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Cipher Pharmaceuticals (TSX:CPH) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 16.49 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is Cipher Pharmaceuticals Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), Cipher Pharmaceuticals's current share price is C$12.37. Cipher Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$0.75. Cipher Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 16.49.

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

TSX:CPH' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 6.24   Max: 220.33
Current: 16.5

During the past years, Cipher Pharmaceuticals's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 220.33. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 6.24.

TSX:CPH's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
76.62% of 325 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 31.58 vs TSX:CPH: 16.50

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.

Cipher Pharmaceuticals's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$0.231. 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 C$0.75 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Cipher Pharmaceuticals Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Cipher Pharmaceuticals 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 1.98 3.15 6.19 8.02 20.87

Cipher Pharmaceuticals 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 13.45 12.06 23.27 20.87 17.01

Competitive Comparison of Cipher Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Cipher Pharmaceuticals'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.


Cipher Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Cipher Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Cipher Pharmaceuticals 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=12.37/0.75
=16.49

* 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.

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

For example, Cipher Pharmaceuticals'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)
=0.231/129.1809*129.1809
=0.231

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 129.1809.

Cipher Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.096 100.500 0.123
201509 0.092 100.421 0.118
201512 0.068 99.947 0.088
201603 0.106 101.054 0.136
201606 0.264 102.002 0.334
201609 0.242 101.765 0.307
201612 0.245 101.449 0.312
201703 0.057 102.634 0.072
201706 0.221 103.029 0.277
201709 0.330 103.345 0.413
201712 0.341 103.345 0.426
201803 0.146 105.004 0.180
201806 0.003 105.557 0.004
201809 0.014 105.636 0.017
201812 0.062 105.399 0.076
201903 0.018 106.979 0.022
201906 0.159 107.690 0.191
201909 0.095 107.611 0.114
201912 0.098 107.769 0.117
202003 0.239 107.927 0.286
202006 0.096 108.401 0.114
202009 -0.088 108.164 -0.105
202012 0.290 108.559 0.345
202103 0.200 110.298 0.234
202106 0.146 111.720 0.169
202109 0.024 112.905 0.027
202112 0.279 113.774 0.317
202203 0.094 117.646 0.103
202206 0.158 120.806 0.169
202209 0.219 120.648 0.234
202212 0.073 120.964 0.078
202303 0.250 122.702 0.263
202306 0.152 124.203 0.158
202309 0.314 125.230 0.324
202312 0.131 125.072 0.135
202403 0.135 126.258 0.138
202406 0.347 127.522 0.352
202409 0.104 127.285 0.106
202412 0.484 127.364 0.491
202503 0.231 129.181 0.231

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.


Cipher Pharmaceuticals  (TSX:CPH) 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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Cipher Pharmaceuticals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5750 Explorer Drive, Suite 404, Mississauga, ON, CAN, L4W 0A9
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a diversified portfolio of commercial and early to late-stage products. The Company is building its business through product acquisitions, out-licensing and in-licensing arrangements. Its products include Dermatology Products, Hospital Acute Care Products, specialty medicines, and Out-Licensed Products among others. The company's geographical operational areas include Canada and the United States.
Executives
Harold Morton Wolkin Director
Christian Godin Director
Bryan Jacobs Senior Officer
Scott Langille Senior Officer
Nadine Jutlah Senior Officer
Arthur Marie Joseph Ghislain Deboeck Director
Mark Beaudet Director

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