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ServiceNow (XTER:4S0) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 116.89 (As of May. 19, 2024)


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What is ServiceNow Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-19), ServiceNow's current share price is €702.50. ServiceNow's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €6.01. ServiceNow's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 116.89.

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

XTER:4S0' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 83.87   Med: 130.41   Max: 258.21
Current: 118.1

During the past years, ServiceNow's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 258.21. The lowest was 83.87. And the median was 130.41.

XTER:4S0's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
85.57% of 679 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.87 vs XTER:4S0: 118.10

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.

ServiceNow's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €5.249. 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 €6.01 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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ServiceNow Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

ServiceNow 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 - 240.41 208.64 88.81 121.52

ServiceNow 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 96.77 110.74 107.49 121.52 117.69

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, ServiceNow'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.


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

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

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



ServiceNow 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=702.50/6.01
=116.89

* 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.

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

For example, ServiceNow'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)
=5.249/131.7762*131.7762
=5.249

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

ServiceNow Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.131 100.560 0.172
201409 0.037 100.428 0.049
201412 0.222 99.070 0.295
201503 0.248 99.621 0.328
201506 0.375 100.684 0.491
201509 0.243 100.392 0.319
201512 0.459 99.792 0.606
201603 0.243 100.470 0.319
201606 -0.962 101.688 -1.247
201609 0.353 101.861 0.457
201612 0.582 101.863 0.753
201703 0.856 102.862 1.097
201706 0.452 103.349 0.576
201709 0.464 104.136 0.587
201712 0.728 104.011 0.922
201803 0.882 105.290 1.104
201806 0.337 106.317 0.418
201809 0.423 106.507 0.523
201812 0.932 105.998 1.159
201903 1.525 107.251 1.874
201906 0.748 108.070 0.912
201909 0.551 108.329 0.670
201912 1.388 108.420 1.687
202003 1.851 108.902 2.240
202006 1.133 108.767 1.373
202009 0.631 109.815 0.757
202012 2.196 109.897 2.633
202103 2.575 111.754 3.036
202106 0.858 114.631 0.986
202109 0.946 115.734 1.077
202112 3.220 117.630 3.607
202203 3.448 121.301 3.746
202206 1.314 125.017 1.385
202209 0.512 125.227 0.539
202212 4.709 125.222 4.955
202303 3.370 127.348 3.487
202306 2.014 128.729 2.062
202309 0.795 129.860 0.807
202312 5.960 129.419 6.069
202403 5.249 131.776 5.249

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.


ServiceNow  (XTER:4S0) 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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ServiceNow Inc provides software solutions to structure and automate various business processes via a SaaS delivery model. The company primarily focuses on the IT function for enterprise customers. ServiceNow began with IT service management, expanded within the IT function, and more recently directed its workflow automation logic to functional areas beyond IT, notably customer service, HR service delivery, and security operations. ServiceNow also offers an application development platform as a service.

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