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LPSN (LivePerson) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 28, 2025)


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LivePerson Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

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LivePerson Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, LivePerson'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.


LivePerson's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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LivePerson 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.

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

For example, LivePerson'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)
=-0.076/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.076

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

LivePerson Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.022 100.684 0.029
201509 0.139 100.392 0.187
201512 0.160 99.792 0.216
201603 -0.042 100.470 -0.056
201606 0.188 101.688 0.249
201609 -0.015 101.861 -0.020
201612 0.088 101.863 0.117
201703 -0.104 102.862 -0.136
201706 0.075 103.349 0.098
201709 -0.124 104.136 -0.161
201712 0.027 104.011 0.035
201803 -0.092 105.290 -0.118
201806 -0.109 106.317 -0.138
201809 -0.154 106.507 -0.195
201812 0.062 105.998 0.079
201903 -0.554 107.251 -0.697
201906 -0.266 108.070 -0.332
201909 -0.383 108.329 -0.477
201912 -0.519 108.420 -0.646
202003 -0.105 108.902 -0.130
202006 -0.079 108.767 -0.098
202009 0.232 109.815 0.285
202012 -0.199 109.897 -0.244
202103 0.203 111.754 0.245
202106 -0.112 114.631 -0.132
202109 -0.088 115.734 -0.103
202112 -0.627 117.630 -0.719
202203 -0.485 121.301 -0.539
202206 -0.698 125.017 -0.753
202209 -0.326 125.227 -0.351
202212 0.042 125.222 0.045
202303 -0.223 127.348 -0.236
202306 -0.362 128.729 -0.379
202309 0.000 129.860 0.000
202312 -0.029 129.419 -0.030
202403 -0.132 131.776 -0.135
202406 -0.241 132.554 -0.245
202409 -0.011 133.029 -0.011
202412 -0.088 133.157 -0.089
202503 -0.076 134.927 -0.076

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.


LivePerson  (NAS:LPSN) 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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LivePerson Business Description

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Address
530 7th Avenue, Floor M1, New York, NY, USA, 10018
LivePerson Inc is the enterprise leader in digital customer conversation. The Conversational Cloud, the Company's enterprise-class digital customer conversation platform, is trusted by the world's top brands to accelerate their contact center transformation, orchestrate conversations across all channels, departments, and systems, increase agent productivity, and deliver more personalized, AI-empowered customer experiences. The company has a presence in the United Kingdom, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Europe.
Executives
John Deneen Collins officer: Chief Financial Officer LIVEPERSON, INC., 475 TENTH AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Monica L. Greenberg officer: EVP, General Counsel LIVEPERSON, INC., 462 SEVENTH AVENUE 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Vanessa Pegueros director C/O CARBON BLACK, INC., 1100 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Bruce Edward Hansen director 17732 VINEYARD LANE, POWAY CA 92064
Jeffrey Ford officer: Chief Accounting Officer 530 7TH AVE., FLOOR M1, NEW YORK NY 10018
Alex Kroman officer: EVP, Product and Technology 530 7TH AVE., FLOOR M1, NEW YORK NY 10018
William Wesemann director 130 MONTALVO ROAD, REDWOOD CITY CA 94062
Norman M. Osumi officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O LIVEPERSON, INC., 475 TENTH AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Robert P Locascio director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O LIVEPERSON INC, 462 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
James R. Miller director 4050 EAST COTTON CENTER BLVD. 6-68, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Yael Zheng director 345 ENCINAL STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060
Alexander Spinelli officer: EVP, Chief Technology Officer LIVEPERSON, INC., 475 TENTH AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Kevin Lavan director 44 HILLCREST ROAD, MARTINSVILLE NJ 08836
Ernest T. Cu director LIVEPERSON, INC., 475 TENTH AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Daryl Carlough officer: SVP, Global & Corp Controller BEDMINSTER ONE, 135 US HIGHWAY 202/206, SUITE 11, BEDMINSTER NJ 07921