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Perficient (FRA:PFS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 29.06 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Perficient Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-10), Perficient's current share price is €68.00. Perficient's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €2.34. Perficient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 29.06.

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

FRA:PFS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.02   Med: 25.97   Max: 81.9
Current: 28.43

During the past years, Perficient's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 81.90. The lowest was 15.02. And the median was 25.97.

FRA:PFS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
50.07% of 683 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.4 vs FRA:PFS: 28.43

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.

Perficient's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.781. 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 €2.34 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Perficient Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Perficient 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 34.49 29.34 67.83 32.14 26.73

Perficient 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 30.97 35.38 24.09 26.73 21.54

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Perficient'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.


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

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

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



Perficient 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=68.00/2.34
=29.06

* 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.

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

For example, Perficient'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)
=0.781/131.7762*131.7762
=0.781

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Perficient Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.088 100.560 0.115
201409 -0.083 100.428 -0.109
201412 0.767 99.070 1.020
201503 0.203 99.621 0.269
201506 0.295 100.684 0.386
201509 0.109 100.392 0.143
201512 0.458 99.792 0.605
201603 0.070 100.470 0.092
201606 0.589 101.688 0.763
201609 0.223 101.861 0.288
201612 0.615 101.863 0.796
201703 0.344 102.862 0.441
201706 0.252 103.349 0.321
201709 0.115 104.136 0.146
201712 0.598 104.011 0.758
201803 0.076 105.290 0.095
201806 0.619 106.317 0.767
201809 0.291 106.507 0.360
201812 0.671 105.998 0.834
201903 -0.049 107.251 -0.060
201906 0.598 108.070 0.729
201909 0.297 108.329 0.361
201912 1.066 108.420 1.296
202003 -0.176 108.902 -0.213
202006 1.107 108.767 1.341
202009 0.534 109.815 0.641
202012 1.433 109.897 1.718
202103 -0.017 111.754 -0.020
202106 0.646 114.631 0.743
202109 0.137 115.734 0.156
202112 1.058 117.630 1.185
202203 0.210 121.301 0.228
202206 0.483 125.017 0.509
202209 1.003 125.227 1.055
202212 1.145 125.222 1.205
202303 1.018 127.348 1.053
202306 0.536 128.729 0.549
202309 0.564 129.860 0.572
202312 1.353 129.419 1.378
202403 0.781 131.776 0.781

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.


Perficient  (FRA:PFS) 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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Perficient Inc provides a variety of information technology and consulting services that focus on digital experience, business optimization, and IT solutions. The company's services include big data analytics, technology platform implementations, enterprise content management, portals and collaboration, management consulting, custom applications, business integration, business process management, and customer relationship management. It serves the healthcare, financial services, retail, and electronics industries. The vast majority of the company's revenue comes from the United States.