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Merit Group (LSE:MRIT) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 14.10 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Merit Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-25), Merit Group's current share price is £0.705. Merit Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 was £0.05. Merit Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 14.10.

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

LSE:MRIT' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.86   Med: 8.83   Max: 16.78
Current: 13.78

During the past 13 years, Merit Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 16.78. The lowest was 2.86. And the median was 8.83.

LSE:MRIT's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
77.46% of 661 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.5 vs LSE:MRIT: 13.78

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.

Merit Group's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 was £0.027. 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 £0.05 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar23.

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Merit Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Merit Group Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.70 8.19 16.54 7.81 5.90

Merit Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 - 7.81 - 5.90 -

Competitive Comparison of Merit Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Merit Group'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.


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

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

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



Merit Group 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=0.705/0.05
=14.10

* 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.

Merit Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 is calculated as:

For example, Merit Group's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Mar23 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar23 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar23)
=0.027/126.8000*126.8000
=0.027

Current CPI (Mar23) = 126.8000.

Merit Group Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.093 99.300 -0.119
201503 0.059 99.600 0.075
201603 0.254 100.400 0.321
201703 0.039 102.700 0.048
201803 0.193 105.100 0.233
201903 0.006 107.000 0.007
202003 -0.088 108.600 -0.103
202103 0.066 109.700 0.076
202203 -0.053 116.500 -0.058
202303 0.027 126.800 0.027

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.


Merit Group  (LSE:MRIT) 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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Merit Group (LSE:MRIT) Business Description

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Merit Group PLC provides data, business, and political intelligence. The group operates through two operating segments namely, Dods and Merit Data and Technology. Dods business segment concentrates on the provision of key information and insights into the political and public policy environments around the UK and the European Union. The Merit Data and Technology segment focuses on the fields of data engineering, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Merit Data & Technology segment.

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