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Harte-Hanks (FRA:HHK1) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 40.00 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Harte-Hanks Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-16), Harte-Hanks's current share price is €6.40. Harte-Hanks's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.16. Harte-Hanks's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 40.00.

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

FRA:HHK1' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.33   Med: 2.66   Max: 39.72
Current: 38.46

During the past years, Harte-Hanks's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 39.72. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 2.66.

FRA:HHK1's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
73.21% of 209 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 18.37 vs FRA:HHK1: 38.46

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.

Harte-Hanks's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-0.791. 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 €0.16 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Harte-Hanks Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Harte-Hanks 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 0.85 1.04 3.83 10.36 19.12

Harte-Hanks 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 9.34 7.12 8.45 19.12 40.69

Competitive Comparison of Harte-Hanks's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Harte-Hanks'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.


Harte-Hanks's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Harte-Hanks's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Harte-Hanks 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=6.40/0.16
=40.00

* 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.

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

For example, Harte-Hanks'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)
=-0.791/129.4194*129.4194
=-0.791

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Harte-Hanks Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.331 100.560 0.426
201409 0.517 100.428 0.666
201412 0.750 99.070 0.980
201503 2.632 99.621 3.419
201506 0.697 100.684 0.896
201509 -0.012 100.392 -0.015
201512 0.424 99.792 0.550
201603 0.230 100.470 0.296
201606 2.109 101.688 2.684
201609 0.510 101.861 0.648
201612 -1.809 101.863 -2.298
201703 -0.343 102.862 -0.432
201706 -6.123 103.349 -7.668
201709 -0.166 104.136 -0.206
201712 1.306 104.011 1.625
201803 0.137 105.290 0.168
201806 -0.109 106.317 -0.133
201809 -1.404 106.507 -1.706
201812 -0.492 105.998 -0.601
201903 -0.562 107.251 -0.678
201906 2.540 108.070 3.042
201909 -0.909 108.329 -1.086
201912 0.212 108.420 0.253
202003 -0.671 108.902 -0.797
202006 -0.366 108.767 -0.435
202009 -0.695 109.815 -0.819
202012 0.283 109.897 0.333
202103 -0.810 111.754 -0.938
202106 0.082 114.631 0.093
202109 -0.323 115.734 -0.361
202112 0.433 117.630 0.476
202203 -0.273 121.301 -0.291
202206 1.081 125.017 1.119
202209 1.378 125.227 1.424
202212 0.808 125.222 0.835
202303 0.143 127.348 0.145
202306 0.270 128.729 0.271
202309 0.166 129.860 0.165
202312 0.386 129.419 0.386
202403 -0.791 129.419 -0.791

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.


Harte-Hanks  (FRA:HHK1) 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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Harte-Hanks (FRA:HHK1) Business Description

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1 Executive Drive, Chelmsford, MA, USA, 01824
Harte-Hanks Inc is a customer experience company. The Company operates three business segments: Marketing Services; Customer Care; and Fulfillment & Logistics Services. The company has its geographic presence in United States and Other countries. Majority of the revenue is earned from United States.

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