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Rockwood Holdings (FRA:R6H) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 50.92 (As of May. 02, 2024)


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What is Rockwood Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-02), Rockwood Holdings's share price is €65.53. Rockwood Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 was €1.29. Hence, Rockwood Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 50.92.

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

FRA:R6H' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.3   Med: 14.74   Max: 47.86
Current: 46.59

During the past 12 years, Rockwood Holdings's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 47.86. The lowest was 3.30. And the median was 14.74.

FRA:R6H's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 18.86 vs FRA:R6H: 46.59

Rockwood Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was €0.81. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €1.29.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Rockwood Holdings was -51.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -14.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -3.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year.

During the past 12 years, Rockwood Holdings's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 63.20% per year. The lowest was 0.00% per year. And the median was 3.70% per year.


Rockwood Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rockwood Holdings'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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Rockwood Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Rockwood Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.15 10.13 18.66 12.81 29.36

Rockwood Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
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 19.22 29.36 36.12 39.31 45.81

Competitive Comparison of Rockwood Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Rockwood Holdings'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.


Rockwood Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Rockwood Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Rockwood Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Rockwood Holdings'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)
=65.53/1.287
=50.92

Rockwood Holdings's Share Price of today is €65.53.
Rockwood Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €1.29.

* 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

Rockwood Holdings  (FRA:R6H) 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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Rockwood Holdings (FRA:R6H) Business Description

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Rockwood Holdings Inc was incorporated in Delaware in September 2000. It is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of value-added specialty chemicals and materials used for industrial and commercial purposes. The Company operates through two business segments: Lithium and Surface Treatment. The Lithium segment operates under the Rockwood Lithium brand name and develops lithium chemicals for industries and end markets. It develops and manufactures basic lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and value-added lithium specialties and reagents, including butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride. It operates lithium business along the following five business divisions reflecting its core end-markets: Lithium Salts; Special Salts; Butyllithium/Lithium Metal; Battery Products and Lithium Specialties. Lithium segment obtains lithium brine which it uses to produce lithium products through evaporation in the Salar de Atacama, Chile and Silver Peak, Nevada. Lithium's customers include Bayer CropScience (a division of Bayer AG), Syngenta AG, Umicore S.A., Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. and Royal DSM N.V. Surface Treatment segment operates under the Chemetall brand name and develops and manufactures metal surface treatment products and services for industries and end market. Surface Treatment's products are used for a variety of applications and serve the automotive, aerospace and general industrial markets, including steel and metal-working industries. The customers include ArcelorMittal, Daimler AG, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) N.V., Ford, Renault-Nissan and Volkswagen AG. The competitors in this segment includes: Dow Corning Corporation, Catalise Industria e Comercio de Metals Ltda and Nachmann S.r.I. The Company's operations are subject to regulation by the FDA with respect to certain products produced, marketed and sold by its Lithium segment, which includes pharmaceutical intermediates.

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