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Information Services (TSX:ISV) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 18.98 (As of Jun. 03, 2024)


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What is Information Services Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-03), Information Services's current share price is C$26.00. Information Services's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$1.37. Information Services's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 18.98.

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

TSX:ISV' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.13   Med: 12.07   Max: 20.98
Current: 18.96

During the past years, Information Services's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 20.98. The lowest was 10.13. And the median was 12.07.

TSX:ISV's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
53.02% of 364 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 18.055 vs TSX:ISV: 18.96

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.

Information Services's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$0.459. 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 C$1.37 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Information Services Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Information Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Information Services 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 10.95 10.36 17.67 16.85 20.19

Competitive Comparison of Information Services's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Information Services'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.


Information Services's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Information Services's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Information Services 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=26.00/1.37
=18.98

* 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.

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

For example, Information Services'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)
=0.459/126.2576*126.2576
=0.459

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Information Services Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.530 99.473 0.673
201409 0.295 99.394 0.375
201412 0.273 98.367 0.350
201503 0.390 99.789 0.493
201506 0.335 100.500 0.421
201509 0.379 100.421 0.477
201512 0.363 99.947 0.459
201603 0.118 101.054 0.147
201606 0.318 102.002 0.394
201609 0.418 101.765 0.519
201612 0.253 101.449 0.315
201703 0.257 102.634 0.316
201706 0.511 103.029 0.626
201709 0.604 103.345 0.738
201712 0.381 103.345 0.465
201803 0.016 105.004 0.019
201806 0.542 105.557 0.648
201809 0.578 105.636 0.691
201812 0.415 105.399 0.497
201903 0.027 106.979 0.032
201906 0.360 107.690 0.422
201909 0.277 107.611 0.325
201912 0.523 107.769 0.613
202003 0.107 107.927 0.125
202006 0.450 108.401 0.524
202009 0.763 108.164 0.891
202012 0.918 108.559 1.068
202103 0.368 110.298 0.421
202106 1.233 111.720 1.393
202109 0.729 112.905 0.815
202112 0.935 113.774 1.038
202203 -0.156 117.646 -0.167
202206 0.674 120.806 0.704
202209 0.821 120.648 0.859
202212 1.003 120.964 1.047
202303 0.303 122.702 0.312
202306 0.720 124.203 0.732
202309 -7.650 125.230 -7.713
202312 1.180 125.072 1.191
202403 0.459 126.258 0.459

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.


Information Services  (TSX:ISV) 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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Information Services (TSX:ISV) Business Description

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Address
No. 300, 10 Research Drive, Regina, SK, CAN, S4S 7J7
Information Services Corp is a Canada-based provider of registry and information management services for public data and records. The company has three segments namely Registry Operations, Services and Technology Solutions. The Registries segment involves the provision of registry and information services and solutions to governments and private sector organizations. The Services segment provides products and services that utilize public records and data to provide value to customers in the financial and legal sectors. Technology Solutions provides the development, delivery and support of registry (and related) technology solutions.

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