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F5 (BSP:F1FI34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 15.72 (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is F5 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-22), F5's current share price is R$221.76. F5's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$14.11. F5's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 15.72.

The historical rank and industry rank for F5's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:F1FI34' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.82   Med: 21.03   Max: 35.55
Current: 14.82

During the past years, F5's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 35.55. The lowest was 11.82. And the median was 21.03.

BSP:F1FI34's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
76.12% of 649 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.5 vs BSP:F1FI34: 14.82

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.

F5's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$4.434. 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 R$14.11 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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F5 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for F5'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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F5 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

F5 Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.78 13.61 19.98 13.53 14.25

F5 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 13.26 13.11 14.25 15.88 16.20

Competitive Comparison of F5's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, F5'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.


F5's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, F5's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where F5's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



F5 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.

F5's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=221.76/14.11
=15.72

* 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.

F5's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, F5'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)
=4.434/131.7762*131.7762
=4.434

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

F5 Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.984 100.560 1.289
201409 1.275 100.428 1.673
201412 1.566 99.070 2.083
201503 1.371 99.621 1.814
201506 1.636 100.684 2.141
201509 2.245 100.392 2.947
201512 2.601 99.792 3.435
201603 1.590 100.470 2.085
201606 1.965 101.688 2.546
201609 2.257 101.861 2.920
201612 2.187 101.863 2.829
201703 1.993 102.862 2.553
201706 1.985 103.349 2.531
201709 2.525 104.136 3.195
201712 2.416 104.011 3.061
201803 2.312 105.290 2.894
201806 2.481 106.317 3.075
201809 3.126 106.507 3.868
201812 2.831 105.998 3.519
201903 2.632 107.251 3.234
201906 1.880 108.070 2.292
201909 3.148 108.329 3.829
201912 2.054 108.420 2.496
202003 3.373 108.902 4.081
202006 3.100 108.767 3.756
202009 3.569 109.815 4.283
202012 2.740 109.897 3.286
202103 2.699 111.754 3.183
202106 3.542 114.631 4.072
202109 4.041 115.734 4.601
202112 1.823 117.630 2.042
202203 2.457 121.301 2.669
202206 1.296 125.017 1.366
202209 3.168 125.227 3.334
202212 3.139 125.222 3.303
202303 2.794 127.348 2.891
202306 3.019 128.729 3.090
202309 3.608 129.860 3.661
202312 3.209 129.419 3.267
202403 4.434 131.776 4.434

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.


F5  (BSP:F1FI34) 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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F5 (BSP:F1FI34) Business Description

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F5 is a market leader in the application delivery controller market. The company sells products for security, application performance, and automation. Its three customer verticals are enterprises, service providers, and government entities. Revenue is evenly split between its services business and products business with revenue trending toward products due to software adoption. The Seattle-based firm was incorporated in 1996, has about 6,500 employees, and generates about 55% its revenue within the Americas, 25% in EMEA, and 20% in APAC/Japan.

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