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CTS (CTS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 25.99 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is CTS Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-01), CTS's current share price is $45.75. CTS's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.76. CTS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 25.99.

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

CTS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.14   Med: 28.67   Max: 50.45
Current: 26.77

During the past years, CTS's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 50.45. The lowest was 19.14. And the median was 28.67.

CTS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
54.27% of 960 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 28.155 vs CTS: 26.77

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.

CTS's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.914. 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 $1.76 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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CTS Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for CTS'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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CTS Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

CTS 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 38.40 35.67 29.47 25.32 24.91

CTS 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 25.32 30.25 25.45 24.51 24.91

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

For the Electronic Components subindustry, CTS'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.


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

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

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



CTS 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=45.75/1.76
=25.99

* 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.

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

For example, CTS'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)
=0.914/129.4194*129.4194
=0.914

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

CTS Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.258 99.695 -0.335
201406 0.378 100.560 0.486
201409 0.067 100.428 0.086
201412 0.415 99.070 0.542
201503 -0.021 99.621 -0.027
201506 0.367 100.684 0.472
201509 0.182 100.392 0.235
201512 0.357 99.792 0.463
201603 -0.002 100.470 -0.003
201606 0.265 101.688 0.337
201609 0.326 101.861 0.414
201612 0.213 101.863 0.271
201703 0.179 102.862 0.225
201706 0.246 103.349 0.308
201709 0.623 104.136 0.774
201712 0.148 104.011 0.184
201803 0.395 105.290 0.486
201806 -0.013 106.317 -0.016
201809 0.266 106.507 0.323
201812 0.236 105.998 0.288
201903 0.128 107.251 0.154
201906 0.316 108.070 0.378
201909 0.323 108.329 0.386
201912 0.523 108.420 0.624
202003 0.224 108.902 0.266
202006 0.281 108.767 0.334
202009 0.688 109.815 0.811
202012 0.709 109.897 0.835
202103 0.566 111.754 0.655
202106 0.501 114.631 0.566
202109 0.530 115.734 0.593
202112 0.575 117.630 0.633
202203 0.491 121.301 0.524
202206 0.387 125.017 0.401
202209 1.811 125.227 1.872
202212 0.632 125.222 0.653
202303 0.208 127.348 0.211
202306 0.615 128.729 0.618
202309 0.615 129.860 0.613
202312 0.914 129.419 0.914

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.


CTS  (NYSE:CTS) 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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CTS (CTS) Business Description

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Address
4925 Indiana Avenue, Lisle, IL, USA, 60532
CTS Corp operates in the electronics industry. The company is a global manufacturer of Sensors, Electronic components, and Actuators. It designs, manufactures, and sells a broad line of sensors, electronic components, and actuators mainly to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) for the aerospace and defense, industrial, information technology, medical, telecommunications, and transportation markets. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States and also has a presence in China; Singapore; the Czech Republic; Taiwan and other countries.
Executives
Randy Lee Stone director 974 CENTRE ROAD, CRP 730, WILMINGTON DE 19805
Kieran M O'sullivan director, officer: President & CEO 2375 CABOT DRIVE, LISLE IL 60532
Martin Baumeister officer: Senior Vice President 4925 INDIANA AVENUE, LISLE IL 60532
Michael Edward Murray officer: Senior Vice President 4925 INDIANA AVENUE, LISLE IL 60532
Ye Jane Li director 200 FLYNN ROAD, CAMARILLO CA 93012-8790
Ashish Agrawal officer: CFO 2375 CABOT DRIVE, LISLE IL 60525
Thomas Michael White officer: Controller and PAO 4925 INDIANA AVENUE, LISLE IL 60532
Scott D'angelo officer: VP & Secretary 4925 INDIANA AVENUE, LISLE IL 60532
Donna Costello director 17 STEWART COURT, WESTWOOD NJ 07675
Alfonso G Zulueta director 4925 INDIANA AVE, LISLE IL 60532
Gordon Hunter director 25950 ELENA RD, LOS ALTOS HILLS CA 94022
Diana M Murphy director C/O LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC, 13410 SUTTON PARK DR S, JACKSONVILLE FL 32224
William S Johnson director C/O CABOT MICROELECTRONICS, 870 N. COMMONS DR, AURORA IL 60504
Luis Francisco Machado officer: VP, General Counsel & Sec. 1142 W. BEARDSLEY AVENUE, ELKHART IN 46514
Rajeeb K Nath officer: Vice President 1142 WEST BEARDSLEY AVENUE, ELKHART IN 46514

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