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The Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 71.86 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is The Descartes Systems Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), The Descartes Systems Group's current share price is C$158.09. The Descartes Systems Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was C$2.20. The Descartes Systems Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 71.86.

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

TSX:DSG' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 47.56   Med: 61.3   Max: 90.93
Current: 71.83

During the past years, The Descartes Systems Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 90.93. The lowest was 47.56. And the median was 61.30.

TSX:DSG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
75.18% of 701 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 30.01 vs TSX:DSG: 71.83

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.

The Descartes Systems Group's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was C$0.966. 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$2.20 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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The Descartes Systems Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Descartes Systems Group'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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The Descartes Systems Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

The Descartes Systems Group Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 73.74 69.62 59.19 61.40 76.55

The Descartes Systems Group Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
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 61.40 63.05 67.98 67.81 76.55

Competitive Comparison of The Descartes Systems Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Application subindustry, The Descartes Systems Group'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.


The Descartes Systems Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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The Descartes Systems Group 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.

The Descartes Systems Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=158.09/2.20
=71.86

* 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.

The Descartes Systems Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, The Descartes Systems Group's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=0.966/127.4427*127.4427
=0.966

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 127.4427.

The Descartes Systems Group Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201504 0.176 99.710 0.225
201507 0.193 100.579 0.245
201510 0.209 100.500 0.265
201601 0.286 100.184 0.364
201604 0.245 101.370 0.308
201607 0.255 101.844 0.319
201610 0.337 102.002 0.421
201701 0.321 102.318 0.400
201704 0.275 103.029 0.340
201707 0.268 103.029 0.332
201710 0.272 103.424 0.335
201801 0.295 104.056 0.361
201804 0.293 105.320 0.355
201807 0.291 106.110 0.350
201810 0.302 105.952 0.363
201901 0.335 105.557 0.404
201904 0.377 107.453 0.447
201907 0.413 108.243 0.486
201910 0.403 107.927 0.476
202001 0.388 108.085 0.457
202004 0.436 107.216 0.518
202007 0.520 108.401 0.611
202010 0.498 108.638 0.584
202101 0.526 109.192 0.614
202104 0.570 110.851 0.655
202107 0.661 112.431 0.749
202110 0.606 113.695 0.679
202201 0.651 114.801 0.723
202204 0.626 118.357 0.674
202207 0.668 120.964 0.704
202210 0.790 121.517 0.829
202301 0.759 121.596 0.795
202304 0.741 123.571 0.764
202307 0.759 124.914 0.774
202310 0.862 125.310 0.877
202401 0.773 125.072 0.788
202404 0.973 126.890 0.977
202407 0.520 128.075 0.517
202410 0.927 127.838 0.924
202501 0.966 127.443 0.966

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.


The Descartes Systems Group  (TSX:DSG) 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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The Descartes Systems Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
120 Randall Drive, Waterloo, ON, CAN, N2V 1C6
Descartes Systems Group provides a software solution that allows users in the shipping industry to communicate with one another. Its core product is the Global Logistics Network, which is best understood as transaction-driven. Descartes charges clients to send/receive messages, data, and documents on the GLN. Customers typically contract for a monthly minimum over a multiyear period. The GLN platform allows Descartes to upsell additional software modules as well, typically provided via a software-as-a-service model.
Executives
Andrew Roszko Senior Officer
Edward Ryan Senior Officer
Allan Brett Senior Officer
Edward James Gardner Senior Officer
Robert Parker Senior Officer
William Chad Murphy Senior Officer
John Scott Pagan Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6), Senior Officer
Raimond Diederik Senior Officer
Eric Demirian Director
Kenneth Edward Wood Senior Officer
Christopher Jones Senior Officer
Sandra Lynn Hanington Director
John Joseph Walker Director
Michael Verhoeve Senior Officer

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