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As of today (2024-10-31), Credit Acceptance's share price is $425.00. Credit Acceptance's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $90.74. Hence, Credit Acceptance's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 4.68.
The historical rank and industry rank for Credit Acceptance's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, Credit Acceptance's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 14.68. The lowest was 4.38. And the median was 8.96.
Credit Acceptance's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $25.56. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $90.74.
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Credit Acceptance was -0.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 19.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 23.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 22.40% per year.
During the past 13 years, Credit Acceptance's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 83.60% per year. The lowest was -21.60% per year. And the median was 21.00% per year.
The historical data trend for Credit Acceptance'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.
Credit Acceptance Annual Data | |||||||||||||||||||||
Trend | Dec14 | Dec15 | Dec16 | Dec17 | Dec18 | Dec19 | Dec20 | Dec21 | Dec22 | Dec23 | |||||||||||
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 10.69 | 6.36 | 10.43 | 5.23 | 5.78 |
Credit Acceptance Quarterly Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dec19 | Mar20 | Jun20 | Sep20 | Dec20 | Mar21 | Jun21 | Sep21 | Dec21 | Mar22 | Jun22 | Sep22 | Dec22 | Mar23 | Jun23 | Sep23 | Dec23 | Mar24 | Jun24 | Sep24 | |
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 5.13 | 5.78 | 5.86 | 5.77 | - |
For the Credit Services subindustry, Credit Acceptance'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.
For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Credit Acceptance's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Credit Acceptance's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Credit Acceptance'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) |
= | 425.00 | / | 90.735 | |
= | 4.68 |
Credit Acceptance's Share Price of today is $425.00.
Credit Acceptance's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $90.74.
* 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 |
Credit Acceptance (NAS:CACC) 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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