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Data Storage (Data Storage) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 34.20 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Data Storage Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Data Storage's current share price is $5.13. Data Storage's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.15. Data Storage's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 34.20.

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

DTST' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.45   Med: 29.3   Max: 67.2
Current: 31.87

During the past years, Data Storage's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 67.20. The lowest was 13.45. And the median was 29.30.

DTST's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
53.43% of 670 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.305 vs DTST: 31.87

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 Storage's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.196. 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 $0.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Data Storage Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Data Storage'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 Storage Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Data Storage 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 - - - 13.00 19.78

Data Storage 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 13.00 14.23 24.60 31.65 19.78

Competitive Comparison of Data Storage's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Data Storage'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 Storage's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Data Storage 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 Storage's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=5.13/0.15
=34.20

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

For example, Data Storage'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)
=0.196/129.4194*129.4194
=0.196

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Data Storage Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.053 99.695 -0.069
201406 0.055 100.560 0.071
201409 -0.041 100.428 -0.053
201412 -0.111 99.070 -0.145
201503 -0.105 99.621 -0.136
201506 0.077 100.684 0.099
201509 0.052 100.392 0.067
201512 0.072 99.792 0.093
201603 0.079 100.470 0.102
201606 0.045 101.688 0.057
201609 0.104 101.861 0.132
201612 -0.047 101.863 -0.060
201703 0.022 102.862 0.028
201706 0.097 103.349 0.121
201709 0.056 104.136 0.070
201712 -0.026 104.011 -0.032
201803 0.025 105.290 0.031
201806 0.002 106.317 0.002
201809 0.072 106.507 0.087
201812 0.043 105.998 0.053
201903 0.064 107.251 0.077
201906 0.022 108.070 0.026
201909 0.099 108.329 0.118
201912 0.049 108.420 0.058
202003 0.075 108.902 0.089
202006 0.011 108.767 0.013
202009 0.074 109.815 0.087
202012 0.119 109.897 0.140
202103 0.029 111.754 0.034
202106 0.104 114.631 0.117
202109 -0.121 115.734 -0.135
202112 -0.082 117.630 -0.090
202203 0.233 121.301 0.249
202206 -0.278 125.017 -0.288
202209 0.050 125.227 0.052
202212 0.066 125.222 0.068
202303 0.003 127.348 0.003
202306 -0.015 128.729 -0.015
202309 0.138 129.860 0.138
202312 0.196 129.419 0.196

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 Storage  (NAS:DTST) 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 Storage (Data Storage) Business Description

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Address
48 South Service Road, Suite 203, Melville, NY, USA, 11747
Data Storage Corporation engages in providing cybersecurity, compliance and cloud computing solutions. The company's segment includes Nexxis Inc; Flagship Solutions, LLC and CloudFirst Technologies Corporation and Corporate. It generates maximum revenue from the CloudFirst Technologies Corporation segment. The company's solutions include infrastructure, disaster recovery, email archival, compliance, electronic vaulting, virtualized recovery, telecom recovery services, and continuous data protection.
Executives
Mark Alexander Wyllie director 980 N. FEDERAL HWY, SUITE 302, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Christos Panagiotakos officer: Chief Financial Officer 1013 PLANDOME ROAD, MANHASSET NY 11030
Wendy Schmittzeh other: Secretary C/O DATA STORAGE CORPORATION, 48 S. SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 203, MELVILLE NY 11747
Matthew Grover director C/O DATA STORAGE CORPORATION, 48 S. SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 203, MELVILLE NY 11747
Todd A. Correll director 222 LAKEVIEW AVENUE, SUITE 1600, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
Thomas Kempster director, 10 percent owner, officer: COO, Pres of Tech Ops & Secy C/O DATA STORAGE CORPORATION, 68 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747
Harold Schwarts director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and Treasurer C/O DATA STORAGE CORPORATION, 68 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747
Charles M. Piluso director, 10 percent owner, officer: Pres/CEO/CFO/Chairman C/O DATA STORAGE CORPORATION, 48 S. SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 203, MELVILLE NY 11747
Piluso Family Associates, Llc 10 percent owner 495 MANHASSET WOODS ROAD, MANHASSET NY 11030
Jan Burman director, 10 percent owner 875 MERRICK AVENUE, WESTBURY NY 11590
John F. Coghlan director, 10 percent owner 36 VASSAR PLACE, ROCKVILLE CENTRE NY 11570
Clifford Stein director 5345 PINE TREE DRIVE, MIAMI BEACH FL 33140
Joseph B. Hoffman director 9204 REDWOOD AVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Matthew P Grosso officer: Secretary, Treasurer and, other: Vice President 19 HASTING DRIVE, STONY BROOK NY 11790
Peter W Briggs officer: Vice President 152 CROMPTON AVENUE #4, EAST GREENWICH RI 02818

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