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Volvo AB (OSTO:VOLV A) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 56.59 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Volvo AB Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-26), Volvo AB's current share price is kr295.40. Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr5.22. Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 56.59.

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

OSTO:VOLV A' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 43.95   Med: 94.86   Max: 1414.55
Current: 56.57

During the past years, Volvo AB's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 1414.55. The lowest was 43.95. And the median was 94.86.

OSTO:VOLV A's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
76.04% of 96 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 26.405 vs OSTO:VOLV A: 56.57

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.

Volvo AB's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr2.390. 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 kr5.22 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Volvo AB Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Volvo AB 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 86.73 128.91 96.83 47.92 63.52

Volvo AB 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 56.84 59.27 54.84 63.52 56.45

Competitive Comparison of Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Volvo AB'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.


Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Volvo AB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Volvo AB 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=295.40/5.22
=56.59

* 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.

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

For example, Volvo AB'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)
=2.39/132.2054*132.2054
=2.390

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 132.2054.

Volvo AB Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.394 100.432 -0.519
201409 -1.280 100.161 -1.690
201412 2.604 100.225 3.435
201503 -0.788 99.950 -1.042
201506 1.427 99.995 1.887
201509 -2.756 100.228 -3.635
201512 5.419 100.276 7.145
201603 -4.970 100.751 -6.522
201606 2.169 101.019 2.839
201609 1.727 101.138 2.258
201612 -0.278 102.022 -0.360
201703 2.212 102.022 2.866
201706 3.417 102.752 4.396
201709 -1.347 103.279 -1.724
201712 4.752 103.793 6.053
201803 -0.287 103.962 -0.365
201806 1.993 104.875 2.512
201809 -0.847 105.679 -1.060
201812 4.216 105.912 5.263
201903 -1.135 105.886 -1.417
201906 2.873 106.742 3.558
201909 0.105 107.214 0.129
201912 6.537 107.766 8.019
202003 -3.316 106.563 -4.114
202006 -2.568 107.498 -3.158
202009 6.722 107.635 8.256
202012 5.701 108.296 6.960
202103 0.500 108.360 0.610
202106 2.237 108.928 2.715
202109 -4.347 110.338 -5.209
202112 7.419 112.486 8.720
202203 -4.809 114.825 -5.537
202206 0.493 118.384 0.551
202209 5.013 122.296 5.419
202212 2.941 126.365 3.077
202303 -2.278 127.042 -2.371
202306 -0.230 129.407 -0.235
202309 -1.279 130.224 -1.298
202312 3.411 131.912 3.419
202403 2.390 132.205 2.390

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.


Volvo AB  (OSTO:VOLV A) 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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Volvo AB (OSTO:VOLV A) Business Description

Address
Gropegardsgatan 2, Gothenburg, SWE, 417 15
Volvo AB drives prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase the customers' uptime and productivity.

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