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Perficient (Perficient) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 17.48 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Perficient Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Perficient's current share price is $42.99. Perficient's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.46. Perficient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 17.48.

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

PRFT' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.02   Med: 25.77   Max: 81.9
Current: 17.34

During the past years, Perficient's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 81.90. The lowest was 15.02. And the median was 25.77.

PRFT's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
66.92% of 668 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.49 vs PRFT: 17.34

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.

Perficient's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.475. 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 $2.46 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Perficient Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Perficient 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 34.49 29.34 67.83 32.14 26.73

Perficient 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 32.14 30.97 35.38 24.09 26.73

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Perficient'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.


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

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

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



Perficient 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=42.99/2.46
=17.48

* 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.

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

For example, Perficient'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)
=1.475/129.4194*129.4194
=1.475

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Perficient Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.157 99.695 -0.204
201406 0.119 100.560 0.153
201409 -0.107 100.428 -0.138
201412 0.946 99.070 1.236
201503 0.220 99.621 0.286
201506 0.331 100.684 0.425
201509 0.122 100.392 0.157
201512 0.499 99.792 0.647
201603 0.078 100.470 0.100
201606 0.662 101.688 0.843
201609 0.250 101.861 0.318
201612 0.649 101.863 0.825
201703 0.368 102.862 0.463
201706 0.283 103.349 0.354
201709 0.137 104.136 0.170
201712 0.707 104.011 0.880
201803 0.094 105.290 0.116
201806 0.724 106.317 0.881
201809 0.340 106.507 0.413
201812 0.764 105.998 0.933
201903 -0.056 107.251 -0.068
201906 0.675 108.070 0.808
201909 0.327 108.329 0.391
201912 1.184 108.420 1.413
202003 -0.194 108.902 -0.231
202006 1.247 108.767 1.484
202009 0.629 109.815 0.741
202012 1.744 109.897 2.054
202103 -0.020 111.754 -0.023
202106 0.778 114.631 0.878
202109 0.161 115.734 0.180
202112 1.196 117.630 1.316
202203 0.231 121.301 0.246
202206 0.511 125.017 0.529
202209 0.994 125.227 1.027
202212 1.213 125.222 1.254
202303 1.090 127.348 1.108
202306 0.581 128.729 0.584
202309 0.602 129.860 0.600
202312 1.475 129.419 1.475

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.


Perficient  (NAS:PRFT) 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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Perficient (Perficient) Business Description

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555 Maryville University Drive, Suite 600, Saint Louis, MO, USA, 63141
Perficient Inc provides a variety of information technology and consulting services that focus on digital experience, business optimization, and IT solutions. The company's services include big data analytics, technology platform implementations, enterprise content management, portals and collaboration, management consulting, custom applications, business integration, business process management, and customer relationship management. It serves the healthcare, financial services, retail, and electronics industries. The vast majority of the company's revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Thomas J. Hogan officer: Chief Operating Officer 555 MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY DRIVE, SUITE 600, SAINT LOUIS MO 63141
David S Lundeen director C/O PROFICIENT INC, 7600-B N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY - STE 220, AUSTIN TX 78731
Jill Ackerman Jones director 850 DIXIE HWY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Susan L. Adomite officer: SVP, Controller & PAO 555 MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY DRIVE, SUITE 600, ST. LOUIS MO 63141
Kevin Thomas Sheen officer: Senior Vice President 555 MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY DRIVE, SUITE 600, ST. LOUIS MO 63141
Nancy C Pechloff director 10401 CLAYTON ROAD, ST LOUIS MO 63131
Brian L Matthews director 555 MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY DRIVE, SUITE 600, SAINT LOUIS MO 63141
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Jeffrey S Davis officer: Chairman and CEO ONE CITYPLACE DRIVE, SUITE 190, SAINT LOUIS MO 63141
Paul E Martin officer: Chief Financial Officer CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 12405 POWERSCOURT DRIVE, ST. LOUIS MO 63131
James R Kackley director 855 EAST MAIN AVE, ZEELAND MI 49464-0302
Kathryn J Henely officer: Chief Operating Officer 520 MARYVILLE CENTRE DR, SUITE 400, ST LOUIS MO 63141
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