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Thomson Reuters (STU:TOC) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 39.41 (As of Nov. 07, 2024)


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What is Thomson Reuters Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-11-07), Thomson Reuters's share price is €161.20. Thomson Reuters's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was €4.09. Hence, Thomson Reuters's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 39.41.

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

STU:TOC' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.11   Med: 33.34   Max: 212.87
Current: 40.86

During the past 13 years, Thomson Reuters's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 212.87. The lowest was 12.11. And the median was 33.34.

STU:TOC's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
82.18% of 696 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.56 vs STU:TOC: 40.86

Thomson Reuters's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was €1.21. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €4.09.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Thomson Reuters was 27.60% 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 27.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, Thomson Reuters's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 90.40% per year. The lowest was -49.80% per year. And the median was 2.50% per year.


Thomson Reuters Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Thomson Reuters Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 179.78 32.64 45.45 43.33 37.28

Thomson Reuters Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 32.78 37.28 36.85 39.78 -

Competitive Comparison of Thomson Reuters's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Thomson Reuters'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.


Thomson Reuters's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Thomson Reuters's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Thomson Reuters Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Thomson Reuters'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)
=161.20/4.09
=39.41

Thomson Reuters's Share Price of today is €161.20.
Thomson Reuters's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €4.09.

* 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

Thomson Reuters  (STU:TOC) 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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Thomson Reuters Business Description

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Address
19 Duncan Street, Suite 300, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5H 3H1
Thomson Reuters is the result of the $17.6 billion megamerger of Canada's Thomson and the United Kingdom's Reuters Group in 2008. In 2021, Thomson Reuters completed the sale of Refinitiv to LSE Group. Thomson Reuters' three largest segments are its legal professionals, Tax and accounting, and corporates segments. Legal professionals is about 42% of the firm's revenue and 47% of the firm's adjusted EBITDA. Tax and accounting makes up about 20%-25% of the firm's revenue and EBITDA. Corporates, which consists of legal professionals and tax and accounting products sold to corporations, also makes up about 20%-25% of the firm's revenue and EBITDA. Thomson Reuters' smaller segments include its Reuters news business and global print business.

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