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Frontier Developments (STU:5FD) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 20.77 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Frontier Developments Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Frontier Developments's current share price is €2.70. Frontier Developments's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in May24 was €0.13. Frontier Developments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 20.77.

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

STU:5FD' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.22   Med: 159.13   Max: 1032.5
Current: 22.18

During the past 13 years, Frontier Developments's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 1032.50. The lowest was 13.22. And the median was 159.13.

STU:5FD's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
51.06% of 141 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 23.26 vs STU:5FD: 22.18

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.

Frontier Developments's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in May24 was €0.038. 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 €0.13 for the trailing ten years ended in May24.

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Frontier Developments Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Frontier Developments Annual Data
Trend May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Frontier Developments Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Frontier Developments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Frontier Developments'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.


Frontier Developments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

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

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


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Frontier Developments 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=2.70/0.13
=20.77

* 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.

Frontier Developments's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in May24 is calculated as:

For example, Frontier Developments's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in May24 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of May24 (Change)*Current CPI (May24)
=0.038/132.7000*132.7000
=0.038

Current CPI (May24) = 132.7000.

Frontier Developments Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201505 0.103 100.100 0.137
201605 -0.059 100.800 -0.078
201705 0.131 103.500 0.168
201805 -0.230 105.900 -0.288
201905 0.444 107.900 0.546
202005 0.300 108.600 0.367
202105 0.174 111.000 0.208
202205 0.070 119.700 0.078
202305 0.132 129.100 0.136
202405 0.038 132.700 0.038

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.


Frontier Developments  (STU:5FD) 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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Frontier Developments Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Milton Road, 26 Science Park, Cambridge, GBR, CB4 0FP
Frontier Developments PLC develops video games for interactive entertainment sector. It develops games using its Cobra proprietary cross-platform technology along with industry-standard software packages, allowing code and resources developed on PC to be compiled. Its games include RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, LostWinds, Kinectimals, Kinect Disneyland Adventures and Coaster Crazy games. It has one reportable segment: Self-Published Work. Business operations are based in the UK and its North American subsidiary, Frontier Developments Inc. in the United States. The company has one operating segment, being revenue from publishing games and revenue from other streams such as royalties and licensing.

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