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Groupon (Groupon) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 27.79 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Groupon Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Groupon's current share price is $11.67. Groupon's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.42. Groupon's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 27.79.

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

GRPN' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.22   Med: 7.86   Max: 45.19
Current: 27.09

During the past years, Groupon's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 45.19. The lowest was 2.22. And the median was 7.86.

GRPN's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
61.76% of 136 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 21.87 vs GRPN: 27.09

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.

Groupon's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.605. 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 $0.42 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Groupon Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Groupon 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 9.61 9.33 9.54 6.51 30.33

Groupon 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 6.51 3.89 7.06 17.21 30.33

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

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Groupon'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.


Groupon's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Groupon's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Groupon 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=11.67/0.42
=27.79

* 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.

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

For example, Groupon'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)
=1.605/129.4194*129.4194
=1.605

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Groupon Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -1.079 99.695 -1.401
201406 -1.534 100.560 -1.974
201409 0.797 100.428 1.027
201412 8.346 99.070 10.903
201503 0.028 99.621 0.036
201506 -0.064 100.684 -0.082
201509 -1.729 100.392 -2.229
201512 7.729 99.792 10.024
201603 -3.341 100.470 -4.304
201606 -2.486 101.688 -3.164
201609 -1.865 101.861 -2.370
201612 9.481 101.863 12.046
201703 -5.452 102.862 -6.860
201706 -1.288 103.349 -1.613
201709 0.245 104.136 0.304
201712 8.420 104.011 10.477
201803 -4.989 105.290 -6.132
201806 0.930 106.317 1.132
201809 -3.118 106.507 -3.789
201812 10.752 105.998 13.128
201903 -5.809 107.251 -7.010
201906 -0.650 108.070 -0.778
201909 -0.034 108.329 -0.041
201912 6.561 108.420 7.832
202003 -8.759 108.902 -10.409
202006 2.511 108.767 2.988
202009 -0.267 109.815 -0.315
202012 2.361 109.897 2.780
202103 -1.954 111.754 -2.263
202106 -1.634 114.631 -1.845
202109 -2.647 115.734 -2.960
202112 0.504 117.630 0.555
202203 -3.083 121.301 -3.289
202206 -1.331 125.017 -1.378
202209 -1.728 125.227 -1.786
202212 0.315 125.222 0.326
202303 -2.817 127.348 -2.863
202306 -1.456 128.729 -1.464
202309 -0.613 129.860 -0.611
202312 1.605 129.419 1.605

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.


Groupon  (NAS:GRPN) 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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Groupon (Groupon) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400, Chicago, IL, USA, 60654
Groupon acts as the middleman between consumers and merchants, offering a variety of products and services at discounts via its online store. It offers consumers daily deals from local merchants. It generates revenue from the take rate on the vouchers' purchase and/or usage. More than 60% of Groupon's revenue comes from North America.
Executives
Dusan Senkypl other: See Footnote 1 and Remarks JESTRABI 493, OSNICE, JESENICE 2N 252 42
Jason Harinstein director C/O ARK GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP., 4235 HILLSBORO PIKE, SUITE 300, NASHVILLE TN 37215
Kyle Netzly officer: Interim CAO 600 W CHICAGO AVE, CHICAGO IL 60654
Jiri Ponrt officer: Chief Financial Officer 600 W CHICAGO AVE, CHICAGO IL 60654
Jan Barta other: See Footnote 1 NA BATERIICH 104/35, BREVNOV, PRAGUE 2N 16200
Pale Fire Capital Sicav A.s. 10 percent owner ZATECKA 55/14, JOSEFOV, PRAGUE 2N 110 00
Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. 10 percent owner 21 ST. CLAIR AVENUE EAST, SUITE 1100, TORONTO A6 M4T 1L9
Xavier Majic 10 percent owner 21 ST. CLAIR AVENUE EAST, SUITE 1100, TORONTO A6 A6 M4T 1L9
Rpd Opportunity Fund Lp 10 percent owner 767 THIRD AVE, 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Rpd Fund Management Llc 10 percent owner 767 THIRD AVE, 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Ahmet H Okumus 10 percent owner C/O OKUMUS FUND MANAGEMENT LTD., 767 THIRD AVENUE, 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Pale Fire Capital Se other: See Footnote 1 and Remarks ZATECKA 55/14, JOSEFOV, PRAGUE 2N 110 00
Kerrie Dvorak officer: Interim CAO 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60654
Robert J Bass director C/O GROUPON, INC., 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 620, CHICAGO IL 60654
Deborah Wahl director 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60654

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