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Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (Catalyst Pharmaceuticals) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 74.38 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-10), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals's current share price is $15.62. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.21. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 74.38.

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

CPRX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 70.1   Med: 118.74   Max: 1477
Current: 73.85

During the past years, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 1477.00. The lowest was 70.10. And the median was 118.74.

CPRX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
63.81% of 105 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 49.8 vs CPRX: 73.85

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.

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.257. 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 $0.21 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Catalyst Pharmaceuticals 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 148.17 92.08 97.31 95.17 75.37

Competitive Comparison of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals'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.


Catalyst Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Catalyst Pharmaceuticals 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=15.62/0.21
=74.38

* 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.

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

For example, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals'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)
=0.257/131.7762*131.7762
=0.257

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.045 100.560 -0.059
201409 -0.053 100.428 -0.070
201412 -0.058 99.070 -0.077
201503 -0.050 99.621 -0.066
201506 -0.052 100.684 -0.068
201509 -0.065 100.392 -0.085
201512 -0.056 99.792 -0.074
201603 -0.072 100.470 -0.094
201606 -0.052 101.688 -0.067
201609 -0.040 101.861 -0.052
201612 -0.053 101.863 -0.069
201703 -0.047 102.862 -0.060
201706 -0.038 103.349 -0.048
201709 -0.031 104.136 -0.039
201712 -0.044 104.011 -0.056
201803 -0.059 105.290 -0.074
201806 -0.046 106.317 -0.057
201809 -0.068 106.507 -0.084
201812 -0.081 105.998 -0.101
201903 -0.078 107.251 -0.096
201906 0.133 108.070 0.162
201909 0.152 108.329 0.185
201912 0.115 108.420 0.140
202003 0.068 108.902 0.082
202006 0.124 108.767 0.150
202009 0.108 109.815 0.130
202012 0.124 109.897 0.149
202103 0.027 111.754 0.032
202106 0.145 114.631 0.167
202109 0.201 115.734 0.229
202112 0.176 117.630 0.197
202203 0.078 121.301 0.085
202206 0.240 125.017 0.253
202209 0.369 125.227 0.388
202212 0.350 125.222 0.368
202303 0.105 127.348 0.109
202306 0.271 128.729 0.277
202309 -0.321 129.860 -0.326
202312 0.469 129.419 0.478
202403 0.257 131.776 0.257

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.


Catalyst Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:CPRX) 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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Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (Catalyst Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
355 Alhambra Circle, Suite 801, Coral Gables, FL, USA, 33134
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for people with rare, debilitating, chronic neuromuscular and neurological diseases. It offers Firdapse, a proprietary form of amifampridine phosphate for the treatment of patients with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.
Executives
Molly Harper director 355 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, SUITE 801, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
David S Tierney director C/O ABLE LABORATORIES, INC., 6 HOLLYWOOD COURT, CN 1013, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080
Alicia Grande officer: Chief Accounting Officer 220 MIRACLE MILE, SUITE 234, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Gary Ingenito officer: Chief Medical Officer 355 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, SUITE 1500, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Steve Miller officer: VP Development & Management 220 MIRACLE MILE, SUITE 234, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Tamar Thompson director C/O AVIDITY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 10975 N. TORREY PINES RD., SUITE 150, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Patrick J Mcenany director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and Chief Executive C/O THERMOGENESIS CORP, 2711 CITRUS ROAD, RANCHO CORDOVA CA 95742
Carmen Jeffrey Del officer: Chief Commercial Officer 355 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, SUITE 801, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Brian Elsbernd officer: Chief Compliance/Legal Officer 355 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Philip H Coelho director C/O THERMOGENESIS CORP, 2711 CITRUS ROAD, RANCHO CORDOVA CA 95742
Charles B O'keeffe director 220 MIRACLE MILE, SUITE 234, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Donald A Denkhaus director 355 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, SUITE 1500, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Preethi Sundaram officer: Chief Product Devel. Officer 355 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, SUITE 801, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Daniel Brennan officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O INSYS THERAPEUTICS, INC, 1333 SOUTH SPECTRUM BLVD, SUITE 100, CHANDLER AZ 85286
M Douglas Winship officer: V.P. of Regulatory Operations 220 MIRACLE MILE, SUITE 234, CORAL GABLES FL 33134

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