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Match Group (Match Group) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 10.05 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Match Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-29), Match Group's current share price is $31.66. Match Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.15. Match Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 10.05.

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

MTCH' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.3   Med: 16.8   Max: 65.71
Current: 10.13

During the past years, Match Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 65.71. The lowest was 7.30. And the median was 16.80.

MTCH's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
76.47% of 136 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 22.41 vs MTCH: 10.13

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.

Match Group's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.898. 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 $3.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Match Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Match Group 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 31.90 58.50 46.44 13.86 11.60

Match Group 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 13.86 12.63 13.71 12.57 11.60

Competitive Comparison of Match Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Match Group'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.


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

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

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



Match Group 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=31.66/3.15
=10.05

* 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.

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

For example, Match Group'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)
=0.898/129.4194*129.4194
=0.898

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Match Group Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.175 99.695 0.227
201406 0.497 100.560 0.640
201409 0.696 100.428 0.897
201412 0.576 99.070 0.752
201503 -0.087 99.621 -0.113
201506 0.402 100.684 0.517
201509 0.420 100.392 0.541
201512 1.070 99.792 1.388
201603 0.127 100.470 0.164
201606 0.144 101.688 0.183
201609 0.474 101.861 0.602
201612 0.789 101.863 1.002
201703 0.318 102.862 0.400
201706 0.327 103.349 0.409
201709 0.666 104.136 0.828
201712 0.528 104.011 0.657
201803 0.714 105.290 0.878
201806 1.034 106.317 1.259
201809 1.368 106.507 1.662
201812 1.757 105.998 2.145
201903 0.395 107.251 0.477
201906 1.326 108.070 1.588
201909 1.675 108.329 2.001
201912 1.070 108.420 1.277
202003 0.348 108.902 0.414
202006 0.994 108.767 1.183
202009 0.727 109.815 0.857
202012 0.849 109.897 1.000
202103 0.296 111.754 0.343
202106 0.728 114.631 0.822
202109 0.986 115.734 1.103
202112 0.811 117.630 0.892
202203 0.700 121.301 0.747
202206 -0.779 125.017 -0.806
202209 0.898 125.227 0.928
202212 0.740 125.222 0.765
202303 0.339 127.348 0.345
202306 0.650 128.729 0.653
202309 0.948 129.860 0.945
202312 0.898 129.419 0.898

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.


Match Group  (NAS:MTCH) 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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Match Group (Match Group) Business Description

Address
8750 North Central Expressway, Suite 1400, Dallas, TX, USA, 75231
Match Group is a provider of online dating products. The firm became public in 2015 and was more than 80% owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp until IAC spun it off in 2020. The company has a vast portfolio of different online dating service providers, including Tinder, Hinge, BLK, Chispa, Match.com, OkCupid, PlentyOfFish, and Meetic. Match Group has more than 45 brands of online dating sites and/or apps, from which it generates user fee revenue (95%) and advertising revenue (5%).
Executives
Jared F. Sine officer: Chief Legal Officer 8750 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Glenn Schiffman director 555 WEST 18TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Ann Mcdaniel director
Bernard Jin Kim director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O MATCH GROUP, INC., 8750 N CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Wendi Murdoch director 8750 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Joseph Levin director C/O IAC/INTERACTIVECORP, 555 WEST 18TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Pamela Seymon director 8750 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Melissa Anne Brenner director 8750 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Stephen Bailey director 8750 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Ryan Reynolds director 8750 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Sharmistha Dubey director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 8750 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Thomas Mcinerney director ALTABA INC., 140 E 45TH STREET, 15TH FLOOR, SUITE 15A, NEW YORK X1 10017
Alan G Spoon director 1150 15TH ST NW, WASHINGTON DC 20071
Philip D Eigenmann officer: Chief Accounting Officer 8750 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Gary Swidler officer: COO and CFO 8750 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231