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2U (LTS:0LHP) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is 2U Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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2U Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for 2U's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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2U Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of 2U's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, 2U'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.


2U's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, 2U's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where 2U's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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2U 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.

2U's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, 2U's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jun. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jun. 2024)
=-35.855/132.5538*132.5538
=-35.855

Current CPI (Jun. 2024) = 132.5538.

2U Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201409 -18.184 100.428 -24.001
201412 3.923 99.070 5.249
201503 -3.398 99.621 -4.521
201506 3.007 100.684 3.959
201509 -23.205 100.392 -30.639
201512 6.450 99.792 8.568
201603 1.553 100.470 2.049
201606 0.427 101.688 0.557
201609 -21.511 101.861 -27.993
201612 7.275 101.863 9.467
201703 -16.439 102.862 -21.184
201706 -5.351 103.349 -6.863
201709 -17.765 104.136 -22.613
201712 11.664 104.011 14.865
201803 -24.199 105.290 -30.465
201806 -12.478 106.317 -15.557
201809 -10.623 106.507 -13.221
201812 2.835 105.998 3.545
201903 -25.419 107.251 -31.416
201906 -19.461 108.070 -23.870
201909 -28.126 108.329 -34.415
201912 8.313 108.420 10.163
202003 -13.252 108.902 -16.130
202006 -7.157 108.767 -8.722
202009 -6.881 109.815 -8.306
202012 8.388 109.897 10.117
202103 -3.025 111.754 -3.588
202106 -10.916 114.631 -12.623
202109 -7.710 115.734 -8.830
202112 -13.785 117.630 -15.534
202203 -7.601 121.301 -8.306
202206 3.073 125.017 3.258
202209 -18.898 125.227 -20.004
202212 -1.111 125.222 -1.176
202303 5.927 127.348 6.169
202306 -14.751 128.729 -15.189
202309 -11.169 129.860 -11.401
202312 0.305 129.419 0.312
202403 23.343 131.776 23.481
202406 -35.855 132.554 -35.855

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.


2U  (LTS:0LHP) 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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2U Business Description

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7900 Harkins Road, Lanham, MD, USA, 20706
2U Inc provides educational technology services for nonprofit colleges and universities. It builds, delivers, and monitors educational platforms that enable online delivery of degree programs and alternative credentials such as short technical courses. The company provides a cloud-based software-as-a-service platform and various technology-enabled services such as learning technology, live class application monitoring, content development, and marketing, among others that help its clients to reach students globally. It is organized into two reportable business segments: the Degree Program segment and the Alternative Credential segment. The vast majority of revenue comes from the company's Degree Program segment, and most of the company's revenue is earned in the United States.

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