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United States Cellular (STU:US7) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 13, 2024)


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What is United States Cellular Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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United States Cellular Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for United States Cellular's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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United States Cellular Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of United States Cellular's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Telecom Services subindustry, United States Cellular'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.


United States Cellular's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, United States Cellular's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



United States Cellular 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.

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

For example, United States Cellular'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)
=0.617/131.7762*131.7762
=0.617

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

United States Cellular Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.102 100.560 -0.134
201409 -0.602 100.428 -0.790
201412 -3.303 99.070 -4.393
201503 -1.533 99.621 -2.028
201506 0.262 100.684 0.343
201509 -0.231 100.392 -0.303
201512 -1.879 99.792 -2.481
201603 0.634 100.470 0.832
201606 -0.230 101.688 -0.298
201609 0.535 101.861 0.692
201612 -0.937 101.863 -1.212
201703 -0.326 102.862 -0.418
201706 -0.973 103.349 -1.241
201709 0.760 104.136 0.962
201712 -1.310 104.011 -1.660
201803 1.047 105.290 1.310
201806 0.786 106.317 0.974
201809 1.290 106.507 1.596
201812 -1.309 105.998 -1.627
201903 0.443 107.251 0.544
201906 -1.056 108.070 -1.288
201909 0.537 108.329 0.653
201912 -1.923 108.420 -2.337
202003 0.010 108.902 0.012
202006 0.612 108.767 0.741
202009 0.289 109.815 0.347
202012 -0.416 109.897 -0.499
202103 -12.075 111.754 -14.238
202106 0.830 114.631 0.954
202109 1.026 115.734 1.168
202112 -1.812 117.630 -2.030
202203 -4.175 121.301 -4.536
202206 1.370 125.017 1.444
202209 -0.689 125.227 -0.725
202212 -0.262 125.222 -0.276
202303 -1.738 127.348 -1.798
202306 2.050 128.729 2.099
202309 2.288 129.860 2.322
202312 -1.151 129.419 -1.172
202403 0.617 131.776 0.617

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.


United States Cellular  (STU:US7) 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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United States Cellular (STU:US7) Business Description

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8410 West Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, USA, 60631
U.S. Cellular is a regional wireless carrier that serves about 5 million customers spread across four major geographic clusters: the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, New England, and the Pacific Northwest. These service territories encompass a total population of about 32 million people. The vast majority of the markets the firm serves are rural or second/third-tier cities, with only the greater Milwaukee and Oklahoma City regions boasting populations greater than 1 million. U.S. Cellular also owns a 5.5% stake in Verizon Wireless' Los Angeles operations and, unlike its wireless carrier peers, owns most of its own towers.

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