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Clearfield (Clearfield) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 91.86 (As of Jun. 08, 2024)


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What is Clearfield Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-08), Clearfield's current share price is $39.50. Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.43. Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 91.86.

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

CLFD' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 21.5   Med: 71.61   Max: 652.25
Current: 91.83

During the past years, Clearfield's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 652.25. The lowest was 21.50. And the median was 71.61.

CLFD's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
81.99% of 966 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 30.465 vs CLFD: 91.83

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.

Clearfield's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.356. 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 $0.43 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Clearfield Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Clearfield Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.85 43.37 86.12 227.71 55.10

Clearfield 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 93.04 93.43 55.10 59.49 71.70

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Clearfield'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.


Clearfield's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Clearfield 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=39.50/0.43
=91.86

* 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.

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

For example, Clearfield'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)
=-0.356/131.7762*131.7762
=-0.356

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Clearfield Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.050 100.560 0.066
201409 -0.044 100.428 -0.058
201412 -0.051 99.070 -0.068
201503 0.020 99.621 0.026
201506 0.053 100.684 0.069
201509 0.146 100.392 0.192
201512 0.150 99.792 0.198
201603 0.042 100.470 0.055
201606 0.242 101.688 0.314
201609 0.291 101.861 0.376
201612 -0.082 101.863 -0.106
201703 0.004 102.862 0.005
201706 0.145 103.349 0.185
201709 0.252 104.136 0.319
201712 0.132 104.011 0.167
201803 -0.002 105.290 -0.003
201806 0.122 106.317 0.151
201809 -0.001 106.507 -0.001
201812 0.489 105.998 0.608
201903 0.102 107.251 0.125
201906 -0.008 108.070 -0.010
201909 0.327 108.329 0.398
201912 -0.065 108.420 -0.079
202003 0.148 108.902 0.179
202006 -0.012 108.767 -0.015
202009 0.278 109.815 0.334
202012 0.171 109.897 0.205
202103 0.267 111.754 0.315
202106 0.060 114.631 0.069
202109 0.146 115.734 0.166
202112 -0.150 117.630 -0.168
202203 -1.010 121.301 -1.097
202206 0.005 125.017 0.005
202209 0.568 125.227 0.598
202212 -0.078 125.222 -0.082
202303 0.423 127.348 0.438
202306 0.105 128.729 0.107
202309 0.306 129.860 0.311
202312 0.356 129.419 0.362
202403 -0.356 131.776 -0.356

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.


Clearfield  (NAS:CLFD) 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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Clearfield (Clearfield) Business Description

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7050 Winnetka Avenue North, Suite 100, Brooklyn Park, MN, USA, 55428
Clearfield Inc mainly designs, manufactures, and distributes fiber protection, fiber management and fiber delivery solutions for communications networks. It provides a range of products including copper assemblies, cassettes, box enclosures, fiber connectors, frames, microduct, terminals, vaults, pedestal inserts, FieldSmart, WaveSmart, and CraftSmart. The company has a global presence with the majority of the revenue derived from the United States. The company has two reportable segments namely Clearfield segment and Nestor cables segment. The majority of revenue is derived from Clearfield segment.
Executives
Carol Ann Wirsbinski director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., STE. 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Ronald G Roth director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Jones Walter Louis Jr director 7050 WINNETKA AVE N,, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Roger G Harding director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N. SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Donald R. Hayward director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Daniel R Herzog other: Comptroller 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Cheri B Podzimek other: President of Subsidiary 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
John P Hill officer: Chief Operating Officer 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Charles N Hayssen director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Patrick Goepel director 7050 WINNETKA AVE N, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Clearfield, Inc. director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Zucherman Stephen L Md director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Reddan John G Jr director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Bruce G. Blackey officer: Chief Financial Officer 5480 NATHAN LANE #120, PLYMOUTH MN 55442
Anil K Jain director 4 WEST BAY LANE, NORTH OAKS MN 55127