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Spectra Systems (LSE:SPSY) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 35.51 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Spectra Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-24), Spectra Systems's share price is £2.45. Spectra Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 was £0.07. Hence, Spectra Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 35.51.

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

LSE:SPSY' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.95   Med: 17.13   Max: 36.23
Current: 36.23

During the past 13 years, Spectra Systems's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 36.23. The lowest was 8.95. And the median was 17.13.

LSE:SPSY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
66.67% of 1479 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 22.74 vs LSE:SPSY: 36.23

Spectra Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was £0.07. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was £0.07.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Spectra Systems was -58.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, Spectra Systems's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 41.70% per year. The lowest was 2.20% per year. And the median was 16.75% per year.


Spectra Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spectra Systems'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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Spectra Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Spectra Systems Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.51 19.94 23.33 12.61 15.13

Spectra Systems Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 - 12.61 - 15.13 -

Competitive Comparison of Spectra Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Application subindustry, Spectra Systems'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.


Spectra Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Spectra Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Spectra Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Spectra Systems'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)
=2.45/0.069
=35.51

Spectra Systems's Share Price of today is £2.45.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Spectra Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 was £0.07.

* 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

Spectra Systems  (LSE:SPSY) 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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Spectra Systems (LSE:SPSY) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
40 Westminster Street, 2nd Floor, Providence, RI, USA, 02903
Spectra Systems Corp invents, develops, manufactures, and markets technology-based products used to authenticate and process banknotes and also offers secure software products for gaming. The company has divided its business into Authentication Systems, Banknote cleaning technology, and Secure transactions.

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