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The Hackett Group (The Hackett Group) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 17.99 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is The Hackett Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-28), The Hackett Group's current share price is $21.95. The Hackett Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.22. The Hackett Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 17.99.

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

HCKT' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.36   Med: 22.24   Max: 43.25
Current: 18.05

During the past years, The Hackett Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 43.25. The lowest was 13.36. And the median was 22.24.

HCKT's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
67.61% of 670 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.305 vs HCKT: 18.05

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.

The Hackett Group's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.884. 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 $1.22 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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The Hackett Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

The Hackett Group 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 21.61 17.00 20.66 17.65 18.72

The Hackett Group 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 17.65 15.88 18.95 19.70 18.72

Competitive Comparison of The Hackett Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, The Hackett Group'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.


The Hackett Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



The Hackett Group 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.

The Hackett Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=21.95/1.22
=17.99

* 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.

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

For example, The Hackett Group'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)
=0.884/129.4194*129.4194
=0.884

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

The Hackett Group Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.282 99.695 -0.366
201406 0.092 100.560 0.118
201409 0.166 100.428 0.214
201412 0.549 99.070 0.717
201503 -0.036 99.621 -0.047
201506 0.199 100.684 0.256
201509 0.372 100.392 0.480
201512 0.460 99.792 0.597
201603 0.001 100.470 0.001
201606 0.197 101.688 0.251
201609 0.378 101.861 0.480
201612 0.336 101.863 0.427
201703 0.100 102.862 0.126
201706 0.086 103.349 0.108
201709 0.250 104.136 0.311
201712 0.186 104.011 0.231
201803 0.466 105.290 0.573
201806 -0.160 106.317 -0.195
201809 0.227 106.507 0.276
201812 0.174 105.998 0.212
201903 0.163 107.251 0.197
201906 0.308 108.070 0.369
201909 0.234 108.329 0.280
201912 0.460 108.420 0.549
202003 0.186 108.902 0.221
202006 0.457 108.767 0.544
202009 0.307 109.815 0.362
202012 0.384 109.897 0.452
202103 0.164 111.754 0.190
202106 0.390 114.631 0.440
202109 0.182 115.734 0.204
202112 0.574 117.630 0.632
202203 0.159 121.301 0.170
202206 0.526 125.017 0.545
202209 0.275 125.227 0.284
202212 0.741 125.222 0.766
202303 -0.151 127.348 -0.153
202306 0.241 128.729 0.242
202309 0.219 129.860 0.218
202312 0.884 129.419 0.884

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.


The Hackett Group  (NAS:HCKT) 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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The Hackett Group (The Hackett Group) Business Description

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Address
1001 Brickell Bay Drive, Suite 3000, 30th Floor, Miami, FL, USA, 33131
The Hackett Group Inc is an advisory firm. The company's offerings include executive advisory programs, benchmarking, executive advisory, business transformation, and cloud enterprise application implementation. The company's executive and practices advisory programs offer performance metrics, peer-learning opportunities, and practice implementation practices. Benchmarking services help organizations measure and assess internal efficiency and effectiveness. The business transformation programs help customers develop strategies to improve performance. The company's technology advisory services help clients improve decision-making capabilities and deploy software applications. The Hackett Group generates the majority of its revenue in the United States.
Executives
Wix Alan T G director
Bofill Maria De Los Angeles director 15550 SW 54 STREET, MIAMI FL 33185-4144
Robert A Rivero director 1001 BRICKELL BAY DRIVE, SUITE 3000, MIAMI FL 33131
Richard N Hamlin director 1001 BRICKELL BAY DRIVE, STE 3000, MIAMI FL 33131
John R Harris director 2201 CEDEAR SPRINGS RD, SUITE 701, DALLAS TX 75201
Ted A Fernandez director, officer: Chairman and CEO
Roberto A Ramirez, officer: Chief Financial Officer ANSWERTHINK, INC., 1001 BRICKELL DRIVE, SUITE 3000, MIAMI FL 33131
David N Dungan director, officer: Vice Chairman and COO
Edwin A Huston director UNISYS CORP, UNISYS WAY, BLUE BELL PA 19424-0001
Terence M Graunke director, 10 percent owner 676 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 3900, CHICAGO IL 60611
Paul G Yovovich 10 percent owner 676 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 3900, CHICAGO IL 60611
Lake Capital Partners Lp 10 percent owner 676 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 3900, CHICAGO IL 60611
Archstone Holdings Llc 10 percent owner
Lake Capital Investment Partners Lp 10 percent owner 676 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 3900, CHICAGO IL 60611
Archstone Intermediate Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 676 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3900, Chicago IL 60611