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Charter Communications (XTER:CQD) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Charter Communications Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Charter Communications Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

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Charter Communications Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Charter Communications 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 56.79 60.17 41.31 16.69 17.10

Charter Communications 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 17.09 17.10 19.80 17.10 12.71

Competitive Comparison of Charter Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Charter Communications'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.


Charter Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Charter Communications's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Charter Communications 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.

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

For example, Charter Communications'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)
=2.187/129.4194*129.4194
=2.187

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Charter Communications Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.528 100.560 0.680
201409 -0.489 100.428 -0.630
201412 0.724 99.070 0.946
201503 0.924 99.621 1.200
201506 1.393 100.684 1.791
201509 1.808 100.392 2.331
201512 0.724 99.792 0.939
201603 -0.539 100.470 -0.694
201606 2.273 101.688 2.893
201609 3.239 101.861 4.115
201612 5.604 101.863 7.120
201703 3.895 102.862 4.901
201706 3.809 103.349 4.770
201709 1.929 104.136 2.397
201712 2.652 104.011 3.300
201803 -0.165 105.290 -0.203
201806 2.903 106.317 3.534
201809 1.952 106.507 2.372
201812 3.381 105.998 4.128
201903 2.508 107.251 3.026
201906 4.356 108.070 5.217
201909 5.190 108.329 6.200
201912 6.489 108.420 7.746
202003 5.830 108.902 6.928
202006 7.857 108.767 9.349
202009 7.135 109.815 8.409
202012 6.543 109.897 7.705
202103 7.569 111.754 8.765
202106 8.622 114.631 9.734
202109 11.245 115.734 12.575
202112 11.221 117.630 12.346
202203 9.366 121.301 9.993
202206 8.668 125.017 8.973
202209 10.280 125.227 10.624
202212 6.888 125.222 7.119
202303 4.039 127.348 4.105
202306 4.095 128.729 4.117
202309 6.826 129.860 6.803
202312 6.461 129.419 6.461
202403 2.187 129.419 2.187

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.


Charter Communications  (XTER:CQD) 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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Charter Communications (XTER:CQD) Business Description

Address
400 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT, USA, 06902
Charter is the product of the 2016 merger of three cable companies, each with a decades-long history in the business: Legacy Charter, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The firm now holds networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 56 million U.S. homes and businesses, around 40% of the country. Across this footprint, Charter serves 30 million residential and 2 million commercial customer accounts under the Spectrum brand, making it the second-largest U.S. cable company behind Comcast. The firm also owns, in whole or in part, sports and news networks, including Spectrum SportsNet (long-term local rights to Los Angeles Lakers games), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles Dodgers), SportsNet New York (New York Mets), and Spectrum News NY1.

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