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Value Line (Value Line) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 31.24 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is Value Line Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-20), Value Line's current share price is $40.30. Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $1.29. Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 31.24.

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

VALU' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.02   Med: 49.02   Max: 872
Current: 30.98

During the past years, Value Line's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 872.00. The lowest was 6.02. And the median was 49.02.

VALU's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
69.83% of 232 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 18.695 vs VALU: 30.98

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.

Value Line's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.892. 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 $1.29 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2024.

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Value Line Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Value Line Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 115.84 68.05 56.56 75.68 40.75

Value Line Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 48.95 40.75 44.41 33.42 34.57

Competitive Comparison of Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Value Line'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.


Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Value Line 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=40.30/1.29
=31.24

* 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.

Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Value Line's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2024)
=0.892/130.1244*130.1244
=0.892

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 130.1244.

Value Line Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201404 0.055 100.023 0.072
201407 0.077 100.520 0.100
201410 -0.230 100.176 -0.299
201501 0.105 98.604 0.139
201504 -0.068 99.824 -0.089
201507 0.018 100.691 0.023
201510 -0.198 100.346 -0.257
201601 0.073 99.957 0.095
201604 0.112 100.947 0.144
201607 -0.291 101.524 -0.373
201610 -0.330 101.988 -0.421
201701 -0.050 102.456 -0.064
201704 0.914 103.167 1.153
201707 0.283 103.278 0.357
201710 0.003 104.070 0.004
201801 0.129 104.578 0.161
201804 0.564 105.708 0.694
201807 0.147 106.324 0.180
201810 0.200 106.695 0.244
201901 0.197 106.200 0.241
201904 0.632 107.818 0.763
201907 -0.011 108.250 -0.013
201910 0.197 108.577 0.236
202001 0.524 108.841 0.626
202004 0.715 108.173 0.860
202007 0.555 109.318 0.661
202010 0.232 109.861 0.275
202101 0.276 110.364 0.325
202104 0.629 112.673 0.726
202107 0.799 115.183 0.903
202110 0.379 116.696 0.423
202201 0.877 118.619 0.962
202204 0.527 121.978 0.562
202207 0.560 125.002 0.583
202210 0.345 125.734 0.357
202301 0.569 126.223 0.587
202304 0.445 127.992 0.452
202307 0.536 128.974 0.541
202310 0.075 129.810 0.075
202401 0.892 130.124 0.892

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.


Value Line  (NAS:VALU) 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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Value Line (Value Line) Business Description

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Address
551 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10176-0001
Value Line Inc is a U.S based company. It produces investment periodicals based on underlying research and making available copyright data, including ranking system and other information, to third parties under written agreements for use in third-party managed and marketed investment products and for other purposes. The company markets under well-known brands including Value Line, the Value Line logo, The Value Line Investment Survey, Smart Research, Smarter Investing and The Most Trusted Name in Investment Research. Its only operating segment being Publishing.
Executives
Glenn J. Muenzer director 357 HARVARD COURT, EAST MEADOW NY 11554
Alfred R Fiore director 1 ANGORA ROAD, WESTPORT CT 06880
Howard A Brecher director, officer: Acting Chairman and Acting CEO VALUE LINE 220 E 42ND ST, SUITE 600, NEW YORK NY 10017
Stephen Anastasio officer: Chief Financial Officer 220 E 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
William Edward Reed director 12 KNORR STREET, NORWALK CT 06854
Mary Bernstein director 220 E 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Stephen P Davis director 57 EAST 95TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10128
Thomas Sarkany director, officer: Secretary 220 EAST 42ND STREET, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Robert M. Perkins, director 220 EAST 42ND STREET, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK CITY NY 10017
Ruth O. Legon, director 220 EAST 42ND STREET, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK CITY NY 10017
Arnold Bernhard & Co Inc 10 percent owner 220 EAST 42ND STREET 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Janet Eakman director 220 E 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Mitchell Eric Appel officer: CFO VALUE LINE INC, 220 EAST 42ND STREET 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Edward J Shanahan director 220 EAST 42 STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Marianne B Asher director

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