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Salesforce (BUE:CRM) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 49.28 (As of May. 14, 2024)


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What is Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-14), Salesforce's current share price is ARS16523.50. Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS335.31. Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 49.28.

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

BUE:CRM' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 35.24   Med: 88.91   Max: 135.3
Current: 57.64

During the past years, Salesforce's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 135.30. The lowest was 35.24. And the median was 88.91.

BUE:CRM's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
70.35% of 678 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.945 vs BUE:CRM: 57.64

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.

Salesforce's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS2,683.296. 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 ARS335.31 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2024.

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Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Salesforce Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 89.73 90.88 74.11 43.52 58.56

Salesforce Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 43.52 46.21 51.46 44.38 58.56

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Salesforce'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.


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

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

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



Salesforce 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=16523.50/335.31
=49.28

* 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.

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

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2024)
=2683.296/129.4194*129.4194
=2,683.296

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 129.4194.

Salesforce Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201404 5.395 100.023 6.981
201407 2.305 100.520 2.968
201410 -0.887 100.176 -1.146
201501 5.009 98.604 6.574
201504 3.199 99.824 4.147
201507 3.336 100.691 4.288
201510 1.186 100.346 1.530
201601 8.298 99.957 10.744
201604 20.684 100.947 26.518
201607 3.339 101.524 4.256
201610 0.304 101.988 0.386
201701 12.594 102.456 15.908
201704 22.887 103.167 28.711
201707 4.957 103.278 6.212
201710 0.336 104.070 0.418
201801 23.918 104.578 29.600
201804 35.844 105.708 43.884
201807 10.746 106.324 13.080
201810 0.368 106.695 0.446
201901 55.851 106.200 68.062
201904 98.567 107.818 118.315
201907 13.782 108.250 16.477
201910 8.386 108.577 9.996
202001 98.084 108.841 116.629
202004 108.445 108.173 129.744
202007 24.090 109.318 28.520
202010 17.456 109.861 20.564
202101 180.745 110.364 211.952
202104 298.539 112.673 342.911
202107 17.438 115.183 19.593
202110 23.484 116.696 26.045
202201 185.622 118.619 202.523
202204 388.198 121.978 411.880
202207 16.411 125.002 16.991
202210 16.941 125.734 17.438
202301 461.423 126.223 473.108
202304 760.378 127.992 768.857
202307 163.497 128.974 164.061
202310 487.360 129.810 485.895
202401 2,683.296 129.419 2,683.296

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.


Salesforce  (BUE:CRM) 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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