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VIVUS Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data
The historical data trend for VIVUS'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.
Competitive Comparison of VIVUS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
For the Biotechnology subindustry, VIVUS'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.
VIVUS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, VIVUS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where VIVUS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.
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.
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.
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.
VIVUS Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Related Terms
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VIVUS Inc is a US-based biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing and commercializing, next-generation therapies to address unmet medical needs in human health. Its commercial products include Qsymia, an adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in adult patients with an initial body mass index; PANCREAZE which is a is a pancreatic enzyme preparation consisting of pancrelipase, an extract derived from porcine pancreatic glands, as well as other enzyme classes and STENDRA/SPEDRA, which is an oral phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.
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