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QNST (QuinStreet) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : $0.48 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is QuinStreet Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

QuinStreet's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.462. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $0.48 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, QuinStreet's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was -100.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was -11.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was -11.40% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of QuinStreet was -8.70% per year. The lowest was -13.10% per year. And the median was -12.05% per year.

As of today (2025-05-13), QuinStreet's current stock price is $16.38. QuinStreet's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.48. QuinStreet's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 34.13.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of QuinStreet was 61.15. The lowest was 10.48. And the median was 24.19.


QuinStreet Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for QuinStreet's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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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QuinStreet Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

QuinStreet Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.62 0.57 0.54 0.42 0.39

QuinStreet Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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 0.38 0.39 0.39 0.44 0.48

Competitive Comparison of QuinStreet's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, QuinStreet'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.


QuinStreet's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, QuinStreet's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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QuinStreet Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

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. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get 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.

For example, QuinStreet's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=0.462/134.9266*134.9266
=0.462

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

QuinStreet Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -0.006 100.684 -0.008
201509 0.033 100.392 0.044
201512 -0.211 99.792 -0.285
201603 0.098 100.470 0.132
201606 -0.016 101.688 -0.021
201609 0.002 101.861 0.003
201612 0.004 101.863 0.005
201703 0.115 102.862 0.151
201706 0.212 103.349 0.277
201709 0.035 104.136 0.045
201712 0.135 104.011 0.175
201803 0.098 105.290 0.126
201806 0.209 106.317 0.265
201809 0.177 106.507 0.224
201812 0.223 105.998 0.284
201903 0.102 107.251 0.128
201906 0.137 108.070 0.171
201909 0.159 108.329 0.198
201912 0.167 108.420 0.208
202003 0.266 108.902 0.330
202006 0.220 108.767 0.273
202009 0.303 109.815 0.372
202012 0.077 109.897 0.095
202103 0.212 111.754 0.256
202106 0.235 114.631 0.277
202109 0.078 115.734 0.091
202112 0.227 117.630 0.260
202203 -0.029 121.301 -0.032
202206 0.111 125.017 0.120
202209 0.049 125.227 0.053
202212 -0.120 125.222 -0.129
202303 -0.238 127.348 -0.252
202306 0.249 128.729 0.261
202309 -0.185 129.860 -0.192
202312 -0.145 129.419 -0.151
202403 0.007 131.776 0.007
202406 0.233 132.554 0.237
202409 -0.292 133.029 -0.296
202412 0.637 133.157 0.645
202503 0.462 134.927 0.462

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


QuinStreet  (NAS:QNST) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

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.

QuinStreet's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=16.38/0.48
=34.13

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of QuinStreet was 61.15. The lowest was 10.48. And the median was 24.19.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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QuinStreet Business Description

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Address
950 Tower Lane, 12th Floor, Foster City, CA, USA, 94404
QuinStreet Inc focuses on marketplaces and technologies for the financial services and home services industries. It delivers measurable and cost-effective marketing results to its clients, in the form of qualified inquiries such as clicks, leads, calls, applications, or customers. It generates revenue by delivering measurable online marketing results to the clients. Its products and services are Customer Acquisition, QuinStreet Rating Platform (QRP), and CloudControlMedia.
Executives
Gregory Wong officer: CFO 950 TOWER LANE, 6TH FLOOR, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Douglas Valenti director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O QUINSTREET, INC., 1051 EAST HILLSDALE BLVD., FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Stuart Huizinga director 440 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Andrew T Sheehan director 755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200, PALO ALTO CA 94304-1005
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Hillary B Smith director C/O YEXT, INC, 61 NINTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10011
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Robin Josephs director
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Nina Bhanap officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O QUINSTREET, INC., 1051 EAST HILLSDALE BLVD., FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Martin J Collins officer: SVP & General Counsel 4000 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134