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LendingTree (MEX:TREE) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 9.01 (As of Jun. 21, 2024)


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What is LendingTree Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-21), LendingTree's current share price is MXN524.00. LendingTree's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was MXN58.17. LendingTree's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 9.01.

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

MEX:TREE' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.34   Med: 90.29   Max: 299.43
Current: 8.98

During the past years, LendingTree's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 299.43. The lowest was 2.34. And the median was 90.29.

MEX:TREE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
54.55% of 22 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: 8.86 vs MEX:TREE: 8.98

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.

LendingTree's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was MXN3.703. 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 MXN58.17 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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LendingTree Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

LendingTree 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 87.85 72.28 20.13 5.25 6.62

LendingTree Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 6.21 5.05 3.43 6.62 9.01

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

For the Financial Conglomerates subindustry, LendingTree'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.


LendingTree's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, LendingTree's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



LendingTree 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=524.00/58.17
=9.01

* 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.

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

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=3.703/131.7762*131.7762
=3.703

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

LendingTree Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -1.621 100.560 -2.124
201409 -2.989 100.428 -3.922
201412 1.205 99.070 1.603
201503 5.070 99.621 6.706
201506 10.218 100.684 13.373
201509 18.764 100.392 24.630
201512 0.490 99.792 0.647
201603 10.576 100.470 13.871
201606 -3.338 101.688 -4.326
201609 27.370 101.861 35.408
201612 -5.859 101.863 -7.580
201703 20.114 102.862 25.768
201706 38.415 103.349 48.981
201709 17.767 104.136 22.483
201712 48.050 104.011 60.877
201803 14.163 105.290 17.726
201806 -10.114 106.317 -12.536
201809 51.242 106.507 63.400
201812 77.966 105.998 96.927
201903 21.170 107.251 26.011
201906 46.994 108.070 57.303
201909 42.446 108.329 51.633
201912 52.311 108.420 63.580
202003 40.346 108.902 48.821
202006 92.222 108.767 111.731
202009 -112.850 109.815 -135.418
202012 -20.177 109.897 -24.194
202103 -2.460 111.754 -2.901
202106 59.558 114.631 68.466
202109 34.652 115.734 39.455
202112 57.915 117.630 64.880
202203 10.084 121.301 10.955
202206 5.080 125.017 5.355
202209 11.990 125.227 12.617
202212 21.603 125.222 22.734
202303 14.916 127.348 15.435
202306 16.815 128.729 17.213
202309 17.955 129.860 18.220
202312 23.854 129.419 24.288
202403 3.703 131.776 3.703

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.


LendingTree  (MEX:TREE) 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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LendingTree (MEX:TREE) Business Description

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Address
1415 Vantage Park Drive, Suite 700, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28203
LendingTree Inc is a United States-based company that is principally engaged in operating an online loan marketplace. The company provides online tools and resources that can help consumers find loans or other credit-based offerings they need, including mortgage loans, reverse mortgage, home equity, personal loans, auto loans, credit cards, student loans, small business loans, and other related offerings. The company offers consumers direct access to a broad range of lenders. The company generates match fees by matching consumers with lenders, and closing fees from lenders on loans when a transaction is closed. The company operates business solely in the United States.