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FirstService (FirstService) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 59.44 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is FirstService Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-28), FirstService's current share price is $149.80. FirstService's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.52. FirstService's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 59.44.

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

FSV' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 59.21   Med: 70.79   Max: 98.53
Current: 59.98

During the past years, FirstService's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 98.53. The lowest was 59.21. And the median was 70.79.

FSV's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
90.77% of 672 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 12.44 vs FSV: 59.98

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.

FirstService's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.750. 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 $2.52 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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FirstService Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

FirstService 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 - - 98.04 66.08 68.19

FirstService 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 68.34 68.86 66.88 68.19 65.67

Competitive Comparison of FirstService's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, FirstService'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.


FirstService's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, FirstService's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



FirstService 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=149.80/2.52
=59.44

* 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.

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

For example, FirstService'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)
=-0.75/125.4675*125.4675
=-0.750

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 125.4675.

FirstService Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.734 99.473 0.926
201409 0.535 99.394 0.675
201412 -0.161 98.367 -0.205
201503 0.415 99.789 0.522
201506 0.448 100.500 0.559
201509 0.826 100.421 1.032
201512 0.160 99.947 0.201
201603 -0.139 101.054 -0.173
201606 0.861 102.002 1.059
201609 1.169 101.765 1.441
201612 0.302 101.449 0.374
201703 -0.065 102.634 -0.079
201706 0.893 103.029 1.087
201709 0.543 103.345 0.659
201712 0.799 103.345 0.970
201803 -0.061 105.004 -0.073
201806 0.826 105.557 0.982
201809 0.647 105.636 0.768
201812 0.197 105.399 0.235
201903 0.406 106.979 0.476
201906 0.193 107.690 0.225
201909 0.212 107.611 0.247
201912 0.730 107.769 0.850
202003 0.584 107.927 0.679
202006 2.493 108.401 2.885
202009 0.753 108.164 0.873
202012 2.001 108.559 2.313
202103 0.302 110.298 0.344
202106 1.448 111.720 1.626
202109 0.344 112.905 0.382
202112 0.362 113.774 0.399
202203 -0.339 117.646 -0.362
202206 0.944 120.806 0.980
202209 -0.685 120.648 -0.712
202212 0.717 120.964 0.744
202303 -0.488 122.702 -0.499
202306 1.418 124.203 1.432
202309 1.349 125.230 1.352
202312 1.903 125.468 1.903
202403 -0.750 125.468 -0.750

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.


FirstService  (NAS:FSV) 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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FirstService (FirstService) Business Description

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Address
1255 Bay Street, Suite 600, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5R 2A9
FirstService Corp operates in two business divisions: FirstService Residential and FirstService Brands. FirstService Residential has service contracts to manage thousands of residential communities, including high-, medium-, and low-rise condominiums and co-operatives. FirstService Brands generates most of the company's revenue and provides property services to residential and commercial customers through the following brands: California Closets; Paul Davis Restoration; CertPro Painters; Pillar to Post; Floor Coverings International; College Pro Painters; and Service America. The company earns the majority of its revenue in the United States, with the remaining revenue generated in Canada.

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