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News (ASX:NWS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 23.59 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is News Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-20), News's current share price is A$40.57. News's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was A$1.72. News's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 23.59.

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

ASX:NWS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.81   Med: 21.78   Max: 34.13
Current: 24.27

During the past years, News's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 34.13. The lowest was 14.81. And the median was 21.78.

ASX:NWS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
63.74% of 364 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 16.515 vs ASX:NWS: 24.27

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.

News's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was A$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 A$1.72 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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News Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

News 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 - - 29.22 15.51 17.73

News 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 16.68 17.73 18.58 23.19 24.17

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

For the Entertainment subindustry, News'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.


News's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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



News 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=40.57/1.72
=23.59

* 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.

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

For example, News'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)
=1.122/131.7762*131.7762
=1.122

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

News Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.206 100.560 0.270
201409 0.240 100.428 0.315
201412 0.557 99.070 0.741
201503 0.475 99.621 0.628
201506 -0.188 100.684 -0.246
201509 0.190 100.392 0.249
201512 0.351 99.792 0.463
201603 0.269 100.470 0.353
201606 0.647 101.688 0.838
201609 -0.726 101.861 -0.939
201612 0.499 101.863 0.646
201703 0.356 102.862 0.456
201706 0.425 103.349 0.542
201709 -0.142 104.136 -0.180
201712 0.319 104.011 0.404
201803 0.418 105.290 0.523
201806 0.293 106.317 0.363
201809 -0.047 106.507 -0.058
201812 0.271 105.998 0.337
201903 0.360 107.251 0.442
201906 0.273 108.070 0.333
201909 -0.225 108.329 -0.274
201912 0.111 108.420 0.135
202003 0.470 108.902 0.569
202006 0.529 108.767 0.641
202009 0.145 109.815 0.174
202012 0.556 109.897 0.667
202103 1.084 111.754 1.278
202106 0.088 114.631 0.101
202109 -0.081 115.734 -0.092
202112 0.599 117.630 0.671
202203 1.129 121.301 1.226
202206 0.343 125.017 0.362
202209 -0.347 125.227 -0.365
202212 0.203 125.222 0.214
202303 0.975 127.348 1.009
202306 0.706 128.729 0.723
202309 -0.485 129.860 -0.492
202312 0.646 129.419 0.658
202403 1.122 131.776 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.


News  (ASX:NWS) 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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News (ASX:NWS) Business Description

Address
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036
News Corporation is a diversified media conglomerate with significant presence in the U.S, the U.K., and Australia. Key mastheads include The Wall Street Journal, Herald Sun, and The Times. The company also has a strong presence in the Australian pay-TV market through Fox Sports and Foxtel (both 65%-owned), while its 61%-owned REA Group is the dominant real estate classified business in Australia. In addition, it owns HarperCollins, one of the largest book publishers in the world, and also has a substantial digital property advertising business (Move) in the U.S.

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