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Grand Canyon Education (FRA:GKD) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 33.59 (As of Jun. 08, 2024)


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What is Grand Canyon Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-08), Grand Canyon Education's current share price is €130.00. Grand Canyon Education's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €3.87. Grand Canyon Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 33.59.

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

FRA:GKD' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 25.08   Med: 63.82   Max: 1390.2
Current: 33.58

During the past years, Grand Canyon Education's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 1390.20. The lowest was 25.08. And the median was 63.82.

FRA:GKD's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
75.36% of 69 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 13.01 vs FRA:GKD: 33.58

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.

Grand Canyon Education's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €2.356. 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 €3.87 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Grand Canyon Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Grand Canyon Education'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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Grand Canyon Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Grand Canyon Education 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 76.95 48.65 31.80 31.68 32.70

Grand Canyon Education Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 32.32 26.53 31.80 32.70 31.73

Competitive Comparison of Grand Canyon Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Grand Canyon Education'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.


Grand Canyon Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Grand Canyon Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Grand Canyon Education 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.

Grand Canyon Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=130.00/3.87
=33.59

* 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.

Grand Canyon Education's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Grand Canyon Education's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=2.356/131.7762*131.7762
=2.356

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Grand Canyon Education Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.298 100.560 -0.391
201409 0.134 100.428 0.176
201412 -0.295 99.070 -0.392
201503 0.440 99.621 0.582
201506 -0.993 100.684 -1.300
201509 0.556 100.392 0.730
201512 -0.631 99.792 -0.833
201603 0.564 100.470 0.740
201606 -1.086 101.688 -1.407
201609 0.788 101.861 1.019
201612 -0.301 101.863 -0.389
201703 1.557 102.862 1.995
201706 -0.115 103.349 -0.147
201709 1.918 104.136 2.427
201712 -0.056 104.011 -0.071
201803 1.402 105.290 1.755
201806 -0.339 106.317 -0.420
201809 -1.034 106.507 -1.279
201812 1.784 105.998 2.218
201903 1.313 107.251 1.613
201906 1.976 108.070 2.409
201909 0.006 108.329 0.007
201912 1.944 108.420 2.363
202003 1.508 108.902 1.825
202006 2.431 108.767 2.945
202009 -0.919 109.815 -1.103
202012 2.135 109.897 2.560
202103 1.466 111.754 1.729
202106 2.066 114.631 2.375
202109 -0.138 115.734 -0.157
202112 2.158 117.630 2.418
202203 1.649 121.301 1.791
202206 2.002 125.017 2.110
202209 -1.511 125.227 -1.590
202212 3.103 125.222 3.265
202303 1.651 127.348 1.708
202306 2.587 128.729 2.648
202309 -1.465 129.860 -1.487
202312 3.265 129.419 3.324
202403 2.356 131.776 2.356

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.


Grand Canyon Education  (FRA:GKD) 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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Grand Canyon Education (FRA:GKD) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2600 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85017
Grand Canyon Education, Inc is a publicly traded education services company dedicated to serving colleges and universities. GCE's most significant university partner is Grand Canyon University, an Arizona non-profit corporation that operates a comprehensive regionally accredited university that offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs, emphases and certificates across nine colleges both online, on ground at its campus in Phoenix, Arizona and at four off-site classroom and laboratory sites. The Company generates all of its revenue through services agreements with its university partners.

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