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VeriSign (LTS:0LOZ) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 27.91 (As of Dec. 11, 2024)


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What is VeriSign Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-12-11), VeriSign's current share price is $200.67. VeriSign's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $7.19. VeriSign's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 27.91.

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

LTS:0LOZ' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 24.18   Med: 35.76   Max: 58.57
Current: 27.93

During the past years, VeriSign's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 58.57. The lowest was 24.18. And the median was 35.76.

LTS:0LOZ's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
55.25% of 648 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 32.41 vs LTS:0LOZ: 27.93

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.

VeriSign's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $2.547. 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 $7.19 for the trailing ten years ended in Sep. 2024.

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VeriSign Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

VeriSign Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 48.64 47.79 46.75 33.41 30.71

VeriSign Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 30.46 30.71 27.22 25.22 26.45

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

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, VeriSign'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.


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

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

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



VeriSign 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=200.67/7.19
=27.91

* 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.

VeriSign's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Sep. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Sep. 2024)
=2.547/133.0289*133.0289
=2.547

Current CPI (Sep. 2024) = 133.0289.

VeriSign Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 1.187 99.070 1.594
201503 0.894 99.621 1.194
201506 1.247 100.684 1.648
201509 1.128 100.392 1.495
201512 1.462 99.792 1.949
201603 1.083 100.470 1.434
201606 1.233 101.688 1.613
201609 0.169 101.861 0.221
201612 1.581 101.863 2.065
201703 1.113 102.862 1.439
201706 1.382 103.349 1.779
201709 1.233 104.136 1.575
201712 1.532 104.011 1.959
201803 0.667 105.290 0.843
201806 1.549 106.317 1.938
201809 1.444 106.507 1.804
201812 1.739 105.998 2.182
201903 1.481 107.251 1.837
201906 1.288 108.070 1.585
201909 1.660 108.329 2.038
201912 1.571 108.420 1.928
202003 1.448 108.902 1.769
202006 1.769 108.767 2.164
202009 1.085 109.815 1.314
202012 1.654 109.897 2.002
202103 1.691 111.754 2.013
202106 1.110 114.631 1.288
202109 2.191 115.734 2.518
202112 1.732 117.630 1.959
202203 1.818 121.301 1.994
202206 1.275 125.017 1.357
202209 2.384 125.227 2.533
202212 1.975 125.222 2.098
202303 2.412 127.348 2.520
202306 1.335 128.729 1.380
202309 2.104 129.860 2.155
202312 1.953 129.419 2.007
202403 2.512 131.776 2.536
202406 1.527 132.554 1.532
202409 2.547 133.029 2.547

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.


VeriSign  (LTS:0LOZ) 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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Verisign is the sole authorized registry for several generic top-level domains, including the widely utilized .com and .net top-level domains. The company operates critical internet infrastructure to support the domain name system, including operating two of the world's 13 root servers that are used to route internet traffic. In 2018, the firm sold off its Security Services business, signalling a renewed focus on the core registry business.

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