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WFCF (Where Food Comes From) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 36.18 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Where Food Comes From Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-12-13), Where Food Comes From's current share price is $12.30. Where Food Comes From's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.34. Where Food Comes From's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 36.18.

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

WFCF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 29.94   Med: 68   Max: 1160
Current: 36.05

During the past years, Where Food Comes From's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 1160.00. The lowest was 29.94. And the median was 68.00.

WFCF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
52.7% of 647 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 32.57 vs WFCF: 36.05

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.

Where Food Comes From's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.163. 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 $0.34 for the trailing ten years ended in Sep. 2024.

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Where Food Comes From Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Where Food Comes From'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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Where Food Comes From Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Where Food Comes From Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Where Food Comes From Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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Competitive Comparison of Where Food Comes From's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Application subindustry, Where Food Comes From'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.


Where Food Comes From's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Where Food Comes From's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Where Food Comes From 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.

Where Food Comes From's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=12.30/0.34
=36.18

* 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.

Where Food Comes From's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Where Food Comes From's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Sep. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Sep. 2024)
=0.163/133.0289*133.0289
=0.163

Current CPI (Sep. 2024) = 133.0289.

Where Food Comes From Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 0.012 99.070 0.016
201503 0.066 99.621 0.088
201506 0.076 100.684 0.100
201509 0.085 100.392 0.113
201512 -0.088 99.792 -0.117
201603 0.122 100.470 0.162
201606 -0.001 101.688 -0.001
201609 0.008 101.861 0.010
201612 -0.038 101.863 -0.050
201703 0.125 102.862 0.162
201706 -0.001 103.349 -0.001
201709 0.118 104.136 0.151
201712 -0.150 104.011 -0.192
201803 0.187 105.290 0.236
201806 -0.033 106.317 -0.041
201809 0.054 106.507 0.067
201812 -0.080 105.998 -0.100
201903 0.169 107.251 0.210
201906 0.012 108.070 0.015
201909 0.151 108.329 0.185
201912 0.070 108.420 0.086
202003 0.126 108.902 0.154
202006 0.101 108.767 0.124
202009 0.055 109.815 0.067
202012 0.037 109.897 0.045
202103 0.160 111.754 0.190
202106 0.080 114.631 0.093
202109 0.222 115.734 0.255
202112 -0.008 117.630 -0.009
202203 0.180 121.301 0.197
202206 0.157 125.017 0.167
202209 0.120 125.227 0.127
202212 -0.069 125.222 -0.073
202303 0.080 127.348 0.084
202306 0.140 128.729 0.145
202309 0.222 129.860 0.227
202312 0.029 129.419 0.030
202403 0.123 131.776 0.124
202406 0.204 132.554 0.205
202409 0.163 133.029 0.163

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.


Where Food Comes From  (NAS:WFCF) 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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Where Food Comes From Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
202 6th Street, Suite 400, Castle Rock, CO, USA, 80104
Where Food Comes From Inc is a third-party food verification company. It offers food production audits and uses verification processes to ensure that claims made by food producers and processors are accurate. The company supports farmers, ranchers, vineyards, wineries, processors, retailers, distributors, trade associations, and restaurants with a wide variety of value-added services provided through its family of verifiers, including IMI Global, International Certification Services, Validus Verification Services, and others. The company operates in two segments that are verification and certification and Software Sales and Related Consulting. It generates the majority of its revenue from verification and certification.
Executives
Pete Lapaseotes director 221 WILCOX ST., SUITE A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
Dannette Henning officer: CFO 221 WILCOX STREET, SUITE A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
Graeme P. Rein director 221 WILCOX ST, SUITE A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
Michael Duane Smith director, 10 percent owner 221 WILCOX ST, SUITE A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
John K Saunders director, officer: CEO 221 WILCOX STREET #A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
Leann Saunders director, officer: President 221 WILCOX ST., SUITE A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
Tom Heinen director 221 WILCOX ST., SUITE A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
Gary Chester Smith director 221 WILCOX ST., SUITE A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
Adam Larson director 221 WILCOX ST., SUITE A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
Robert Vanschoick director 221 WILCOX ST., SUITE A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104