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DATA Communications Management (DATA Communications Management) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 0.54 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is DATA Communications Management Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), DATA Communications Management's current share price is $2.393. DATA Communications Management's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.41. DATA Communications Management's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 0.54.

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

DCMDF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.03   Max: 0.61
Current: 0.56

During the past years, DATA Communications Management's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 0.61. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.03.

DCMDF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
99.44% of 356 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 17.405 vs DCMDF: 0.56

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.

DATA Communications Management's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.113. 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 $4.41 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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DATA Communications Management Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for DATA Communications Management'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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DATA Communications Management Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

DATA Communications Management 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 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.12 0.44

DATA Communications Management Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.12 0.23 0.32 0.30 0.44

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

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, DATA Communications Management'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.


DATA Communications Management's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, DATA Communications Management's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



DATA Communications Management 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.

DATA Communications Management's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=2.393/4.41
=0.54

* 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.

DATA Communications Management's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, DATA Communications Management's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.113/125.4675*125.4675
=0.113

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

DATA Communications Management Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.826 98.604 1.051
201406 -4.925 99.473 -6.212
201409 17.494 99.394 22.083
201412 10.593 98.367 13.511
201503 6.609 99.789 8.310
201506 6.146 100.500 7.673
201509 0.850 100.421 1.062
201512 -0.051 99.947 -0.064
201603 0.112 101.054 0.139
201606 0.528 102.002 0.649
201609 -0.385 101.765 -0.475
201612 0.232 101.449 0.287
201703 -0.110 102.634 -0.134
201706 0.117 103.029 0.142
201709 -0.099 103.345 -0.120
201712 0.012 103.345 0.015
201803 0.169 105.004 0.202
201806 0.122 105.557 0.145
201809 0.014 105.636 0.017
201812 0.031 105.399 0.037
201903 0.273 106.979 0.320
201906 0.071 107.690 0.083
201909 -0.684 107.611 -0.797
201912 0.069 107.769 0.080
202003 0.033 107.927 0.038
202006 0.227 108.401 0.263
202009 0.281 108.164 0.326
202012 0.277 108.559 0.320
202103 0.183 110.298 0.208
202106 0.081 111.720 0.091
202109 0.069 112.905 0.077
202112 0.079 113.774 0.087
202203 0.076 117.646 0.081
202206 -0.047 120.806 -0.049
202209 0.134 120.648 0.139
202212 0.218 120.964 0.226
202303 0.096 122.702 0.098
202306 0.116 124.203 0.117
202309 0.091 125.230 0.091
202312 0.113 125.468 0.113

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.


DATA Communications Management  (OTCPK:DCMDF) 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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DATA Communications Management (DATA Communications Management) Business Description

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Address
9195 Torbram Road, Brampton, ON, CAN, L6S 6H2
DATA Communications Management Corp is a communication solutions partner that adds value for companies across North America by creating connections with their customers. The company serves many brands in the markets including financial services, retail, healthcare, energy, other regulated industries, and the public sector. It generates the majority of its revenue from its product sale. It purchases a product from third-party vendors and resells that to its customers.