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Pearson (Pearson) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 33.46 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Pearson Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Pearson's current share price is $12.38. Pearson's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $0.37. Pearson's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 33.46.

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

PSO' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.24   Med: 16.17   Max: 38.78
Current: 34.21

During the past 13 years, Pearson's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 38.78. The lowest was 9.24. And the median was 16.17.

PSO's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
74.51% of 357 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 16.88 vs PSO: 34.21

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.

Pearson's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $0.704. 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 $0.37 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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Pearson Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Pearson 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 13.82 18.46 20.67 37.14 33.27

Pearson 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 20.67 - 37.14 - 33.27

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

For the Publishing subindustry, Pearson'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.


Pearson's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Pearson's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Pearson 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=12.38/0.37
=33.46

* 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.

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

For example, Pearson'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)
=0.704/130.0000*130.0000
=0.704

Current CPI (Dec23) = 130.0000.

Pearson Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 0.526 99.900 0.684
201512 -0.066 100.400 -0.085
201612 0.253 102.200 0.322
201712 0.109 105.000 0.135
201812 0.426 107.100 0.517
201912 0.297 108.500 0.356
202012 0.454 109.400 0.539
202112 0.263 114.700 0.298
202212 0.351 125.300 0.364
202312 0.704 130.000 0.704

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.


Pearson  (NYSE:PSO) 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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Pearson (Pearson) Business Description

Address
80 Strand, London, GBR, WC2R 0RL
U.K.-listed Pearson is the world's largest educational provider. The company has been disposing of noncore businesses such as the Financial Times, The Economist, and publishing house Penguin, and is now focused on being an educational resource and testing provider. While Pearson's primary activity centres on higher-level education, the firm also has significant operations in providing clinical assessments, professional certification and testing.

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