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PCTY (Paylocity Holding) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 92.90 (As of May. 01, 2025)


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What is Paylocity Holding Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-05-01), Paylocity Holding's current share price is $194.16. Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $2.09. Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 92.90.

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

PCTY' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 72.11   Med: 117.18   Max: 273.13
Current: 93.14

During the past years, Paylocity Holding's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 273.13. The lowest was 72.11. And the median was 117.18.

PCTY's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
80.14% of 700 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.28 vs PCTY: 93.14

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.

Paylocity Holding's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $0.649. 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 $2.09 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2024.

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Paylocity Holding Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Paylocity Holding Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 180.24 143.82 70.34

Paylocity Holding Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 111.40 98.05 70.34 81.63 95.39

Competitive Comparison of Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Application subindustry, Paylocity Holding'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.


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

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

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


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Paylocity Holding 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=194.16/2.09
=92.90

* 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.

Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2024)
=0.649/133.1571*133.1571
=0.649

Current CPI (Dec. 2024) = 133.1571.

Paylocity Holding Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201503 0.119 99.621 0.159
201506 -0.068 100.684 -0.090
201509 -0.013 100.392 -0.017
201512 0.016 99.792 0.021
201603 0.212 100.470 0.281
201606 -0.059 101.688 -0.077
201609 -0.077 101.861 -0.101
201612 0.059 101.863 0.077
201703 0.375 102.862 0.485
201706 0.141 103.349 0.182
201709 0.032 104.136 0.041
201712 0.315 104.011 0.403
201803 0.536 105.290 0.678
201806 0.217 106.317 0.272
201809 -0.002 106.507 -0.003
201812 0.316 105.998 0.397
201903 0.676 107.251 0.839
201906 0.516 108.070 0.636
201909 -0.116 108.329 -0.143
201912 0.323 108.420 0.397
202003 0.741 108.902 0.906
202006 0.310 108.767 0.380
202009 -0.205 109.815 -0.249
202012 0.183 109.897 0.222
202103 1.013 111.754 1.207
202106 0.549 114.631 0.638
202109 -0.292 115.734 -0.336
202112 0.263 117.630 0.298
202203 1.160 121.301 1.273
202206 0.686 125.017 0.731
202209 0.053 125.227 0.056
202212 0.874 125.222 0.929
202303 2.020 127.348 2.112
202306 0.868 128.729 0.898
202309 0.791 129.860 0.811
202312 1.004 129.419 1.033
202403 2.576 131.776 2.603
202406 1.007 132.554 1.012
202409 1.300 133.029 1.301
202412 0.649 133.157 0.649

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.


Paylocity Holding  (NAS:PCTY) 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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Paylocity Holding Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1400 American Lane, Schaumburg, IL, USA, 60173
Paylocity is a provider of payroll and human capital management solutions servicing small- to midsize clients in the United States. The company was founded in 1997 and targets businesses with 10-5,000 employees and services about 39,000 clients as of fiscal 2024. Alongside core payroll services, Paylocity offers HCM solutions such as time and attendance and recruiting software as well as workplace collaboration and communication tools.
Executives
Steven I Sarowitz director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman 3850 N. WILKE ROAD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Joshua Scutt officer: Senior Vice President Sales 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Andrew Cappotelli officer: Chief Accounting Officer 3850 N. WILKE RD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Nicholas Rost officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Ryan Glenn officer: CFO and Treasurer 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBERG IL 60173
Jeffrey T Diehl director, 10 percent owner ONE NORTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 2200, CHICAGO IL 60606-2823
Rachit Lohani officer: Chief Technology Officer 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Bernard Robinson Kenneth director 9417 FOX CREEK LANE, MASON OH 45040
Ronald V Waters director 75 EAST ELM STREET, CHICAGO IL 60611
Toby J. Williams officer: Chief Financial Officer 3850 N. WILKE ROAD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Steven R Beauchamp director, officer: President and CEO 3850 N. WILKE ROAD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Katherine Ross officer: Sr Vice President Operations 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Linda M. Breard director 3600 136 PLACE SE, SUITE 300, BELLEVUE WA 98006
Mark S Kinsey officer: Senior VP of Operations 3850 N WILKE ROAD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Michael R Haske officer: Senior VP of Sales & Marketing 3850 N. WILKE ROAD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004