First National Financial
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

20252026
Price/Earnings ratio
9.8410.49
Price/Sales ratio
2.702.58
Earnings per Share (EPS)
CA$4.22CA$3.96

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
13.8612.558.088.299.8912.8813.0712.8011.049.1013.149.89
Price/Sales ratio
5.524.743.913.943.535.605.404.853.123.061.405.60
Price/Book Value ratio
4.474.103.803.873.754.064.354.313.123.113.274.06
Price/Cash Flow ratio
-6.11100.25-12.328.88-4.884.97-9.91-6.184.28-22.232.50-4.88
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-5.89135.59-11.909.08-4.845.04-9.77-5.734.39-20.972.52-4.84
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.332.260.081.94-0.522.981.724.997.060.32-0.892.98
Dividend Yield
6.60%7.22%6.43%10.89%10.56%6.44%6.05%8.51%6.59%8.38%6.79%6.44%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
100%-111.76%-47.33%-48.49%-68.51%-118.47%-101.10%-76.16%-41.60%-78.41%13.14%-68.51%
Operating Profit Margin
53.94%51.59%66.00%64.92%48.22%59.36%56.26%51.36%36.11%73.31%22.45%59.36%
Pretax Profit Margin
55.02%52.41%66.51%65.28%48.85%59.36%56.26%51.36%38.49%45.76%14.54%59.36%
Net Profit Margin
39.88%37.76%48.46%47.59%35.75%43.52%41.36%37.87%28.28%33.64%10.70%43.52%
Effective Tax Rate
25.54%26.39%26.37%26.54%26.81%26.68%26.47%26.25%26.51%26.48%26.43%26.68%
Return on Assets
0.39%0.38%0.65%0.63%0.46%0.47%0.48%0.46%0.45%0.55%0.36%0.47%
Return On Equity
32.25%32.72%47.00%46.66%38.00%31.55%33.32%33.69%28.28%34.26%24.41%31.55%
Return on Capital Employed
0.53%0.52%0.89%0.86%0.62%0.64%0.65%0.62%0.57%1.19%0.76%0.62%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Quick Ratio
2.412.97-4.45-7.56-3.19-19.21-18.94-9.70-6.93N/AN/A-3.19
Cash ratio
N/A14.0014.7812.5011.06-0.12-0.43-0.44-0.35N/AN/AN/A
Days of Sales Outstanding
166.52144.04120.11154.83153.87N/AN/A121.30103.27232.2353.04N/A
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/AN/A209.79317.78179.10536.98454.97514.41418.84N/AN/A536.98
Operating Cycle
N/A144.04329.90472.61332.97536.98454.97635.71522.12232.2353.04536.98
Days of Payables Outstanding
N/A22.2528.19N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A60.96N/A
Cash Conversion Cycle
N/A121.78301.71472.61332.97536.98454.97635.71522.12232.23-7.92536.98
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.870.910.890.870.880.880.890.870.870.880.900.88
Debt Equity Ratio
72.1477.9064.2864.2672.7859.4961.9263.9754.8754.9861.7659.49
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.980.980.980.980.980.980.980.980.980.980.980.98
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.980.980.980.980.980.980.980.980.980.980.980.98
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.32N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
-0.010.00-0.000.00-0.010.01-0.00-0.010.01-0.000.02-0.01
Company Equity Multiplier
82.3085.3071.5273.5182.2867.0969.1873.2162.6162.2968.0867.09
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
-0.900.04-0.310.44-0.721.12-0.54-0.780.72-0.130.56-0.72
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
1.030.731.030.971.000.981.011.070.971.050.990.98
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
-0.010.00-0.000.00-0.010.01-0.00-0.010.01-0.000.02-0.01
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/A-269.87N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A-269.87
Dividend Payout Ratio
91.53%90.72%52.00%90.38%104.56%83.07%79.17%109.11%72.83%76.29%105.80%104.56%