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Six Flags Entertainment (STU:6FE) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 9.52 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Six Flags Entertainment Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-25), Six Flags Entertainment's current share price is €24.00. Six Flags Entertainment's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €2.52. Six Flags Entertainment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 9.52.

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

STU:6FE' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.77   Med: 24   Max: 316.92
Current: 9.49

During the past years, Six Flags Entertainment's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 316.92. The lowest was 3.77. And the median was 24.00.

STU:6FE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
77.3% of 348 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 21.895 vs STU:6FE: 9.49

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.

Six Flags Entertainment's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-0.740. 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 €2.52 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Six Flags Entertainment Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Six Flags Entertainment'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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Six Flags Entertainment Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Six Flags Entertainment 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 15.37 13.48 15.46 8.28 9.47

Six Flags Entertainment 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 9.37 9.21 8.44 9.47 9.54

Competitive Comparison of Six Flags Entertainment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Leisure subindustry, Six Flags Entertainment'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.


Six Flags Entertainment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Six Flags Entertainment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Six Flags Entertainment 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.

Six Flags Entertainment's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=24.00/2.52
=9.52

* 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.

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

For example, Six Flags Entertainment'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)
=-0.74/131.7762*131.7762
=-0.740

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Six Flags Entertainment Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.022 100.560 1.339
201409 1.578 100.428 2.071
201412 0.412 99.070 0.548
201503 -0.852 99.621 -1.127
201506 1.475 100.684 1.930
201509 2.032 100.392 2.667
201512 0.588 99.792 0.776
201603 -0.932 100.470 -1.222
201606 1.431 101.688 1.854
201609 2.042 101.861 2.642
201612 0.612 101.863 0.792
201703 -1.151 102.862 -1.475
201706 1.482 103.349 1.890
201709 2.222 104.136 2.812
201712 0.461 104.011 0.584
201803 -0.627 105.290 -0.785
201806 1.101 106.317 1.365
201809 1.860 106.507 2.301
201812 0.492 105.998 0.612
201903 -0.935 107.251 -1.149
201906 1.234 108.070 1.505
201909 2.005 108.329 2.439
201912 0.523 108.420 0.636
202003 -1.217 108.902 -1.473
202006 -0.760 108.767 -0.921
202009 -0.606 109.815 -0.727
202012 -0.434 109.897 -0.520
202103 -1.021 111.754 -1.204
202106 1.824 114.631 2.097
202109 1.530 115.734 1.742
202112 -0.318 117.630 -0.356
202203 -0.925 121.301 -1.005
202206 1.021 125.017 1.076
202209 1.356 125.227 1.427
202212 0.416 125.222 0.438
202303 -0.918 127.348 -0.950
202306 1.082 128.729 1.108
202309 1.346 129.860 1.366
202312 -0.556 129.419 -0.566
202403 -0.740 131.776 -0.740

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.


Six Flags Entertainment  (STU:6FE) 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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Six Flags Entertainment (STU:6FE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1000 Ballpark Way, Suite 400, Arlington, TX, USA, 76011
Six Flags Entertainment Corp owns and operate regional theme parks and water parks. The company operates around 27 theme parks and waterparks, 24 are located in the United States, two are located in Mexico and one is located in Montreal, Canada. The parks generally offer various rides, water attractions, themed areas, concerts, restaurants, game venues, and merchandise outlets.

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