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Charter Communications (LTS:0HW4) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 15.14 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Charter Communications Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Charter Communications's current share price is $391.1371. Charter Communications's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $25.84. Charter Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 15.14.

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

LTS:0HW4' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.17   Med: 54.47   Max: 167.11
Current: 14.89

During the past years, Charter Communications's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 167.11. The lowest was 11.17. And the median was 54.47.

LTS:0HW4's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
51.08% of 186 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 13.545 vs LTS:0HW4: 14.89

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.

Charter Communications's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $10.818. 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 $25.84 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Charter Communications Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Charter Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 60.17 41.31 16.98 17.47 13.80

Charter Communications Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 12.75 12.69 13.14 13.80 14.11

Competitive Comparison of Charter Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Charter Communications'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.


Charter Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Charter Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Charter Communications 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=391.1371/25.84
=15.14

* 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.

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

For example, Charter Communications'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)
=10.818/134.9266*134.9266
=10.818

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Charter Communications Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.563 100.684 2.095
201509 2.030 100.392 2.728
201512 0.789 99.792 1.067
201603 -0.601 100.470 -0.807
201606 2.553 101.688 3.387
201609 3.635 101.861 4.815
201612 5.912 101.863 7.831
201703 4.165 102.862 5.463
201706 4.280 103.349 5.588
201709 2.299 104.136 2.979
201712 3.139 104.011 4.072
201803 -0.203 105.290 -0.260
201806 3.391 106.317 4.304
201809 2.277 106.507 2.885
201812 3.847 105.998 4.897
201903 2.834 107.251 3.565
201906 4.922 108.070 6.145
201909 5.716 108.329 7.119
201912 7.210 108.420 8.973
202003 6.442 108.902 7.981
202006 8.848 108.767 10.976
202009 8.404 109.815 10.326
202012 7.960 109.897 9.773
202103 9.010 111.754 10.878
202106 10.388 114.631 12.227
202109 13.229 115.734 15.423
202112 12.679 117.630 14.543
202203 10.315 121.301 11.474
202206 9.163 125.017 9.889
202209 10.178 125.227 10.966
202212 3.745 125.222 4.035
202303 4.325 127.348 4.582
202306 4.395 128.729 4.607
202309 6.493 129.860 6.746
202312 6.643 129.419 6.926
202403 2.441 131.776 2.499
202406 7.335 132.554 7.466
202409 9.251 133.029 9.383
202412 2.745 133.157 2.781
202503 10.818 134.927 10.818

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.


Charter Communications  (LTS:0HW4) 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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Charter Communications Business Description

Address
400 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT, USA, 06902
Charter is the product of the 2016 merger of three cable companies, each with a decades-long history in the business: Legacy Charter, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The firm now holds networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 57 million US homes and businesses, around 35% of the country. Across this footprint, Charter serves 28 million residential and 2 million commercial customer accounts under the Spectrum brand, making it the second-largest US cable company behind Comcast. The firm also owns, in whole or in part, sports and news networks, including Spectrum SportsNet (long-term local rights to Los Angeles Lakers games), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles Dodgers), SportsNet New York (New York Mets), and Spectrum News NY1.

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