Price earnings ratios are calculated on accounting principals. A better figure to evaluate the real financial power of a company is the Free Cash Flow.
Attached, I've compiled the 20 cheapest Dividend Contenders by P/FCF Ratio.
What does this ratio mean? For example, if the stock price for two companies is $25 per share and one company has a cash flow of $5 per share (25/5=5) and the other company has a cash flow of $10 per share (25/10=2.5), then if all else is equal, the company with the higher cash flow (lower ratio, P/CF=2.5) has the better value. Also like a P/E ratio, the lower the number, the better. Currently, the average Priceto Cash Flow (P/CF) for the stocks in the S&P 500 is 14.05. But just like the P/Eratio, a value of less than 15 to 20 is generally considered good.
What is the difference between cash flow and free cash flow? Cash flow refers to a stream of revenue or expense that alters a cash account over a specified time frame. Free cash flow (FCF) is a measure of a business's financial performance. It is calculated as the difference between cash flow and capital expenditures.
Here are the results:
| Ticker | Company | P/E | Fwd P/E | P/S | P/B | P/FCF |
| AEL | American Equity Investment Life | 12.69 | 8.11 | 0.68 | 0.93 | 1.39 |
| PRU | Prudential Financial, Inc. | 9.27 | 8.12 | 0.74 | 0.82 | 3.65 |
| PFG | Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 10.37 | 9.9 | 1.24 | 1.37 | 5.04 |
| RNR | RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | - | 12.53 | 2.62 | 1.34 | 5.48 |
| DGICA | Donegal Group Inc. | 61.9 | 12.4 | 0.59 | 0.95 | 6.64 |
| TCP | TC PipeLines, LP | 9.94 | 10.06 | 5.21 | 2.35 | 6.76 |
| TMK | Torchmark Corporation | 4.27 | 12.99 | 2.31 | 1.56 | 7.17 |
| EBMT | Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. | 17.83 | 11.51 | 4.08 | 1.22 | 7.5 |
| AFG | American Financial Group, Inc. | 17.8 | 13.2 | 1.43 | 1.83 | 7.77 |
| THG | The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 22.5 | 13.59 | 0.97 | 1.67 | 8.43 |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corporation | 15.75 | 12.08 | 1.82 | 2.24 | 9.17 |
| EVR | Evercore Inc. | 15.53 | 12.85 | 2.47 | 7.63 | 9.94 |
| LAZ | Lazard Ltd | 9.71 | 11.73 | 2.56 | 5.27 | 10.69 |
| OHI | Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 56.41 | 16.45 | 5.65 | 1.44 | 10.95 |
| HI | Hillenbrand, Inc. | 18.07 | 17.97 | 1.82 | 3.95 | 12.06 |
| TRV | The Travelers Companies, Inc. | 17.51 | 12 | 1.28 | 1.57 | 12.46 |
| VSEC | VSE Corporation | 19.05 | - | 0.72 | 1.85 | 12.52 |
| MCK | McKesson Corporation | 6.87 | 10.65 | 0.14 | 2.52 | 12.65 |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | 14.65 | 10.25 | 1.55 | 4.52 | 12.77 |
| EAT | Brinker International, Inc. | 13.58 | 10.3 | 0.56 | - | 13.56 |
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