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ePlus (STU:MLE) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 56.61 (As of Jun. 23, 2024)


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What is ePlus Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-23), ePlus's current share price is €68.50. ePlus's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €1.21. ePlus's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 56.61.

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

STU:MLE' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 54.65   Med: 283.81   Max: 1913.25
Current: 55.37

During the past years, ePlus's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 1913.25. The lowest was 54.65. And the median was 283.81.

STU:MLE's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
70.03% of 684 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.575 vs STU:MLE: 55.37

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.

ePlus's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €3.566. 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 €1.21 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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ePlus Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

ePlus Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,347.14 91.35 109.04 146.83 59.17

ePlus 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 146.83 195.63 175.17 80.62 59.17

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, ePlus'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.


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

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

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



ePlus 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=68.50/1.21
=56.61

* 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.

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

For example, ePlus'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)
=3.566/131.7762*131.7762
=3.566

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

ePlus Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.142 100.560 -0.186
201409 -0.187 100.428 -0.245
201412 -0.128 99.070 -0.170
201503 0.634 99.621 0.839
201506 0.453 100.684 0.593
201509 -1.586 100.392 -2.082
201512 0.075 99.792 0.099
201603 1.047 100.470 1.373
201606 -0.426 101.688 -0.552
201609 -1.071 101.861 -1.386
201612 2.362 101.863 3.056
201703 0.035 102.862 0.045
201706 -0.169 103.349 -0.215
201709 0.456 104.136 0.577
201712 0.985 104.011 1.248
201803 0.959 105.290 1.200
201806 -1.595 106.317 -1.977
201809 0.856 106.507 1.059
201812 0.559 105.998 0.695
201903 1.115 107.251 1.370
201906 -2.924 108.070 -3.565
201909 1.007 108.329 1.225
201912 -0.762 108.420 -0.926
202003 0.025 108.902 0.030
202006 0.137 108.767 0.166
202009 0.032 109.815 0.038
202012 -0.127 109.897 -0.152
202103 3.650 111.754 4.304
202106 -2.227 114.631 -2.560
202109 -2.503 115.734 -2.850
202112 0.274 117.630 0.307
202203 3.359 121.301 3.649
202206 -3.712 125.017 -3.913
202209 -0.659 125.227 -0.693
202212 -1.085 125.222 -1.142
202303 4.492 127.348 4.648
202306 -0.852 128.729 -0.872
202309 1.030 129.860 1.045
202312 4.502 129.419 4.584
202403 3.566 131.776 3.566

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.


ePlus  (STU:MLE) 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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