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AudioCodes (AudioCodes) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 15.00 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is AudioCodes Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-29), AudioCodes's current share price is $11.10. AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.74. AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 15.00.

The historical rank and industry rank for AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

AUDC' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.25   Med: 24.09   Max: 92.73
Current: 14.76

During the past years, AudioCodes's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 92.73. The lowest was 11.25. And the median was 24.09.

AUDC's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
76.15% of 960 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 28.155 vs AUDC: 14.76

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

AudioCodes's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.279. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $0.74 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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AudioCodes Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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AudioCodes Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

AudioCodes Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 60.87 50.63 44.76 23.46 16.38

AudioCodes Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.46 19.60 12.70 14.53 16.38

Competitive Comparison of AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



AudioCodes Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=11.10/0.74
=15.00

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

AudioCodes's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, AudioCodes's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.279/129.4194*129.4194
=0.279

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

AudioCodes Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.038 99.695 0.049
201406 -0.016 100.560 -0.021
201409 0.030 100.428 0.039
201412 0.028 99.070 0.037
201503 0.092 99.621 0.120
201506 0.070 100.684 0.090
201509 0.036 100.392 0.046
201512 0.185 99.792 0.240
201603 0.060 100.470 0.077
201606 0.139 101.688 0.177
201609 0.089 101.861 0.113
201612 0.189 101.863 0.240
201703 0.012 102.862 0.015
201706 0.067 103.349 0.084
201709 0.181 104.136 0.225
201712 0.252 104.011 0.314
201803 0.264 105.290 0.325
201806 0.063 106.317 0.077
201809 0.103 106.507 0.125
201812 0.369 105.998 0.451
201903 0.234 107.251 0.282
201906 0.266 108.070 0.319
201909 0.122 108.329 0.146
201912 0.069 108.420 0.082
202003 0.207 108.902 0.246
202006 0.326 108.767 0.388
202009 0.304 109.815 0.358
202012 0.283 109.897 0.333
202103 0.379 111.754 0.439
202106 0.493 114.631 0.557
202109 0.369 115.734 0.413
202112 0.121 117.630 0.133
202203 0.020 121.301 0.021
202206 0.139 125.017 0.144
202209 0.047 125.227 0.049
202212 0.003 125.222 0.003
202303 0.059 127.348 0.060
202306 0.008 128.729 0.008
202309 -0.059 129.860 -0.059
202312 0.279 129.419 0.279

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


AudioCodes  (NAS:AUDC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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AudioCodes (AudioCodes) Business Description

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Address
1 Hayarden Street, Airport City Lod, Tel Aviv, ISR, 7019900
AudioCodes Ltd develops and sells advanced and converged voice over IP and data networking solutions, products and applications to service providers and channels, OEMs, network equipment providers and system integrators. Its products include IP phones, session border controllers, voice applications, multi-service business routers, digital and analog media gateways, among others. The company generates revenues from the sale of products through a direct sales force and sales representatives. Its geographic segments are Israel, Americas, Europe, and the Far East. It derives a majority of the revenues from Americas segment.
Executives
George Soros 10 percent owner C/O SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC, 250 WEST 55TH STREET, FLOOR 29, NEW YORK NY 10019
Soros Fund Management Llc 10 percent owner 250 WEST 55TH STREET, FLOOR 29, NEW YORK NY 10019
Robert Soros 10 percent owner C/O SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC, 250 WEST 55TH STREET, FLOOR 38, NEW YORK NY 10019
Soros Jonathan T Allan 10 percent owner C/O JS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, 888 SEVENTH AVENUE, FLOOR 40, NEW YORK NY 10106