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Four Seas Mercantile Holdings (HKSE:00374) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 4.58 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-06-10), Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's share price is HK$2.50. Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$0.55. Hence, Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 4.58.

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

HKSE:00374' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.58   Med: 9.55   Max: 642.86
Current: 4.58

During the past 13 years, Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 642.86. The lowest was 3.58. And the median was 9.55.

HKSE:00374's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
79.74% of 232 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 12.545 vs HKSE:00374: 4.58

Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$0.22. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was HK$0.55.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Four Seas Mercantile Holdings was -31.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 16.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 76.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 371.80% per year. The lowest was -54.00% per year. And the median was 16.20% per year.


Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Four Seas Mercantile 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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Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 116.25 6.90 8.27 3.96 4.04

Four Seas Mercantile Holdings 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 - 3.96 - 4.04 -

Competitive Comparison of Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Four Seas Mercantile 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.


Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Four Seas Mercantile 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)
=2.50/0.546
=4.58

Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Share Price of today is HK$2.50.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$0.55.

* 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

Four Seas Mercantile Holdings  (HKSE:00374) 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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Four Seas Mercantile Holdings (HKSE:00374) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No. 23 Wang Tai Road, 21st Floor, Manhattan Place, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's geographical segment includes Hong Kong; Mainland China and Japan. It generates maximum revenue from Hong Kong. The Hong Kong segment is engaged in the operation of restaurants, the manufacture and trading of snack foods, confectionery, beverages, frozen food products, ham and ham-related products and noodles, as well as the retailing of snack foods, confectionery, and beverages. The Mainland China segment is engaged in the operation of restaurants and the manufacture and trading of snack foods, confectionery, beverages, frozen food products, noodles, poultry products, ham and ham-related products. Its Japan segment is engaged in the wholesaling and distribution of snack foods and confectionery.
Executives
Manureen Holdings Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Realord Group Holdings Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Lin Xiaohui 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Su Jiaohua 2202 Interest of your spouse
Special Access Limited
Careful Guide Limited
Advance Finance Investments Limited
Capital Season Investments Limited
Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Limited
Tai Tak Fung
Wu Mei Yung

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