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QTRHF (Quarterhill) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 9.27 (As of Jun. 03, 2025)


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What is Quarterhill Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-03), Quarterhill's current share price is $1.02. Quarterhill's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.11. Quarterhill's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 9.27.

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

QTRHF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.32   Med: 11.31   Max: 279
Current: 9.44

During the past years, Quarterhill's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 279.00. The lowest was 6.32. And the median was 11.31.

QTRHF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
86.45% of 1004 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 27.435 vs QTRHF: 9.44

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.

Quarterhill's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.040. 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 $0.11 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Quarterhill Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Quarterhill Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.34 16.69 8.23 10.10 10.54

Quarterhill 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 11.44 10.81 10.17 10.54 9.78

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Quarterhill'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.


Quarterhill's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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


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Quarterhill 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=1.02/0.11
=9.27

* 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.

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

For example, Quarterhill'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)
=-0.04/129.1809*129.1809
=-0.040

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 129.1809.

Quarterhill Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.050 100.500 0.064
201509 -0.077 100.421 -0.099
201512 0.061 99.947 0.079
201603 0.098 101.054 0.125
201606 0.141 102.002 0.179
201609 0.027 101.765 0.034
201612 0.060 101.449 0.076
201703 0.071 102.634 0.089
201706 0.025 103.029 0.031
201709 0.077 103.345 0.096
201712 0.412 103.345 0.515
201803 -0.056 105.004 -0.069
201806 -0.021 105.557 -0.026
201809 -0.078 105.636 -0.095
201812 0.075 105.399 0.092
201903 -0.102 106.979 -0.123
201906 0.292 107.690 0.350
201909 -0.115 107.611 -0.138
201912 -0.016 107.769 -0.019
202003 0.052 107.927 0.062
202006 -0.045 108.401 -0.054
202009 0.027 108.164 0.032
202012 0.196 108.559 0.233
202103 -0.041 110.298 -0.048
202106 0.012 111.720 0.014
202109 -0.079 112.905 -0.090
202112 -0.029 113.774 -0.033
202203 -0.057 117.646 -0.063
202206 0.516 120.806 0.552
202209 -0.194 120.648 -0.208
202212 -0.031 120.964 -0.033
202303 -0.084 122.702 -0.088
202306 -0.100 124.203 -0.104
202309 -0.015 125.230 -0.015
202312 -0.005 125.072 -0.005
202403 -0.096 126.258 -0.098
202406 -0.002 127.522 -0.002
202409 -0.032 127.285 -0.032
202412 0.044 127.364 0.045
202503 -0.040 129.181 -0.040

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.


Quarterhill  (OTCPK:QTRHF) 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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Quarterhill Business Description

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Address
200 Bay Street, North Tower, Suite 1200, Po Box 96, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2J2
Quarterhill Inc is focused on the acquisition, management, and growth of companies in the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and innovation and licensing industries. It operates in two segments Licensing, which includes companies that count licensing as their principal business activity, and Intelligent Transportation Systems, which include companies that provide integrated systems and solutions to the ITS industry and its adjacent markets. Its geographical segments are the United States, Canada, Chile, China, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and the Rest of the world. The majority of the revenue comes from the United States.