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Gray Television (Gray Television) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 1.71 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Gray Television Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Gray Television's current share price is $5.61. Gray Television's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.28. Gray Television's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 1.71.

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

GTN' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.9   Med: 11.25   Max: 20.59
Current: 2.68

During the past years, Gray Television's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 20.59. The lowest was 1.90. And the median was 11.25.

GTN's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
90.48% of 357 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 16.88 vs GTN: 2.68

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.

Gray Television's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.250. 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 $3.28 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Gray Television Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Gray Television 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 12.44 7.81 7.77 3.89 2.73

Gray Television Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3.89 2.70 2.92 2.40 2.73

Competitive Comparison of Gray Television's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Gray Television'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.


Gray Television's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Gray Television's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gray Television 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=5.61/3.28
=1.71

* 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.

Gray Television's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Gray Television's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.25/129.4194*129.4194
=0.250

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Gray Television Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.217 99.695 0.282
201406 0.107 100.560 0.138
201409 0.840 100.428 1.082
201412 0.582 99.070 0.760
201503 0.449 99.621 0.583
201506 -0.032 100.684 -0.041
201509 0.600 100.392 0.773
201512 0.207 99.792 0.268
201603 0.328 100.470 0.423
201606 0.113 101.688 0.144
201609 0.531 101.861 0.675
201612 1.321 101.863 1.678
201703 -0.062 102.862 -0.078
201706 0.734 103.349 0.919
201709 0.610 104.136 0.758
201712 0.663 104.011 0.825
201803 0.100 105.290 0.123
201806 0.784 106.317 0.954
201809 0.820 106.507 0.996
201812 1.146 105.998 1.399
201903 0.061 107.251 0.074
201906 0.545 108.070 0.653
201909 1.198 108.329 1.431
201912 0.930 108.420 1.110
202003 1.051 108.902 1.249
202006 1.567 108.767 1.865
202009 1.688 109.815 1.989
202012 1.278 109.897 1.505
202103 1.411 111.754 1.634
202106 -0.179 114.631 -0.202
202109 0.126 115.734 0.141
202112 -0.367 117.630 -0.404
202203 1.000 121.301 1.067
202206 0.819 125.017 0.848
202209 1.380 125.227 1.426
202212 1.022 125.222 1.056
202303 3.283 127.348 3.336
202306 -0.602 128.729 -0.605
202309 0.333 129.860 0.332
202312 0.250 129.419 0.250

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.


Gray Television  (NYSE:GTN) 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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Gray Television (Gray Television) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4370 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30319
Gray Television Inc is a television broadcast company. The company is engaged in owning and operating television stations. It also owns video program production, marketing, and digital business. The company has two segments namely, Broadcasting and Production companies. It generates revenue maximum revenue from the Broadcasting segment.
Executives
Richard Lee Boger director
T L Elder director 5087 PINE BARK CIRCLE, DUNWOODY GA 30338
Robin Robinson Howell director 3656 TUXEDO ROAD NW, ATLANTA GA 30305
Howell Hilton H Jr director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.E., ATLANTA GA 30319
Sandra Breland Mcnamara officer: Executive Vice President, COO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Harriett J Robinson director
Paul Mctear director 1451 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, SUITE 300, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
D Patrick Laplatney director 1451 WEST CYPRUS CREEK ROAD, SUITE 300, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Cowart Jackson S Iv officer: Chief Accounting Officer 126 N WASHINGTON STREET, ALBANY GA 31701
James C Ryan officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Lorri Mcclain director 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Robert Lawrence Smith officer: SVP & COO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, SUITE 400, ATLANTA GA 30319
Kevin Paul Latek officer: EVP Chief L & D Officer 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Spainhour Sterling A Jr. director 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Co 10 percent owner 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA 30319