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SP Plus (FRA:PZA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 21.08 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is SP Plus Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-30), SP Plus's current share price is €46.80. SP Plus's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €2.22. SP Plus's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 21.08.

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

FRA:PZA' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.36   Med: 18.58   Max: 28.52
Current: 20.4

During the past years, SP Plus's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 28.52. The lowest was 8.36. And the median was 18.58.

FRA:PZA's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
56.39% of 360 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 17.29 vs FRA:PZA: 20.40

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.

SP Plus's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-0.098. 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 €2.22 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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SP Plus Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

SP Plus 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 23.47 15.49 14.40 14.67 20.44

SP Plus Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 14.67 13.79 15.71 13.63 20.44

Competitive Comparison of SP Plus's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, SP Plus'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.


SP Plus's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SP Plus's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



SP Plus 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=46.80/2.22
=21.08

* 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.

SP Plus's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, SP Plus's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=-0.098/129.4194*129.4194
=-0.098

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

SP Plus Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.421 99.695 -0.547
201406 0.918 100.560 1.181
201409 0.363 100.428 0.468
201412 0.459 99.070 0.600
201503 -0.361 99.621 -0.469
201506 0.586 100.684 0.753
201509 0.257 100.392 0.331
201512 0.878 99.792 1.139
201603 0.091 100.470 0.117
201606 0.409 101.688 0.521
201609 0.281 101.861 0.357
201612 1.139 101.863 1.447
201703 0.162 102.862 0.204
201706 0.791 103.349 0.991
201709 -0.276 104.136 -0.343
201712 0.821 104.011 1.022
201803 -0.151 105.290 -0.186
201806 0.964 106.317 1.173
201809 0.288 106.507 0.350
201812 1.287 105.998 1.571
201903 -0.351 107.251 -0.424
201906 1.025 108.070 1.227
201909 1.290 108.329 1.541
201912 0.725 108.420 0.865
202003 0.180 108.902 0.214
202006 0.584 108.767 0.695
202009 0.165 109.815 0.194
202012 0.379 109.897 0.446
202103 -0.130 111.754 -0.151
202106 0.858 114.631 0.969
202109 0.179 115.734 0.200
202112 0.847 117.630 0.932
202203 1.026 121.301 1.095
202206 0.031 125.017 0.032
202209 1.565 125.227 1.617
202212 0.570 125.222 0.589
202303 0.047 127.348 0.048
202306 0.405 128.729 0.407
202309 1.261 129.860 1.257
202312 -0.098 129.419 -0.098

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.


SP Plus  (FRA:PZA) 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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SP Plus (FRA:PZA) Business Description

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Address
200 East Randolph Street, Suite 7700, Chicago, IL, USA, 60601-7702
SP Plus Corp Provides parking management, ground transportation, and other ancillary services to commercial, institutional, and municipal clients in urban markets and airports across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Its services include a comprehensive set of on-site parking management and ground transportation services, In addition, the company also provides a range of ancillary services such as airport and municipal shuttle operations, valet services, taxi and livery dispatch services, and municipal meter revenue collection and enforcement services. Its reportable segments are Commercial and Aviation. The company generates a majority of its revenue from the Commercial segment.