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Westminster Group (LSE:WSG) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 24, 2024)


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

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Westminster Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

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Westminster Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Westminster Group Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Westminster Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Westminster 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.


Westminster Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



Westminster 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.

Westminster Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec21 is calculated as:

For example, Westminster Group's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec21 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec21 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec21)
=-0.011/114.7000*114.7000
=-0.011

Current CPI (Dec21) = 114.7000.

Westminster Group Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201212 -0.050 97.300 -0.059
201312 -0.068 99.200 -0.079
201412 -0.042 99.900 -0.048
201512 -0.066 100.400 -0.075
201612 -0.025 102.200 -0.028
201712 -0.015 105.000 -0.016
201812 -0.010 107.100 -0.011
201912 -0.005 108.500 -0.005
202012 -0.013 109.400 -0.014
202112 -0.011 114.700 -0.011

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.


Westminster Group  (LSE:WSG) 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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Westminster Group (LSE:WSG) Business Description

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Blacklocks Hill, Westminster House, Banbury, Oxfordshire, GBR, OX17 2BS
Westminster Group PLC designs, supplies, and provides ongoing support for technology security solutions. The company's operating division includes managed services and technology segments. The company generates maximum revenue from the managed services segment. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from the Middle East and also has a presence in the United Kingdom and Europe, Africa, and the Rest of the World. The activities of the company include the design, supply, and ongoing support of technology security solutions, encompassing a wide range of surveillance, detection, tracking, and interception technologies and the provision of long-term managed services.

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