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London Security (LSE:LSC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 19.68 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is London Security Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-10), London Security's current share price is £30.50. London Security's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was £1.55. London Security's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 19.68.

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

LSE:LSC' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.67   Med: 21.33   Max: 36.97
Current: 19.73

During the past 13 years, London Security's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 36.97. The lowest was 16.67. And the median was 21.33.

LSE:LSC's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
54.74% of 369 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 18.07 vs LSE:LSC: 19.73

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.

London Security's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was £1.554. 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 £1.55 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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London Security Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

London Security 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 19.15 19.53 20.53 19.57 19.73

London Security Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 20.53 - 19.57 - 19.73

Competitive Comparison of London Security's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, London Security'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.


London Security's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, London Security's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



London Security 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=30.50/1.55
=19.68

* 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.

London Security's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 is calculated as:

For example, London Security's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec23 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec23)
=1.554/130.5000*130.5000
=1.554

Current CPI (Dec23) = 130.5000.

London Security Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 1.046 99.900 1.366
201512 0.862 100.400 1.120
201612 1.142 102.200 1.458
201712 1.108 105.000 1.377
201812 1.350 107.100 1.645
201912 1.511 108.500 1.817
202012 1.706 109.400 2.035
202112 1.558 114.700 1.773
202212 1.264 125.300 1.316
202312 1.554 130.500 1.554

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.


London Security  (LSE:LSC) 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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London Security (LSE:LSC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2 Jubilee Way, Premier House, Elland, West Yorkshire, GBR, HX5 9DY
London Security PLC is an investment holding company that provides fire protection services and products. The business activity of the group functions through the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Germany, Denmark and Luxembourg. It derives revenue from the Outright sale of equipment, Maintenance, service, installation and Equipment rental activity. The company products are marketed under Nu-Swift, Ansul, Total; and Premier and Master brand names. The group operates in a single segment being g the provision and maintenance of fire protection and security equipment in Europe.

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