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Microsoft (UKEX:MSFT) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 63.74 (As of Jun. 02, 2024)


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What is Microsoft Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-02), Microsoft's current share price is ₴15256.00. Microsoft's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₴239.33. Microsoft's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 63.74.

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

UKEX:MSFT' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.66   Med: 32.31   Max: 71.78
Current: 62.92

During the past years, Microsoft's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 71.78. The lowest was 13.66. And the median was 32.31.

UKEX:MSFT's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
74.3% of 677 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.27 vs UKEX:MSFT: 62.92

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.

Microsoft's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₴113.711. 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 ₴239.33 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Microsoft Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Microsoft Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 36.52 51.04 58.80 46.91 56.17

Microsoft 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 49.73 56.17 50.25 59.29 63.76

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

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Microsoft'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.


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

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

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



Microsoft 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=15256.00/239.33
=63.74

* 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.

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

For example, Microsoft'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)
=113.711/131.7762*131.7762
=113.711

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Microsoft Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 40.973 100.560 53.692
201409 34.320 100.428 45.033
201412 13.921 99.070 18.517
201503 40.394 99.621 53.432
201506 25.241 100.684 33.036
201509 37.699 100.392 49.485
201512 18.091 99.792 23.889
201603 40.902 100.470 53.647
201606 29.691 101.688 38.476
201609 48.297 101.861 62.481
201612 22.282 101.863 28.825
201703 46.502 102.862 59.573
201706 45.271 103.349 57.723
201709 53.565 104.136 67.783
201712 27.801 104.011 35.222
201803 47.926 105.290 59.982
201806 38.735 106.317 48.011
201809 52.472 106.507 64.921
201812 27.093 105.998 33.682
201903 57.331 107.251 70.441
201906 63.172 108.070 77.030
201909 54.840 108.329 66.710
201912 37.597 108.420 45.696
202003 72.536 108.902 87.772
202006 73.762 108.767 89.366
202009 76.564 109.815 91.876
202012 44.390 109.897 53.228
202103 91.168 111.754 107.502
202106 86.913 114.631 99.912
202109 100.313 115.734 114.217
202112 46.213 117.630 51.771
202203 107.831 121.301 117.143
202206 95.906 125.017 101.091
202209 91.585 125.227 96.375
202212 26.568 125.222 27.959
202303 96.832 127.348 100.199
202306 107.625 128.729 110.173
202309 112.239 129.860 113.896
202312 49.481 129.419 50.382
202403 113.711 131.776 113.711

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.


Microsoft  (UKEX:MSFT) 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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Microsoft (UKEX:MSFT) Business Description

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Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. The company is organized into three equally sized broad segments: productivity and business processes (legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, Dynamics), intelligence cloud (infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings Azure, Windows Server OS, SQL Server), and more personal computing (Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops).