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Huzhou Gas Co (HKSE:06661) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 18.42 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is Huzhou Gas Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-13), Huzhou Gas Co's share price is HK$5.47. Huzhou Gas Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$0.30. Hence, Huzhou Gas Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 18.42.

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

HKSE:06661' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.7   Med: 10.7   Max: 20.1
Current: 18.42

During the past 5 years, Huzhou Gas Co's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 20.10. The lowest was 3.70. And the median was 10.70.

HKSE:06661's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 11.06 vs HKSE:06661: 18.42

Huzhou Gas Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$0.34. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was HK$0.30.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Huzhou Gas Co was -42.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -40.80% per year.

During the past 5 years, Huzhou Gas Co's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 0.50% per year. The lowest was -40.80% per year. And the median was -20.15% per year.


Huzhou Gas Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huzhou Gas Co'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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Huzhou Gas Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Huzhou Gas Co Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
- - - 11.84 20.17

Huzhou Gas Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec19 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 11.84 - 20.17

Competitive Comparison of Huzhou Gas Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Huzhou Gas Co'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.


Huzhou Gas Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Huzhou Gas Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huzhou Gas Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Huzhou Gas Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Huzhou Gas Co'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)
=5.47/0.297
=18.42

Huzhou Gas Co's Share Price of today is HK$5.47.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Huzhou Gas Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$0.30.

* 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

Huzhou Gas Co  (HKSE:06661) 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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Huzhou Gas Co (HKSE:06661) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
227 Sizhong Road, Zhejiang Province, Huzhou, CHN
Huzhou Gas Co Ltd is the largest piped natural gas distributor. The principal business of the company comprises of sale of gas, mainly PNG under the Concessions; provision of construction and installation services to construct and install end-user pipeline network and gas facilities for customers such as property developers and owners or occupants of residential and non-residential properties; and others, including sale of household gas appliances.

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