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Fiserv (BSP:F1IS34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 39.39 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is Fiserv Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-17), Fiserv's current share price is R$390.00. Fiserv's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$9.90. Fiserv's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 39.39.

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

BSP:F1IS34' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 23.66   Med: 37.6   Max: 54.2
Current: 36.07

During the past years, Fiserv's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 54.20. The lowest was 23.66. And the median was 37.60.

BSP:F1IS34's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
57.02% of 677 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.97 vs BSP:F1IS34: 36.07

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.

Fiserv's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$1.720. 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 R$9.90 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Fiserv Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Fiserv 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 51.21 43.58 33.79 28.00 32.02

Fiserv 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 30.08 32.72 28.03 32.02 37.72

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Fiserv'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.


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

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

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



Fiserv 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=390.00/9.9
=39.39

* 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.

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

For example, Fiserv'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)
=1.72/131.7762*131.7762
=1.720

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Fiserv Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.435 100.560 0.570
201409 0.733 100.428 0.962
201412 0.749 99.070 0.996
201503 0.827 99.621 1.094
201506 0.456 100.684 0.597
201509 1.095 100.392 1.437
201512 1.357 99.792 1.792
201603 1.777 100.470 2.331
201606 0.398 101.688 0.516
201609 1.012 101.861 1.309
201612 1.227 101.863 1.587
201703 1.380 102.862 1.768
201706 0.640 103.349 0.816
201709 0.920 104.136 1.164
201712 1.508 104.011 1.911
201803 1.147 105.290 1.436
201806 0.675 106.317 0.837
201809 1.366 106.507 1.690
201812 2.273 105.998 2.826
201903 1.323 107.251 1.626
201906 0.453 108.070 0.552
201909 2.819 108.329 3.429
201912 2.623 108.420 3.188
202003 2.269 108.902 2.746
202006 3.006 108.767 3.642
202009 3.338 109.815 4.006
202012 3.681 109.897 4.414
202103 2.975 111.754 3.508
202106 2.994 114.631 3.442
202109 1.411 115.734 1.607
202112 4.245 117.630 4.756
202203 1.832 121.301 1.990
202206 2.338 125.017 2.464
202209 3.049 125.227 3.208
202212 5.347 125.222 5.627
202303 3.263 127.348 3.376
202306 2.109 128.729 2.159
202309 4.872 129.860 4.944
202312 5.045 129.419 5.137
202403 1.720 131.776 1.720

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.


Fiserv  (BSP:F1IS34) 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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Fiserv (BSP:F1IS34) Business Description

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Fiserv is a leading provider of core processing and complementary services, such as electronic funds transfer, payment processing, and loan processing, for U.S. banks and credit unions, with a focus on small and midsize banks. Through the merger with First Data in 2019, Fiserv also provides payment processing services for merchants. About 10% of the company's revenue is generated internationally.

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