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Open Text (Open Text) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 12.93 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Open Text Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Open Text's current share price is $35.68. Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.76. Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 12.93.

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

OTEX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.87   Med: 26.77   Max: 40.13
Current: 13.35

During the past years, Open Text's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 40.13. The lowest was 10.87. And the median was 26.77.

OTEX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
76.8% of 668 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.49 vs OTEX: 13.35

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.

Open Text's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.122. 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 $2.76 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Open Text Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Open Text Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.82 24.18 22.91 14.88 15.58

Open Text 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 12.01 14.97 15.58 13.50 15.22

Competitive Comparison of Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Application subindustry, Open Text'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.


Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Open Text 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=35.68/2.76
=12.93

* 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.

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

For example, Open Text'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)
=1.122/125.4675*125.4675
=1.122

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

Open Text Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.545 98.604 0.693
201406 0.495 99.473 0.624
201409 0.441 99.394 0.557
201412 0.372 98.367 0.474
201503 0.531 99.789 0.668
201506 0.469 100.500 0.586
201509 0.308 100.421 0.385
201512 0.457 99.947 0.574
201603 0.702 101.054 0.872
201606 0.402 102.002 0.494
201609 0.216 101.765 0.266
201612 0.385 101.449 0.476
201703 0.522 102.634 0.638
201706 0.279 103.029 0.340
201709 0.138 103.345 0.168
201712 0.527 103.345 0.640
201803 0.909 105.004 1.086
201806 0.675 105.557 0.802
201809 0.545 105.636 0.647
201812 0.669 105.399 0.796
201903 0.996 106.979 1.168
201906 0.799 107.690 0.931
201909 0.438 107.611 0.511
201912 0.691 107.769 0.804
202003 1.149 107.927 1.336
202006 0.964 108.401 1.116
202009 0.801 108.164 0.929
202012 1.009 108.559 1.166
202103 0.183 110.298 0.208
202106 0.981 111.720 1.102
202109 0.596 112.905 0.662
202112 0.755 113.774 0.833
202203 1.128 117.646 1.203
202206 0.791 120.806 0.822
202209 0.354 120.648 0.368
202212 0.603 120.964 0.625
202303 1.129 122.702 1.154
202306 0.336 124.203 0.339
202309 0.035 125.230 0.035
202312 1.122 125.468 1.122

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.


Open Text  (NAS:OTEX) 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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Open Text Corp grew out of a technology project involving the Oxford English Dictionary at Canada's University of Waterloo in the mid-1980s. Its software allows clients to archive, aggregate, retrieve, and search unstructured information (such as documents, e-mail, and presentations). The OpenText Information Management platform and services provide secure and scalable solutions for global enterprises, SMBs, governments, and consumers around the world. It also accelerates transformations with intelligent tools and services. The company is based in Ontario, Canada.