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WSP Global (WSP Global) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 37.79 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is WSP Global Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-15), WSP Global's current share price is $157.95. WSP Global's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $4.18. WSP Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 37.79.

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

WSPOF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 21.25   Med: 30.96   Max: 43.77
Current: 39.25

During the past years, WSP Global's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 43.77. The lowest was 21.25. And the median was 30.96.

WSPOF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
75.64% of 583 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 18.04 vs WSPOF: 39.25

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.

WSP Global's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.228. 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 $4.18 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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WSP Global Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

WSP Global Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 29.61 33.13 42.19 31.66 33.37

WSP Global Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 35.32 34.72 37.24 33.37 40.66

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

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, WSP Global'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.


WSP Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, WSP Global's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



WSP Global 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=157.95/4.18
=37.79

* 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.

WSP Global's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, WSP Global's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-0.228/125.4675*125.4675
=-0.228

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 125.4675.

WSP Global Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.421 99.473 0.531
201409 -0.233 99.394 -0.294
201412 2.145 98.367 2.736
201503 -1.525 99.789 -1.917
201506 0.685 100.500 0.855
201509 0.108 100.421 0.135
201512 1.323 99.947 1.661
201603 0.049 101.054 0.061
201606 0.046 102.002 0.057
201609 -0.176 101.765 -0.217
201612 1.843 101.449 2.279
201703 0.033 102.634 0.040
201706 -0.212 103.029 -0.258
201709 0.155 103.345 0.188
201712 2.245 103.345 2.726
201803 0.259 105.004 0.309
201806 -0.125 105.557 -0.149
201809 1.743 105.636 2.070
201812 2.038 105.399 2.426
201903 0.005 106.979 0.006
201906 0.551 107.690 0.642
201909 1.706 107.611 1.989
201912 2.495 107.769 2.905
202003 -0.136 107.927 -0.158
202006 3.318 108.401 3.840
202009 1.460 108.164 1.694
202012 2.404 108.559 2.778
202103 1.025 110.298 1.166
202106 0.861 111.720 0.967
202109 1.454 112.905 1.616
202112 2.981 113.774 3.287
202203 -0.698 117.646 -0.744
202206 0.630 120.806 0.654
202209 0.761 120.648 0.791
202212 3.151 120.964 3.268
202303 -0.275 122.702 -0.281
202306 0.217 124.203 0.219
202309 0.655 125.230 0.656
202312 4.211 125.468 4.211
202403 -0.228 125.468 -0.228

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.


WSP Global  (OTCPK:WSPOF) 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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WSP Global (WSP Global) Business Description

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Address
1600, Rene-Levesque Bouleverd West, 11th Floor, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3H 1P9
WSP Global Inc provides engineering and design services to clients in the Transportation and Infrastructure, Property and Buildings, Environment, Power and Energy, Resources, and Industry sectors. It also offers strategic advisory services. The firm operates through four reportable segments namely, Canada, Americas ( US and Latin America), EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), and APAC (Asia Pacific, comprising Australia, New Zealand and Asia).