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Deluxe (Deluxe) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 4.34 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is Deluxe Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-27), Deluxe's current share price is $22.43. Deluxe's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $5.17. Deluxe's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 4.34.

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

DLX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.68   Med: 9.66   Max: 17.17
Current: 4.34

During the past years, Deluxe's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 17.17. The lowest was 2.68. And the median was 9.66.

DLX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
83.8% of 358 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 16.61 vs DLX: 4.34

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.

Deluxe's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.138. 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 $5.17 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Deluxe Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Deluxe 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 9.56 5.57 5.97 3.15 4.11

Deluxe 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 3.02 3.29 3.59 4.11 3.99

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

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Deluxe'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.


Deluxe's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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



Deluxe 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=22.43/5.17
=4.34

* 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.

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

For example, Deluxe'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)
=0.138/131.7762*131.7762
=0.138

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Deluxe Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.868 100.560 1.137
201409 1.353 100.428 1.775
201412 1.404 99.070 1.868
201503 1.377 99.621 1.821
201506 1.168 100.684 1.529
201509 1.246 100.392 1.636
201512 1.556 99.792 2.055
201603 1.271 100.470 1.667
201606 0.889 101.688 1.152
201609 1.426 101.861 1.845
201612 1.987 101.863 2.571
201703 1.300 102.862 1.665
201706 1.348 103.349 1.719
201709 1.297 104.136 1.641
201712 2.065 104.011 2.616
201803 1.390 105.290 1.740
201806 1.091 106.317 1.352
201809 1.232 106.507 1.524
201812 2.214 105.998 2.752
201903 0.699 107.251 0.859
201906 0.964 108.070 1.175
201909 2.012 108.329 2.447
201912 1.463 108.420 1.778
202003 0.290 108.902 0.351
202006 1.677 108.767 2.032
202009 0.989 109.815 1.187
202012 0.462 109.897 0.554
202103 0.421 111.754 0.496
202106 0.451 114.631 0.518
202109 0.719 115.734 0.819
202112 0.779 117.630 0.873
202203 0.310 121.301 0.337
202206 0.312 125.017 0.329
202209 0.531 125.227 0.559
202212 0.852 125.222 0.897
202303 -0.738 127.348 -0.764
202306 0.541 128.729 0.554
202309 0.977 129.860 0.991
202312 1.442 129.419 1.468
202403 0.138 131.776 0.138

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.


Deluxe  (NYSE:DLX) 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.


Deluxe Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Related Terms

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Deluxe (Deluxe) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
801 S. Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55402-2807
Deluxe Corporation engaged in providing payment solutions. The company operates in 4 segments. Payments includes merchant in-store, online and mobile payment solutions; treasury management solutions, including remittance and lockbox processing, remote deposit capture, receivables management, payment processing and paperless treasury management; payroll and disbursement services, including Deluxe Payment Exchange; and fraud and security services. Data Solutions includes data-driven marketing solutions; hosted solutions, including digital engagement, logo design; web hosting and design services. Promotional Solutions includes business forms, accessories, advertising specialties and promotional apparel. Checks includes printed business and personal checks.
Executives
Yogaraj Jeyaprakasam officer: Chief Tech. & Digital Officer 801 S MARQUETTE AVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Kristopher D Lazzaretti officer: President, Data Solutions 801 S MARQUETTE AVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Debra A Bradford officer: President, Merchant Services
William C Zint officer: SVP, Chief Financial Offier 801 S MARQUETTE AVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Jean L Herrick officer: SVP, CHRO 801 S MARQUETTE AVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Chad P Kurth officer: Chief Accounting Officer, PAO 801 S MARQUETTE AVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Scott C Bomar officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer 3680 VICTORIA STREET N, SHOREVIEW MN 55126
Telisa L Yancy director 3680 VICTORIA STREET N, SHOREVIEW MN 55126
Thomas Riccio officer: SVP, Division President 3680 VICTORIA STREET N, SHOREVIEW MN 55126
Paul R Garcia director 214 N TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Houwelingen Ronald Van officer: VP, Controller, PAO 3680 VICTORIA STREET N, SHOREVIEW MN 55126
Christopher Lee Thomas officer: SVP, CRO 3680 VICTORIA STREET N, SHOREVIEW MN 55126
William C Cobb director H&R BLOCK, INC., ONE H&R BLOCK WAY, KANSAS CITY MO 64105
Thomas Reddin director 11115 RUSHMORE DR, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Michael Aaron Reed officer: SVP & General Manager 3680 VICTORIA STREET N, SHOREVIEW MN 55126