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Glossary

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

Also: P/FCF

Important — standard screening

What it measures

Price vs the spare cash generated per share. Built from cash that actually moved rather than reported profit, so it is harder to flatter with accounting choices.

Formula

Share Price ÷ Free Cash Flow per share

Benchmark

compare with the same company's P/E

Related metrics

Source

McKinsey, Valuation (7th ed.) ch. 12