INNOVATE price to free cash flow VATE
Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2014.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 0.5×
- 10-year median
- 2.3×
- Against its 10-year history
- 14th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 0.2× to 102×
- Peer median
- 15.7×
INNOVATE's price to free cash flow is 0.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is below its ten-year median of 2.3×, lower than on 86% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 0.2× in Aug 2019 to 102× in Mar 2022.
The median for 7 manufacturing metal fabrication stocks of a similar size is 15.7×.
Price to free cash flow over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 0.5× | 0.4× | 1.3× |
| 2025 | 0.8× | 0.8× | 40.9× |
| 2024 | 5.6× | 0.7× | 8.8× |
| 2023 | 10.0× | 8.5× | 10.0× |
| 2022 | 81.3× | 81.3× | 102× |
| 2021 | 13.5× | 2.6× | 13.5× |
| 2020 | 2.5× | 0.4× | 2.8× |
| 2019 | 0.4× | 0.2× | 2.4× |
| 2018 | 1.7× | 1.7× | 9.7× |
| 2017 | 9.0× | 3.6× | 16.1× |
| 2016 | 8.3× | 3.3× | 19.9× |
| 2015 | 9.7× | 8.7× | 144× |
| 2014 | 131× | 107× | 131× |
Against its peers
Companies in Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication nearest INNOVATE's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Price to free cash flow |
|---|---|
| VATEINNOVATE | 0.5× |
| LCUTLifetime Brands | 9.3× |
| ACUAcme United | 15.7× |
| OFLXOmega Flex | 23.0× |
| TGTredegar | 11.3× |
| CIXCompx International | 21.0× |
| JBIJanus International | 7.4× |
| PKOHPark Ohio | 30.3× |
| Peer median | 15.7× |
What the price to free cash flow tells you
Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.
Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.