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Fidus Investment (FRA:8QP) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 20, 2024)


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What is Fidus Investment Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Fidus Investment Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fidus Investment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Fidus Investment Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Fidus Investment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Asset Management subindustry, Fidus Investment'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.


Fidus Investment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Fidus Investment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fidus Investment 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.

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

For example, Fidus Investment'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)
=-2.326/131.7762*131.7762
=-2.326

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Fidus Investment Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.262 100.560 0.343
201409 -1.601 100.428 -2.101
201412 -2.169 99.070 -2.885
201503 -0.738 99.621 -0.976
201506 0.074 100.684 0.097
201509 -0.273 100.392 -0.358
201512 -0.169 99.792 -0.223
201603 -0.464 100.470 -0.609
201606 1.059 101.688 1.372
201609 -0.426 101.861 -0.551
201612 -1.712 101.863 -2.215
201703 -0.197 102.862 -0.252
201706 -0.195 103.349 -0.249
201709 0.084 104.136 0.106
201712 -0.723 104.011 -0.916
201803 -0.588 105.290 -0.736
201806 -0.216 106.317 -0.268
201809 -0.224 106.507 -0.277
201812 1.383 105.998 1.719
201903 -0.597 107.251 -0.734
201906 -0.824 108.070 -1.005
201909 -0.664 108.329 -0.808
201912 -0.425 108.420 -0.517
202003 0.486 108.902 0.588
202006 -0.300 108.767 -0.363
202009 1.467 109.815 1.760
202012 0.297 109.897 0.356
202103 1.495 111.754 1.763
202106 0.015 114.631 0.017
202109 1.910 115.734 2.175
202112 2.500 117.630 2.801
202203 -3.368 121.301 -3.659
202206 -0.095 125.017 -0.100
202209 -1.002 125.227 -1.054
202212 0.454 125.222 0.478
202303 -1.552 127.348 -1.606
202306 -0.621 128.729 -0.636
202309 0.888 129.860 0.901
202312 0.106 129.419 0.108
202403 -2.326 131.776 -2.326

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.


Fidus Investment  (FRA:8QP) 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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Fidus Investment (FRA:8QP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 1005, Evanston, IL, USA, 60201
Fidus Investment Corp is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company. The company provides customized debt and equity financing solutions to lower middle-market companies, which management generally defines as U.S. based companies with revenues between $10 million and $150 million. The company invests in companies that possess some or all of the following attributes: predictable revenues; positive cash flows; defensible market positions; diversified customer and supplier bases; and management teams with operating discipline.

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