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Wajax (TSX:WJX) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 6.55 (As of May. 03, 2025)


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What is Wajax Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-05-03), Wajax's share price is C$18.16. Wajax's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was C$2.77. Hence, Wajax's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 6.55.

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

TSX:WJX' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.13   Med: 7.75   Max: 208.33
Current: 6.55

During the past 13 years, Wajax's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 208.33. The lowest was 2.13. And the median was 7.75.

TSX:WJX's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
72.36% of 123 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 10.69 vs TSX:WJX: 6.55

Wajax's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was C$3.35. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was C$2.77.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -30.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, Wajax's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 250.10% per year. The lowest was -64.60% per year. And the median was -3.30% per year.


Wajax Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Wajax Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.24 2.92 7.41 - 7.65

Wajax Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 - - 115.88 17.34 7.65

Competitive Comparison of Wajax's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Wajax'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.


Wajax's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Wajax's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Wajax Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Wajax'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)
=18.16/2.771
=6.55

Wajax's Share Price of today is C$18.16.
Wajax's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$2.77.

* 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

Wajax  (TSX:WJX) 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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Wajax Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10 Diesel Drive, Toronto, ON, CAN, M8W 2T8
Wajax Corp operates an integrated distribution system, providing sales, parts and services to a broad range of customers in diversified sectors of the Canadian economy, including: construction, forestry, mining, industrial and commercial, oil sands, transportation, metal processing, government and utilities, and oil and gas.
Executives
David Glenson Smith Director
Elizabeth Summers Director
Edward Malcolm Barrett Director
Jane Craighead Director
Robert Charles Beaudry Senior Officer
John Clifford Eby Director
Thomas Malcolm Alford Director
Trevor Carson Senior Officer
Alexander S. Taylor Director
Robert P. Dexter Director
Alan Mark Foote Director
Sylvia Dolores Chrominska Director
Donna Jean Baratto Senior Officer
Steven Deck Senior Officer
Andrew Tam Senior Officer

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