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price_to_free_cash_flow

Current price ÷ `free_cash_flow` per share. Strictest cash-based valuation.

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At a glance

Typenumeric
GroupFundamentals
CategoryValuation
Update cadencepost-close daily
Intervals1d
Universeall tickers
Historyfull · since 2010
Nullableyes — NULL where not applicable

Metrics crossing market price with financials — cap, EV, multiples, yield, beta — plus the size/style tags they own (cap tiers, beta tags, value_stock).

Query it

Every applicable form factor, grouped by endpoint family. Swap YOUR_KEY for the value from /dashboard/keys. Response payloads are real captures, sampled 2026-08-18 and trimmed — your run's values and dates will differ.

Use signals /v2/signals/{signal}

One signal across the market: who matches now, who matched then, and a push when someone starts. Docs →

Live — every ticker with price_to_free_cash_flow above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/price_to_free_cash_flow" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 122.21" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:24.466Z",
 "signal": "price_to_free_cash_flow",
 "condition": "> 122.21",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "RGLD",
   "name": "Royal Gold Inc",
   "value": 33410.29
  },
  {
   "ticker": "BKD",
   "name": "Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.",
   "value": 12473.76
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same read at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/price_to_free_cash_flow" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 122.21" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "signal": "price_to_free_cash_flow",
 "condition": "> 122.21",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "SAIA",
   "name": "Saia, Inc.",
   "value": 42797.025
  },
  {
   "ticker": "ALAB",
   "name": "Astera Labs, Inc. Common Stock",
   "value": 14269.799362462216
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/price_to_free_cash_flow/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 122.21", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook — the same shape as GET /v2/webhooks/{id}, plus a one-time signing_secret for HMAC verification.

Use scan /v2/scan

The whole market through a WHERE clause — this signal composed freely with any other column. Docs →

Live — the whole market, ranked by this column
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=price_to_free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=price_to_free_cash_flow" -d "columns=price_to_free_cash_flow" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:27.989Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "price_to_free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "price_to_free_cash_flow",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "price_to_free_cash_flow"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "RGLD",
   "name": "Royal Gold Inc",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 235.575,
   "day_change_pct": 0.0212,
   "gap_pct": 0.0083,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 19545022052,
   "price_to_free_cash_flow": 33410.29
  },
  {
   "ticker": "BKD",
   "name": "Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 12.235,
   "day_change_pct": -0.032,
   "gap_pct": -0.0134,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 3018650065,
   "price_to_free_cash_flow": 12473.76
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same scan at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=price_to_free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=price_to_free_cash_flow" -d "columns=price_to_free_cash_flow" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "price_to_free_cash_flow IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-05-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "price_to_free_cash_flow",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "price_to_free_cash_flow"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "SAIA",
   "name": "Saia, Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 466.47,
   "day_change_pct": 3.9024390243902527,
   "gap_pct": 1.427775921594838,
   "relative_volume": 0.9700891182754527,
   "market_cap": 12496731300,
   "price_to_free_cash_flow": 42797.025
  },
  {
   "ticker": "ALAB",
   "name": "Astera Labs, Inc. Common Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 287.48,
   "day_change_pct": 17.694260214525517,
   "gap_pct": 2.927208712028169,
   "relative_volume": 1.6188751136404356,
   "market_cap": 51927799880,
   "price_to_free_cash_flow": 14269.799362462216
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook on a market-wide condition
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"q": "price_to_free_cash_flow > 122.21", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook object; deliveries carry the tickers matching the condition at each evaluation.

Use series /v2/series

Its history over time, on one aligned grid. Docs →

History — the column on an aligned time grid
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,price_to_free_cash_flow" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:29.911Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "price_to_free_cash_flow"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 302.25,
    "price_to_free_cash_flow": 35.4
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 305.26,
    "price_to_free_cash_flow": 34.15
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 305.93,
    "price_to_free_cash_flow": 34.49
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 492.43,
    "price_to_free_cash_flow": 55.42
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 496.88,
    "price_to_free_cash_flow": 54.59
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 495.4,
    "price_to_free_cash_flow": 55.08
   }
  ]
 }
}

Same grammar on scan, series, and webhooks; state reads take ?asof= for point-in-time answers.

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