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Pacer International, (FRA:PA1) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Pacer International, Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Pacer International, Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

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Pacer International, Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Pacer International, Annual Data
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Pacer International, Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Pacer International,'s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Pacer International,'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.


Pacer International,'s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Pacer International,'s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Pacer International, 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.

Pacer International,'s Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

For example, Pacer International,'s adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2013 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2013)
=0.134/98.3259*98.3259
=0.134

Current CPI (Dec. 2013) = 98.3259.

Pacer International, Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
200403 0.235 79.066 0.292
200406 0.323 80.037 0.397
200409 0.164 80.121 0.201
200412 0.121 80.290 0.148
200503 0.116 81.555 0.140
200506 0.665 82.062 0.797
200509 0.771 83.876 0.904
200512 0.513 83.032 0.607
200603 0.215 84.298 0.251
200606 -0.041 85.606 -0.047
200609 0.725 85.606 0.833
200612 0.343 85.142 0.396
200703 0.458 86.640 0.520
200706 0.380 87.906 0.425
200709 0.616 87.964 0.689
200712 0.452 88.616 0.502
200803 0.307 90.090 0.335
200806 0.039 92.320 0.042
200809 0.332 92.307 0.354
200812 -0.009 88.697 -0.010
200903 -0.668 89.744 -0.732
200906 -0.080 91.003 -0.086
200909 0.122 91.120 0.132
200912 0.617 91.111 0.666
201003 -0.047 91.821 -0.050
201006 0.195 91.962 0.208
201009 -0.197 92.162 -0.210
201012 0.233 92.474 0.248
201103 0.016 94.283 0.017
201106 -0.254 95.235 -0.262
201109 0.224 95.727 0.230
201112 0.097 95.213 0.100
201203 -0.714 96.783 -0.725
201206 -0.273 96.819 -0.277
201209 0.077 97.633 0.078
201212 0.170 96.871 0.173
201303 0.170 98.209 0.170
201306 -0.019 98.518 -0.019
201309 0.270 98.790 0.269
201312 0.134 98.326 0.134

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.


Pacer International,  (FRA:PA1) 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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Pacer International, (FRA:PA1) Business Description

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Pacer International, Inc., is an asset-light transportation and global logistics services provider. The Company provide its services from two operating segments, an intermodal segment, which provides intermodal transportation services mainly to beneficial cargo owners, transportation intermediaries and steamship lines who use intermodal transportation, and the logistics segment, which provides highway brokerage, supply chain management services, international freight forwarding, ocean shipping, and warehousing and distribution services to a wide variety of end-user customers. Intermodal segment offers full service door-to-door intermodal services to its customers, which include end-user customers, transportation intermediaries, such as intermodal marketing companies, and steamship lines. The Company logistics segment consists of: Highway brokerage services; International freight forwarding and NVOCC services; Warehousing and Distribution services; and Supply Chain Management services. The Company provides transportation and logistics services to many Fortune 500 and multi-national companies as well as to numerous other shippers and transportation third parties. The Company has direct sales and customer service representatives in its intermodal and logistics segments that sell and support its portfolio of services to a diverse customer base which includes beneficial cargo owners, steamship lines, truckload carriers, truck brokers, freight forwarders and other third party transportation service providers such as intermodal marketing companies, third-party logistics companies, and shippers' agents. The Company's main competitors are J.B. Hunt Transport, Schneider National, the Hub Group, C.H. Robinson, the supply chain solutions divisions of Ryder and Menlo Worldwide, Expeditors International and UTi Worldwide, Inc. The Company's facilities and operations are subject to federal, state and local environmental, hazardous materials transportation and occupational health and safety requirements, including those relating to the handling, labeling, shipping and transportation of hazardous materials, discharges of substances into the air, water and land, the handling, storage and disposal of wastes and the cleanup of properties affected by pollutants.

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