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Cal-Maine Foods (FRA:CM2) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 11.68 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Cal-Maine Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-25), Cal-Maine Foods's share price is €54.70. Cal-Maine Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was €4.68. Hence, Cal-Maine Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 11.68.

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

FRA:CM2' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.94   Med: 17.24   Max: 99.27
Current: 11.91

During the past 13 years, Cal-Maine Foods's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 99.27. The lowest was 2.94. And the median was 17.24.

FRA:CM2's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
61.26% of 1159 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 15.62 vs FRA:CM2: 11.91

Cal-Maine Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was €2.54. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €4.68.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cal-Maine Foods was -64.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, Cal-Maine Foods's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 115.00% per year. The lowest was -46.90% per year. And the median was 13.85% per year.


Cal-Maine Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cal-Maine Foods'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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Cal-Maine Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Cal-Maine Foods Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 38.20 - - 43.23 3.20

Cal-Maine Foods Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 3.94 3.20 4.04 5.21 11.34

Competitive Comparison of Cal-Maine Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Farm Products subindustry, Cal-Maine Foods'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.


Cal-Maine Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Cal-Maine Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cal-Maine Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cal-Maine Foods'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)
=54.70/4.684
=11.68

Cal-Maine Foods's Share Price of today is €54.70.
Cal-Maine Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €4.68.

* 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

Cal-Maine Foods  (FRA:CM2) 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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Cal-Maine Foods (FRA:CM2) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1052 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 200, Ridgeland, MS, USA, 39157
Cal-Maine Foods Inc produces and sells shell eggs. Its main market is the United States. The company's product portfolio contains nutritionally enhanced, cage-free, organic, and brown eggs. Cal-Maine Foods markets the shell eggs to a diverse group of customers, including grocery-store chains, club stores, and food service distributors. The company's brands are Egg-Land's, Land O' Lakes, Farmhouse, and 4-Grain. The Company has one reportable operating segment, which is the production, grading, packaging, marketing and distribution of shell eggs.

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