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Walker & Dunlop (Walker & Dunlop) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 23.01 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Walker & Dunlop Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-21), Walker & Dunlop's current share price is $100.08. Walker & Dunlop's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $4.35. Walker & Dunlop's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 23.01.

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

WD' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.44   Med: 33.01   Max: 164.78
Current: 23.52

During the past years, Walker & Dunlop's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 164.78. The lowest was 10.44. And the median was 33.01.

WD's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
92.45% of 834 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 7.49 vs WD: 23.52

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.

Walker & Dunlop's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.064. 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 $4.35 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Walker & Dunlop Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walker & Dunlop'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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Walker & Dunlop Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Walker & Dunlop Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Walker & Dunlop 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 24.78 40.56 23.05 28.59 23.21

Competitive Comparison of Walker & Dunlop's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Mortgage Finance subindustry, Walker & Dunlop'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.


Walker & Dunlop's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Walker & Dunlop's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Walker & Dunlop 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.

Walker & Dunlop's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=100.08/4.35
=23.01

* 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.

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

For example, Walker & Dunlop'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)
=1.064/131.7762*131.7762
=1.064

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Walker & Dunlop Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -8.782 100.560 -11.508
201409 -3.656 100.428 -4.797
201412 -7.154 99.070 -9.516
201503 -6.811 99.621 -9.009
201506 14.354 100.684 18.787
201509 -6.730 100.392 -8.834
201512 -43.967 99.792 -58.059
201603 63.829 100.470 83.718
201606 -52.863 101.688 -68.504
201609 30.939 101.861 40.025
201612 -17.568 101.863 -22.727
201703 20.099 102.862 25.749
201706 -7.017 103.349 -8.947
201709 -54.194 104.136 -68.579
201712 78.088 104.011 98.933
201803 5.671 105.290 7.098
201806 -13.711 106.317 -16.994
201809 -26.708 106.507 -33.045
201812 36.983 105.998 45.977
201903 -4.459 107.251 -5.479
201906 -0.838 108.070 -1.022
201909 2.125 108.329 2.585
201912 16.757 108.420 20.367
202003 -9.416 108.902 -11.394
202006 -17.200 108.767 -20.839
202009 -47.459 109.815 -56.950
202012 28.218 109.897 33.836
202103 42.010 111.754 49.536
202106 -17.799 114.631 -20.461
202109 -30.453 115.734 -34.674
202112 33.209 117.630 37.203
202203 29.437 121.301 31.979
202206 -3.614 125.017 -3.809
202209 -40.712 125.227 -42.841
202212 62.377 125.222 65.642
202303 -16.736 127.348 -17.318
202306 -10.390 128.729 -10.636
202309 16.545 129.860 16.789
202312 10.005 129.419 10.187
202403 1.064 131.776 1.064

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.


Walker & Dunlop  (NYSE:WD) 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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Walker & Dunlop (Walker & Dunlop) Business Description

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Address
7272 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20814
Walker & Dunlop Inc is a United States-based commercial real estate finance company. It is principally engaged in originating, selling and servicing a number of multifamily and other commercial real estate financing products that are sold under the programs of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae, and the Federal Housing Administration. The company's products consist of first mortgage loans, second trust loans, supplemental financings, construction loans, mezzanine loans, and bridge/interim loans. The company generates a majority of total revenue from gains from mortgage banking activities and servicing fees. It conducts business solely in the United States.
Executives
Smith Howard W Iii director, officer: President 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
William M Walker director, officer: Chairman & CEO 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Stephen P Theobald officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer 999 WATERSIDE DRIVE, SUITE 200, NORFOLK VA 23510
Richard M Lucas officer: EVP & Gen Counsel & Secretary 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Paula A. Pryor officer: EVP & Chief HR Officer C/O WALKER & DUNLOP, INC., 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Dana L Schmaltz director 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Gregory Florkowski officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O WALKER & DUNLOP, INC., 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Rice E. John Jr director 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Donna Wells director BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC., TEN POST OFFICE SQUARE, BOSTON MA 02109
Michael J. Warren director C/O WALKER & DUNLOP, INC., 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Michael D Malone director 2430 LEMON TREE LANE, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Alan J Bowers director 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Richard C Warner officer: EVP & Chief Credit Officer 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1200, BETHESDA MD 20814
Ellen Levy director C/O INSTRUCTURE, INC., 6330 SOUTH 3000 EAST, SUITE 700, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84121
Cynthia A Hallenbeck director 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814