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PCF (Price-to-cash flow ratio)

The calculation of PCF is as follows:

LATEST SHARE PRICE

------------------------- = PRICE-TO-CASH FLOW (x)

CASH FLOW PER SHARE

Cash flow per share is calculated using information taken from the Cash Flow statement published in the latest available annual report. This is required to be published by companies in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 1 (FRS1).

Cash flow can be regarded as the volume of cash, generated by the trading operations of the business, out of which the ordinary dividend must be funded.

A full description of the process for calculating cash flow per share can be summarised as follows:

CASH FLOW (£)

----------------------------------------- X 100p = CASH FLOW PER SHARE (p)

WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES IN ISSUE

Cash flow per share can be subject to adjustment for a variety of reasons which fall into the following two categories:

share capital changes which give rise to share price adjustment factors

annualisation of accounting periods which are greater or less than 12

months in duration


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