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DIN (Dine Brands Global) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 3.59 (As of Jul. 05, 2025)


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What is Dine Brands Global Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-05), Dine Brands Global's current share price is $26.56. Dine Brands Global's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $7.39. Dine Brands Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 3.59.

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

DIN' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.66   Med: 10.52   Max: 17.93
Current: 3.6

During the past years, Dine Brands Global's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 17.93. The lowest was 2.66. And the median was 10.52.

DIN's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
84.5% of 129 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 12.31 vs DIN: 3.60

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.

Dine Brands Global's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.859. 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 $7.39 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Dine Brands Global Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dine Brands Global'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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Dine Brands Global Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Dine Brands Global Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.70 11.09 8.75 6.69 4.03

Dine Brands Global Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 6.30 4.80 4.22 4.03 3.15

Competitive Comparison of Dine Brands Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Restaurants subindustry, Dine Brands Global'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.


Dine Brands Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dine Brands Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Dine Brands Global 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.

Dine Brands Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=26.56/7.39
=3.59

* 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.

Dine Brands Global's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Dine Brands Global'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)
=0.859/134.9266*134.9266
=0.859

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Dine Brands Global Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.265 100.684 0.355
201509 1.139 100.392 1.531
201512 3.471 99.792 4.693
201603 1.995 100.470 2.679
201606 0.843 101.688 1.119
201609 0.362 101.861 0.480
201612 3.015 101.863 3.994
201703 0.933 102.862 1.224
201706 -0.147 103.349 -0.192
201709 0.420 104.136 0.544
201712 1.739 104.011 2.256
201803 0.727 105.290 0.932
201806 0.307 106.317 0.390
201809 1.813 106.507 2.297
201812 4.248 105.998 5.407
201903 1.369 107.251 1.722
201906 2.046 108.070 2.554
201909 1.881 108.329 2.343
201912 2.608 108.420 3.246
202003 1.491 108.902 1.847
202006 -2.625 108.767 -3.256
202009 2.797 109.815 3.437
202012 3.569 109.897 4.382
202103 1.696 111.754 2.048
202106 4.344 114.631 5.113
202109 2.103 115.734 2.452
202112 2.434 117.630 2.792
202203 -0.781 121.301 -0.869
202206 1.879 125.017 2.028
202209 1.744 125.227 1.879
202212 0.652 125.222 0.703
202303 0.003 127.348 0.003
202306 1.296 128.729 1.358
202309 1.803 129.860 1.873
202312 3.087 129.419 3.218
202403 1.817 131.776 1.860
202406 1.217 132.554 1.239
202409 1.476 133.029 1.497
202412 1.792 133.157 1.816
202503 0.859 134.927 0.859

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.


Dine Brands Global  (NYSE:DIN) 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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Dine Brands Global Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10 West Walnut Street, 5th Floor, Pasadena, CA, USA, 91103
Dine Brands Global Inc owns and franchises thousands of restaurants under the Applebee's and International House of Pancakes names. Almost all company restaurants are located in the United States and franchised. Royalty revenue, which the company gets from franchisees based on franchisees' sales, accounts for roughly three-quarters of total company revenue. The company also earns revenue by leasing restaurant sites to franchisees. The company has four reportable segments Franchise operations, (an aggregation of Applebee's and IHOP franchise operations), Rental operations, Financing operations and Company-operated restaurant operations. The majority of revenue is derived from the Franchise operations segment.
Executives
Michael Hyter director 450 N BRAND BLVD., GLENDALE CA 91203
Vance Yuwen Chang officer: Chief Financial Officer 5780 UPLANDER WAY, CULVER CITY CA 90230
John W. Peyton director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 175 PARK AVENUE, MADISON NJ 07940
Douglas M Pasquale director 245 FICHER AVE STE D-1, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Jay D. Johns officer: President, IHOP Business Unit 450 NORTH BRAND BLVD, GLENDALE CA 91203
Lilian Tomovich director 2028 GROUSE STREET, LAS VEGAS NV 89134
Richard J Dahl director DOLE FOOD CO, 1 DOLE DRIVE, WESTLAKE CA 91362
Caroline W Nahas director 450 NORTH BRAND BLVD 7TH FL, GLENDALE CA 91203
Tony E. Moralejo officer: President, Applebee's 450 N BRAND BLVD, 7TH FLOOR, GLENDALE CA 91203
Martha Poulter director C/O STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, ONE STARPOINT, STAMFORD CT 06902
Christine K. Son officer: SVP, Legal, GC and Secretary 450 N. BRAND BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, GLENDALE CA 91203
Susan Collyns director 6053 W CENTURY BLVD STE 1100, C/O CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN INC, LOS ANGLES CA 90045-6430
Artie Starrs director 2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD, CARLSBAD CA 92008
Gregg Lemkau director 645 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Marc R Lisker director 645 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022-5910