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Rambus (Rambus) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 45.56 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Rambus Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Rambus's current share price is $59.23. Rambus's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.30. Rambus's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 45.56.

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

RMBS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.41   Med: 37.89   Max: 66.77
Current: 44.77

During the past years, Rambus's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 66.77. The lowest was 13.41. And the median was 37.89.

RMBS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
56.14% of 342 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 35.235 vs RMBS: 44.77

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.

Rambus's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.491. 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 $1.30 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Rambus Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Rambus 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 18.97 26.06 34.27 31.11 52.58

Rambus 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 31.11 43.16 51.16 43.74 52.58

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

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Rambus'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.


Rambus's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



Rambus 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=59.23/1.3
=45.56

* 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.

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

For example, Rambus'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)
=0.491/129.4194*129.4194
=0.491

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Rambus Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.115 99.695 0.149
201406 0.075 100.560 0.097
201409 0.192 100.428 0.247
201412 0.207 99.070 0.270
201503 0.117 99.621 0.152
201506 0.178 100.684 0.229
201509 0.114 100.392 0.147
201512 0.196 99.792 0.254
201603 0.144 100.470 0.185
201606 0.272 101.688 0.346
201609 0.088 101.861 0.112
201612 0.266 101.863 0.338
201703 0.132 102.862 0.166
201706 0.211 103.349 0.264
201709 0.117 104.136 0.145
201712 0.507 104.011 0.631
201803 0.138 105.290 0.170
201806 0.001 106.317 0.001
201809 0.269 106.507 0.327
201812 0.284 105.998 0.347
201903 0.256 107.251 0.309
201906 0.330 108.070 0.395
201909 0.218 108.329 0.260
201912 0.296 108.420 0.353
202003 0.313 108.902 0.372
202006 0.451 108.767 0.537
202009 0.317 109.815 0.374
202012 0.294 109.897 0.346
202103 0.320 111.754 0.371
202106 0.434 114.631 0.490
202109 0.385 115.734 0.431
202112 0.575 117.630 0.633
202203 0.345 121.301 0.368
202206 0.459 125.017 0.475
202209 0.659 125.227 0.681
202212 0.432 125.222 0.446
202303 0.280 127.348 0.285
202306 0.392 128.729 0.394
202309 0.394 129.860 0.393
202312 0.491 129.419 0.491

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.


Rambus  (NAS:RMBS) 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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Rambus (Rambus) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4453 North First Street, Suite 100, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134
Rambus Inc is a semiconductor solutions provider offering high-speed, high-security computer chips and Silicon intellectual property. The company's Key products include memory interface chips, built for high speed and efficiency; silicon IP, providing high-speed memory and chip-to-chip connection technology; and architecture licenses, which allow customers to use portions of Rambus' patented inventions for their own digital electronics. The firm receives the majority of its revenue from the United States, Taiwan, Asia-Other, Japan and Singapore.
Executives
Xianzhi Sean Fan officer: COO C/O INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC., 6024 SILVER CREEK VALLEY ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95138
Desmond Lynch officer: SVP, CFO 4453 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 100, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Eric B Stang director
Steven Laub director 5555 NE MOORE CT., HILLSBORO OR 97124
Emiko Higashi director C/O GILO VENTURES, 175 ALMENDRAL AVENUE, ATHERTON CA 94027
Necip Sayiner director 400 W CESAR CHAVEZ, AUSTIN TX 78701
John K Allen officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O LEADIS TECHNOLOGY, INC., 800 W. CALIFORNIA AVENUE, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Luc Seraphin officer: Interim CEO, SVP & GM 1050 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE 700, 4453 N FIRST ST, STE 100, SAN JOSE CA 95134
John Shinn officer: SVP, General Counsel 4453 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 100, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Charles Kissner director 170 ROSE ORCHARD WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Karen M Rogge director APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORP, 4555 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SUITE 601, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
James A Mitarotonda director 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 17TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10019
Keith A Jones officer: Principal Accounting Officer 4453 N FIRST ST, STE 100, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Jae Kim officer: SVP, GC & HR C/O RAMBUS INC., 1050 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE 700, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Gregory S Lang director C/O INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC., 6024 SILVER CREEK VALLEY ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95138