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IRIS Group (XBRU:IRIS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is IRIS Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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IRIS Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for IRIS Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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IRIS Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

IRIS Group Annual Data
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IRIS Group Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of IRIS Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Application subindustry, IRIS 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.


IRIS Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



IRIS 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.

IRIS Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec11 is calculated as:

For example, IRIS Group's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec11 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec11 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec11)
=3.946/96.3603*96.3603
=3.946

Current CPI (Dec11) = 96.3603.

IRIS Group Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
200212 -1.116 78.244 -1.374
200312 2.245 79.602 2.718
200412 3.072 81.415 3.636
200512 2.899 83.764 3.335
200612 -0.479 85.142 -0.542
200712 2.656 87.768 2.916
200812 -0.236 90.077 -0.252
200912 1.482 90.315 1.581
201012 -0.693 93.120 -0.717
201112 3.946 96.360 3.946

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.


IRIS Group  (XBRU:IRIS) 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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