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Quarterhill (FRA:WJL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 11.10 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Quarterhill Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-21), Quarterhill's current share price is €1.11. Quarterhill's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.10. Quarterhill's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 11.10.

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

FRA:WJL' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.32   Med: 11.92   Max: 279
Current: 10.82

During the past years, Quarterhill's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 279.00. The lowest was 6.32. And the median was 11.92.

FRA:WJL's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
84.76% of 958 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 29.805 vs FRA:WJL: 10.82

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.

Quarterhill's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-0.088. 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 €0.10 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Quarterhill Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Quarterhill 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 9.90 12.34 16.69 8.23 10.61

Quarterhill 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 8.09 8.53 8.07 10.61 12.12

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Quarterhill'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.


Quarterhill's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Quarterhill 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=1.11/0.1
=11.10

* 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.

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

For example, Quarterhill'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)
=-0.088/126.2576*126.2576
=-0.088

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Quarterhill Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.006 99.473 0.008
201409 -0.055 99.394 -0.070
201412 0.108 98.367 0.139
201503 0.010 99.789 0.013
201506 0.044 100.500 0.055
201509 -0.069 100.421 -0.087
201512 0.056 99.947 0.071
201603 0.088 101.054 0.110
201606 0.126 102.002 0.156
201609 0.024 101.765 0.030
201612 0.057 101.449 0.071
201703 0.066 102.634 0.081
201706 0.022 103.029 0.027
201709 0.065 103.345 0.079
201712 0.348 103.345 0.425
201803 -0.046 105.004 -0.055
201806 -0.018 105.557 -0.022
201809 -0.067 105.636 -0.080
201812 0.066 105.399 0.079
201903 -0.090 106.979 -0.106
201906 0.258 107.690 0.302
201909 -0.105 107.611 -0.123
201912 -0.014 107.769 -0.016
202003 0.047 107.927 0.055
202006 -0.040 108.401 -0.047
202009 0.023 108.164 0.027
202012 0.161 108.559 0.187
202103 -0.034 110.298 -0.039
202106 0.010 111.720 0.011
202109 -0.067 112.905 -0.075
202112 -0.026 113.774 -0.029
202203 -0.052 117.646 -0.056
202206 0.488 120.806 0.510
202209 -0.196 120.648 -0.205
202212 -0.029 120.964 -0.030
202303 -0.078 122.702 -0.080
202306 -0.132 124.203 -0.134
202309 -0.022 125.230 -0.022
202312 -0.020 125.072 -0.020
202403 -0.088 126.258 -0.088

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.


Quarterhill  (FRA:WJL) 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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Quarterhill (FRA:WJL) Business Description

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Quarterhill Inc is focused on the acquisition, management, and growth of companies in the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and innovation and licensing industries. It operates in two segments Licensing, which includes companies that count licensing as their principal business activity, and Intelligent Transportation Systems, which include companies that provide integrated systems and solutions to the ITS industry and its adjacent markets. Its geographical segments are the United States, Canada, Chile, China, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and the Rest of the world. The majority of the revenue comes from the United States.

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