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PTC (PTC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 57.76 (As of Jul. 13, 2025)


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What is PTC Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-13), PTC's current share price is $193.505. PTC's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.35. PTC's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 57.76.

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

PTC' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 21.79   Med: 53.88   Max: 83.85
Current: 58.04

During the past years, PTC's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 83.85. The lowest was 21.79. And the median was 53.88.

PTC's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
69.36% of 705 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 31.55 vs PTC: 58.04

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.

PTC's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $2.304. 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 $3.35 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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PTC Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

PTC Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 51.77 61.95 46.49 54.03 60.43

PTC Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 65.83 61.52 60.43 57.81 46.21

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, PTC'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.


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

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

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


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PTC 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=193.505/3.35
=57.76

* 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.

PTC's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, PTC's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=2.304/134.9266*134.9266
=2.304

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

PTC Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.692 100.684 0.927
201509 -0.196 100.392 -0.263
201512 0.500 99.792 0.676
201603 0.386 100.470 0.518
201606 0.447 101.688 0.593
201609 0.036 101.861 0.048
201612 -0.477 101.863 -0.632
201703 0.594 102.862 0.779
201706 0.600 103.349 0.783
201709 0.217 104.136 0.281
201712 0.141 104.011 0.183
201803 0.898 105.290 1.151
201806 0.355 106.317 0.451
201809 0.373 106.507 0.473
201812 -0.076 105.998 -0.097
201903 1.015 107.251 1.277
201906 0.510 108.070 0.637
201909 0.427 108.329 0.532
201912 0.024 108.420 0.030
202003 0.709 108.902 0.878
202006 0.760 108.767 0.943
202009 0.249 109.815 0.306
202012 0.938 109.897 1.152
202103 0.983 111.754 1.187
202106 0.713 114.631 0.839
202109 0.271 115.734 0.316
202112 1.129 117.630 1.295
202203 1.156 121.301 1.286
202206 0.943 125.017 1.018
202209 0.236 125.227 0.254
202212 1.446 125.222 1.558
202303 1.740 127.348 1.844
202306 1.375 128.729 1.441
202309 0.360 129.860 0.374
202312 1.520 129.419 1.585
202403 2.047 131.776 2.096
202406 1.756 132.554 1.787
202409 0.739 133.029 0.750
202412 1.945 133.157 1.971
202503 2.304 134.927 2.304

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.


PTC  (NAS:PTC) 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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PTC Business Description

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PTC offers high-end computer-assisted design (Creo) and product lifecycle management (Windchill) software as well as Internet of Things and AR industrial solutions. Founded in 1985, PTC has 28,000 customers, with revenue stemming mostly from North America and Europe.
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