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Progress Software (Progress Software) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 14.75 (As of Jun. 09, 2024)


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What is Progress Software Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-09), Progress Software's current share price is $50.16. Progress Software's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $3.40. Progress Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 14.75.

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

PRGS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.74   Med: 20.25   Max: 33.54
Current: 14.74

During the past years, Progress Software's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 33.54. The lowest was 14.74. And the median was 20.25.

PRGS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
75.26% of 683 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.4 vs PRGS: 14.74

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.

Progress Software's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.566. 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 $3.40 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2024.

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Progress Software Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Progress Software Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 22.33 19.55 20.23 19.07 16.52

Progress Software Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 19.23 19.38 18.83 16.52 15.68

Competitive Comparison of Progress Software's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Progress Software'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.


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

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

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



Progress Software 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=50.16/3.4
=14.75

* 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.

Progress Software's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Progress Software's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Feb. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2024)
=1.566/130.9299*130.9299
=1.566

Current CPI (Feb. 2024) = 130.9299.

Progress Software Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201405 0.302 100.373 0.394
201408 0.467 100.352 0.609
201411 0.736 99.635 0.967
201502 0.681 99.032 0.900
201505 0.345 100.333 0.450
201508 0.345 100.548 0.449
201511 0.520 100.135 0.680
201602 0.410 100.040 0.537
201605 0.508 101.355 0.656
201608 0.377 101.617 0.486
201611 0.656 101.829 0.843
201702 0.758 102.779 0.966
201705 0.460 103.256 0.583
201708 0.271 103.587 0.343
201711 0.623 104.072 0.784
201802 0.636 105.052 0.793
201805 0.875 106.148 1.079
201808 0.450 106.383 0.554
201811 0.508 106.338 0.625
201902 0.534 106.649 0.656
201905 0.880 108.048 1.066
201908 0.574 108.245 0.694
201911 0.757 108.519 0.913
202002 0.700 109.139 0.840
202005 0.825 108.175 0.999
202008 0.649 109.662 0.775
202011 0.879 109.793 1.048
202102 0.975 110.968 1.150
202105 1.208 113.576 1.393
202108 0.777 115.421 0.881
202111 0.937 117.269 1.046
202202 0.968 119.703 1.059
202205 1.517 123.323 1.611
202208 0.878 124.958 0.920
202211 0.842 125.607 0.878
202302 1.046 126.928 1.079
202305 1.043 128.314 1.064
202308 0.997 129.538 1.008
202311 0.684 129.548 0.691
202402 1.566 130.930 1.566

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.


Progress Software  (NAS:PRGS) 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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Progress Software (Progress Software) Business Description

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Address
15 Wayside Road, Suite 400, Burlington, MA, USA, 01803
Progress Software Corporation is a provider of cloud-based security solutions to large- and mid-sized organizations in a wide range of industries. Its product includes OpenEdge; Chef; Developer Tools; Kemp LoadMaster; MOVEit; DataDirect; WhatsUp Gold; Sitefinity; Flowmon and Corticon. The company derives revenue from perpetual licenses to its products, but some products also use term licensing models. Its cloud-based offerings use a subscription-based model. A majority of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States and also has a presence in Canada, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Latin America, and Asia Pacific.
Executives
Domenic Lococo officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Sundar Subramanian officer: EVP/GM DevSecOps C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Ian Pitt officer: Chief Information Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Kathryn Kulikoski officer: CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Yufan Stephanie Wang officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Anthony Folger officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CARBONITE, INC., 177 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02115
Loren Jarrett officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DR., BEDFORD MA 01730
Charles Francis Kane director 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Yogesh K Gupta director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Jeremy Segal officer: Senior Vice President C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Jennifer Ortiz officer: EVP, Corporate Marketing C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
John R Egan director 176 SOUTH ST., HOPKINTON MA 01748
John Ainsworth officer: Senior Vice President C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DR., BEDFORD MA 01730
Gary Quinn officer: Senior Vice President C/O COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTER INC, ONE COMPUTER ASSOC PLAZA, ISLANDIA NY 11749
Ranier Gawlick director 5540 PIONEER CREEK DRIVE, MAPLE PLAIN MN 55359