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Open Text (STU:OTX) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 9.98 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Open Text Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-10), Open Text's current share price is €25.85. Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €2.59. Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 9.98.

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

STU:OTX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.08   Med: 26.77   Max: 40.13
Current: 10.09

During the past years, Open Text's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 40.13. The lowest was 10.08. And the median was 26.77.

STU:OTX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
84.46% of 682 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.365 vs STU:OTX: 10.09

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.

Open Text's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €1.173. 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 €2.59 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Open Text Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Open Text Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.82 24.18 22.91 14.88 15.58

Open Text 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 14.97 15.58 13.50 15.26 13.91

Competitive Comparison of Open Text's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Application subindustry, Open Text'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.


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

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

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



Open Text 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=25.85/2.59
=9.98

* 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.

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

For example, Open Text'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)
=1.173/126.2576*126.2576
=1.173

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Open Text Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.365 99.473 0.463
201409 0.342 99.394 0.434
201412 0.302 98.367 0.388
201503 0.491 99.789 0.621
201506 0.418 100.500 0.525
201509 0.274 100.421 0.344
201512 0.419 99.947 0.529
201603 0.631 101.054 0.788
201606 0.357 102.002 0.442
201609 0.192 101.765 0.238
201612 0.365 101.449 0.454
201703 0.488 102.634 0.600
201706 0.248 103.029 0.304
201709 0.116 103.345 0.142
201712 0.446 103.345 0.545
201803 0.737 105.004 0.886
201806 0.578 105.557 0.691
201809 0.467 105.636 0.558
201812 0.588 105.399 0.704
201903 0.882 106.979 1.041
201906 0.707 107.690 0.829
201909 0.398 107.611 0.467
201912 0.622 107.769 0.729
202003 1.040 107.927 1.217
202006 0.856 108.401 0.997
202009 0.680 108.164 0.794
202012 0.829 108.559 0.964
202103 0.154 110.298 0.176
202106 0.814 111.720 0.920
202109 0.507 112.905 0.567
202112 0.668 113.774 0.741
202203 1.024 117.646 1.099
202206 0.748 120.806 0.782
202209 0.358 120.648 0.375
202212 0.569 120.964 0.594
202303 1.054 122.702 1.085
202306 0.310 124.203 0.315
202309 0.033 125.230 0.033
202312 1.029 125.072 1.039
202403 1.173 126.258 1.173

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.


Open Text  (STU:OTX) 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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Open Text Corp grew out of a technology project involving the Oxford English Dictionary at Canada's University of Waterloo in the mid-1980s. Its software allows clients to archive, aggregate, retrieve, and search unstructured information (such as documents, e-mail, and presentations). The OpenText Information Management platform and services provide secure and scalable solutions for global enterprises, SMBs, governments, and consumers around the world. It also accelerates transformations with intelligent tools and services. The company is based in Ontario, Canada.

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