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Sonic (SONC) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : $0.00 (As of Aug. 2018)


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What is Sonic Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

Sonic's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Aug. 2018 was $0.399. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $0.00 for the trailing ten years ended in Aug. 2018.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

As of today (2024-05-05), Sonic's current stock price is $43.49. Sonic's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2018 was $0.00. Sonic's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is .


Sonic Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sonic's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

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Sonic Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Sonic's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Restaurants subindustry, Sonic'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.


Sonic's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sonic's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sonic Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

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. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get 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.

For example, Sonic's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Aug. 2018 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Aug. 2018 (Change)*Current CPI (Aug. 2018)
=0.399/106.3831*106.3831
=0.399

Current CPI (Aug. 2018) = 106.3831.

Sonic Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
200811 0.052 89.624 0.062
200902 0.293 89.527 0.348
200905 0.285 90.228 0.336
200908 0.372 91.063 0.435
200911 0.265 91.272 0.309
201002 -0.177 91.445 -0.206
201005 0.281 92.052 0.325
201008 0.493 92.108 0.569
201011 0.338 92.315 0.390
201102 -0.047 93.373 -0.054
201105 0.251 95.337 0.280
201108 0.473 95.582 0.526
201111 0.206 95.449 0.230
201202 0.121 96.053 0.134
201205 0.517 96.961 0.567
201208 0.342 97.199 0.374
201211 0.153 97.133 0.168
201302 -0.015 97.953 -0.016
201305 0.342 98.282 0.370
201308 0.331 98.675 0.357
201311 0.353 98.334 0.382
201402 -0.281 99.057 -0.302
201405 0.215 100.373 0.228
201408 0.148 100.352 0.157
201411 0.417 99.635 0.445
201502 0.193 99.032 0.207
201505 0.678 100.333 0.719
201508 0.464 100.548 0.491
201511 0.337 100.135 0.358
201602 0.073 100.040 0.078
201605 0.625 101.355 0.656
201608 0.372 101.617 0.389
201611 0.094 101.829 0.098
201702 -0.103 102.779 -0.107
201705 0.305 103.256 0.314
201708 0.367 103.587 0.377
201711 0.477 104.072 0.488
201802 0.063 105.052 0.064
201805 0.505 106.148 0.506
201808 0.399 106.383 0.399

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Sonic  (NAS:SONC) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

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.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Sonic (SONC) Business Description

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Sonic Corp operates and franchises drive-in restaurants throughout the United States. The restaurants typically consist of a building that houses only a kitchen to go along with 16 to 24 parking spaces that have their own payment terminals, intercom speakers, and menu boards. Carhops serve customers in their cars. Many locations also have a drive-thru lane and patio seating as alternatives. Sonic franchises roughly 90% of its restaurants, and the royalty revenue the company earns on franchise sales contributes roughly a quarter of total company revenue. Company-operated stores provide the balance of total revenue. Sonic owns the property on which hundreds of its restaurants are located. For those properties that house franchised stores, franchisees lease from the company.
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