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Open Text (TSX:OTEX) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 10.87 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Open Text Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-25), Open Text's current share price is C$41.09. Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$3.78. Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 10.87.

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

TSX:OTEX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.87   Med: 26.77   Max: 40.13
Current: 10.87

During the past years, Open Text's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 40.13. The lowest was 10.87. And the median was 26.77.

TSX:OTEX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
82.45% of 661 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.5 vs TSX:OTEX: 10.87

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.

Open Text's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$1.726. 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 C$3.78 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Open Text Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Open Text Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.82 24.18 22.91 14.88 15.58

Open Text 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 14.97 15.58 13.50 15.26 13.91

Competitive Comparison of Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Application subindustry, Open Text'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.


Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Open Text 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=41.09/3.78
=10.87

* 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.

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

For example, Open Text'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)
=1.726/126.2576*126.2576
=1.726

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Open Text Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.537 99.473 0.682
201409 0.485 99.394 0.616
201412 0.429 98.367 0.551
201503 0.671 99.789 0.849
201506 0.580 100.500 0.729
201509 0.408 100.421 0.513
201512 0.626 99.947 0.791
201603 0.929 101.054 1.161
201606 0.518 102.002 0.641
201609 0.283 101.765 0.351
201612 0.514 101.449 0.640
201703 0.699 102.634 0.860
201706 0.370 103.029 0.453
201709 0.170 103.345 0.208
201712 0.673 103.345 0.822
201803 1.176 105.004 1.414
201806 0.887 105.557 1.061
201809 0.711 105.636 0.850
201812 0.898 105.399 1.076
201903 1.332 106.979 1.572
201906 1.062 107.690 1.245
201909 0.580 107.611 0.680
201912 0.910 107.769 1.066
202003 1.604 107.927 1.876
202006 1.306 108.401 1.521
202009 1.060 108.164 1.237
202012 1.292 108.559 1.503
202103 0.231 110.298 0.264
202106 1.199 111.720 1.355
202109 0.756 112.905 0.845
202112 0.966 113.774 1.072
202203 1.428 117.646 1.533
202206 1.013 120.806 1.059
202209 0.473 120.648 0.495
202212 0.819 120.964 0.855
202303 1.545 122.702 1.590
202306 0.447 124.203 0.454
202309 0.048 125.230 0.048
202312 1.506 125.072 1.520
202403 1.726 126.258 1.726

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.


Open Text  (TSX:OTEX) 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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Open Text (TSX:OTEX) Business Description

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Address
275 Frank Tompa Drive, Waterloo, ON, CAN, N2L 0A1
Open Text Corp grew out of a technology project involving the Oxford English Dictionary at Canada's University of Waterloo in the mid-1980s. Its software allows clients to archive, aggregate, retrieve, and search unstructured information (such as documents, e-mail, and presentations). The OpenText Information Management platform and services provide secure and scalable solutions for global enterprises, SMBs, governments, and consumers around the world. It also accelerates transformations with intelligent tools and services. The company is based in Ontario, Canada.
Executives
Mark James Barrenechea Director, Senior Officer