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Global Education Communities (TSX:GEC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 5.60 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Global Education Communities Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Global Education Communities's current share price is C$0.28. Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was C$0.05. Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 5.60.

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

TSX:GEC' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.2   Med: 20   Max: 77
Current: 5.53

During the past years, Global Education Communities's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 77.00. The lowest was 3.20. And the median was 20.00.

TSX:GEC's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
80.26% of 76 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 12.55 vs TSX:GEC: 5.53

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.

Global Education Communities's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was C$0.001. 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$0.05 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2025.

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Global Education Communities Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Education Communities'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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Global Education Communities Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Global Education Communities Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 97.70 20.53 17.26 7.67 5.12

Global Education Communities Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
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 7.65 9.60 5.12 4.45 4.06

Competitive Comparison of Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Global Education Communities'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.


Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Global Education Communities 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.

Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=0.28/0.05
=5.60

* 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.

Global Education Communities's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Global Education Communities's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Feb. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2025)
=0.001/128.7859*128.7859
=0.001

Current CPI (Feb. 2025) = 128.7859.

Global Education Communities Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201505 0.009 100.263 0.012
201508 0.011 100.579 0.014
201511 -0.013 100.421 -0.017
201602 -0.013 100.421 -0.017
201605 0.010 101.765 0.013
201608 -0.010 101.686 -0.013
201611 0.081 101.607 0.103
201702 0.024 102.476 0.030
201705 -0.013 103.108 -0.016
201708 0.014 103.108 0.017
201711 -0.024 103.740 -0.030
201802 0.124 104.688 0.153
201805 0.107 105.399 0.131
201808 -0.008 106.031 -0.010
201811 -0.004 105.478 -0.005
201902 -0.006 106.268 -0.007
201905 -0.023 107.927 -0.027
201908 -0.104 108.085 -0.124
201911 0.021 107.769 0.025
202002 -0.053 108.559 -0.063
202005 0.028 107.532 0.034
202008 0.062 108.243 0.074
202011 0.026 108.796 0.031
202102 0.028 109.745 0.033
202105 0.076 111.404 0.088
202108 0.065 112.668 0.074
202111 -0.043 113.932 -0.049
202202 0.012 115.986 0.013
202205 0.103 120.016 0.111
202208 -0.033 120.569 -0.035
202211 -0.012 121.675 -0.013
202302 -0.048 122.070 -0.051
202305 -0.021 124.045 -0.022
202308 0.148 125.389 0.152
202311 -0.018 125.468 -0.018
202402 -0.128 125.468 -0.131
202405 -0.024 127.601 -0.024
202408 0.110 127.838 0.111
202411 -0.004 127.838 -0.004
202502 0.001 128.786 0.001

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.


Global Education Communities  (TSX:GEC) 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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Global Education Communities Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
777 West Broadway, Suite 1200, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V5Z 4J7
Global Education Communities Corp is an educational and student-housing real estate company. Its business operations include education, media communications, revenue-producing properties, and real estate development. The company currently has five main business units, namely Sprott Shaw College Corp. (SSCC), Sprott Shaw Language College (SSLC), including Vancouver International College (VIC), CIBT School of Business & Technology (CIBT), IRIX Design Group Inc. (IRIX) and Global Education City Holdings Inc. (GECH). The majority of the company's revenue is generated from its Sprott Shaw College Corp. (SSCC) unit.
Executives
Cibt Education Group Inc Issuer
Shane Weir Director
Derek Yiyi Feng Director

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