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Check Point Software Technologies (WBO:CHKP) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Check Point Software Technologies Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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Check Point Software Technologies Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Check Point Software Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Check Point Software Technologies Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Check Point Software Technologies 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 20.83 22.80 17.35 16.83 18.90

Check Point Software Technologies 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 16.83 16.03 16.74 18.90 -

Competitive Comparison of Check Point Software Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Check Point Software Technologies'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.


Check Point Software Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Check Point Software Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Check Point Software Technologies 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.

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

For example, Check Point Software Technologies'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)
=2.889/129.4194*129.4194
=2.889

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Check Point Software Technologies Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.630 100.560 0.811
201409 0.808 100.428 1.041
201412 1.024 99.070 1.338
201503 1.388 99.621 1.803
201506 0.912 100.684 1.172
201509 1.095 100.392 1.412
201512 1.210 99.792 1.569
201603 1.620 100.470 2.087
201606 1.014 101.688 1.291
201609 1.073 101.861 1.363
201612 1.118 101.863 1.420
201703 1.928 102.862 2.426
201706 1.169 103.349 1.464
201709 1.270 104.136 1.578
201712 1.348 104.011 1.677
201803 2.077 105.290 2.553
201806 1.117 106.317 1.360
201809 1.322 106.507 1.606
201812 1.446 105.998 1.766
201903 2.096 107.251 2.529
201906 1.311 108.070 1.570
201909 1.438 108.329 1.718
201912 1.474 108.420 1.759
202003 2.182 108.902 2.593
202006 1.547 108.767 1.841
202009 1.463 109.815 1.724
202012 1.802 109.897 2.122
202103 2.268 111.754 2.627
202106 1.603 114.631 1.810
202109 1.570 115.734 1.756
202112 2.063 117.630 2.270
202203 2.751 121.301 2.935
202206 1.519 125.017 1.572
202209 1.908 125.227 1.972
202212 1.897 125.222 1.961
202303 2.942 127.348 2.990
202306 1.451 128.729 1.459
202309 1.727 129.860 1.721
202312 1.856 129.419 1.856
202403 2.889 129.419 2.889

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.


Check Point Software Technologies  (WBO:CHKP) 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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Check Point Software Technologies (WBO:CHKP) Business Description

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5 Shlomo Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv, ISR, 6789159
Check Point Software Technologies is a pure-play cybersecurity vendor. The company offers solutions for network, endpoint, cloud, and mobile security in addition to security management. Check Point, a software specialist, sells to enterprises, businesses, and consumers. Around 50% of revenue is generated in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, 40% from the Americas, and 10% from the Asia-Pacific region. The firm, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, was founded in 1993 and has about 5,000 employees.