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Pure Cycle (Pure Cycle) Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) : 0.16 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Pure Cycle Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)?

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

Pure Cycle's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.16. It's Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio for today is 59.31.


The historical rank and industry rank for Pure Cycle's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) or its related term are showing as below:

PCYO' s Price-to-Owner-Earnings Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.36   Med: 20.27   Max: 391.71
Current: 60.45


During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio of Pure Cycle was 391.71. The lowest was 13.36. And the median was 20.27.


PCYO's Price-to-Owner-Earnings is ranked worse than
82.49% of 257 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 15.94 vs PCYO: 60.45

Pure Cycle's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.01. Its Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.28. It's PE Ratio ratio for today is 34.51.

Pure Cycle's EPS without NRI for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.01. Its EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.28. It's PE Ratio without NRI ratio for today is 34.51.


Pure Cycle Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pure Cycle's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) 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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Pure Cycle Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Chart

Pure Cycle Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.02 0.36 1.01 0.29 -0.17

Pure Cycle Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) 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 0.51 0.65 -0.17 -0.12 0.16

Competitive Comparison of Pure Cycle's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Pure Cycle's Price-to-Owner-Earnings, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Owner-Earnings 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.


Pure Cycle's Price-to-Owner-Earnings Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Pure Cycle's Price-to-Owner-Earnings distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pure Cycle's Price-to-Owner-Earnings falls into.



Pure Cycle Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume. (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

To make it simple, then you will have:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) = (Net Income + Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization + Change In Deferred Tax - 5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure + Change In Working Capital) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

Pure Cycle's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation:

TTM / Last Quarter Average of Last 20 Quarters
Net Income 6.53
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization 2.07
Change In Deferred Tax 0.18
5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure 6.66
Change In Working Capital 1.66
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) 24.15

1. Start with "Net Income" from income statement. Pure Cycle's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $6.53 Mil.

2. "Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization" is from cashflow statement. Pure Cycle's Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $2.07 Mil. This needs to be added back because company does not actually need to pay cash for it. It is a non-cash item.

3. Other non-cash charges usually include "Stock Based Compensation" and "Change In Deferred Tax":
However, to be conservative, GuruFocus will not add Stock Based Compensation back to net income. Pure Cycle's Change In Deferred Tax for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.18 Mil.

4. Average maintenance capital expenditure over a business/industry cycle: 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $6.66 Mil

It is usually best to take a long-term average of maintenance capital expenditure. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since many companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditure.

The following shows how to get maintenance capital expenditure.

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous quarter. If the revenue decreased from the previous quarter, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous quarter, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Growth Capital Expenditure = Percentage of Property, Plant and Equipment as of corresponding Revenue * Revenue Increase
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
Fourth, get the average of the 5 years maintenance capital expenditure.

Pure Cycle's 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $6.66 Mil

5. "Change In Working Capital" is from cashflow statement. Pure Cycle's Change In Working Capital for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.66 Mil.
Note: GuruFocus' Change in Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And sometimes it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.

6. Pure Cycle's Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) for the months ended in Feb. 2024 was 24.149 Mil.

Pure Cycle's Onwer Earnings Per Share for Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=( Net Income+Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization+Change In Deferred Tax
=( 6.534 +2.074+0.182
-5Y Avg of Maintenance CAPEX+Change In Working Capital )/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
-6.6556123721025+1.658)/24.149
=0.16

Price-to-Owner-Earnings=Current Price/Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=9.49/0.16
=59.31

* 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.


Be Aware

Assumption: Companies usually do not report maintenance capital expenditures and growth capital expenditures separately. Here we use estimated numbers and average them over 5 years. The method to estimate maintenance capital expenditures can be found in above part 4.

Note: GuruFocus' Change In Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.


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Pure Cycle (Pure Cycle) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
34501 E. Quincy Avenue, Building 65, Suite A, Watkins, CO, USA, 80137
Pure Cycle Corp is a diversified land and water resource development company. It designs, constructs, manages, operates, and maintains water and wastewater systems. The firm operates in two business segments namely Water and wastewater resource development and Land development. It generates maximum revenue from the Land development segment. The company's services include water production, storage, treatment, bulk transmission to retail distribution systems, wastewater collection and treatment, irrigation water treatment and transmission, construction management, billing, and collection. The land resource development segment includes all the activities necessary to develop and sell finished lots.
Executives
Mark W Harding director, officer: President and CFO 8451 DELAWARE STREET, THORNTON CO 80260
Marc Stephen Spezialy officer: Vice President and CFO 34501 E. QUINCY AVE. BLDG 65, WATKINS CO 80137
Kevin Blain Mcneill officer: Chief Financial Officer 34501 E. QUINCY AVE, BLDG 34, WATKINS CO 80018
Plaisance Spv I, Llc 10 percent owner 250 FILLMORE, SUITE 525, DENVER CO 80206
Wanda J Abel director 34501 QUINCY AVENUE BLDG. 34, WATKINS CO 80109
Fendel Frederick A. Iii director C/O PURE CYCLE CORP., 34501 E. QUINCY AVE., BLDG. 34, WATKINS CO 80137
Plaisance Capital Llc 10 percent owner 250 FILLMORE, SUITE 525, DENVER CO 80206
Patrick Beirne director 8 VIKING DR, ENGLEWOOD CO 80113
Jeffrey G Sheets director 5291 E. YALE AVE., DENVER CO 80222
Par Investment Partners Lp 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, FL 48, BOSTON MA 02116
Daniel R Kozlowski 10 percent owner 250 FILLMORE, SUITE 525, DENVER CO 80206
Par Capital Management Inc 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, FL 48, BOSTON MA 02116
Par Group Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, 48TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Epker Arthur G Iii director C/O PURE CYCLE CORPORATION, 8451 DELAWARE ST., THORNTON CO 80260
Harrison E Augur director PO BOX 4389, ASPEN CO 81611