74146
Bradely Von Stoots director 5402 S. 122ND EAST AVE, TULSA OK 74146
Randall W White director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & CEO
Joshua J Peters director 5402 S. 122ND EAST AVE, TULSA OK 74146
Ronald T Mcdaniel officer: Vice President
Besty Richert director 5402 S. 122ND EAST AVE, TULSA OK 74146
Kara Gae Neal director 5402 S. 122ND EAST AVE, TULSA OK 74146
James F Lewis director
G Dean Cosgrove director
William C Fossett officer: Controller & Corporate Secreta
John A Clerico director 3132 S COLUMBIA CIRCLE, TULSA OK 74105
Robert D Berryhill director PO BOX 1120, BIXBY OK 74008
Kathy Slemp officer: Vice President

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