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Ambac Financial Group (FRA:FGPN) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 31, 2024)


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What is Ambac Financial Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Ambac Financial Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ambac Financial Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Ambac Financial Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Ambac Financial Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Ambac Financial Group'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.


Ambac Financial Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Ambac Financial Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ambac Financial Group 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.

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

For example, Ambac Financial Group'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)
=0.357/131.7762*131.7762
=0.357

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Ambac Financial Group Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 2.183 100.560 2.861
201409 1.433 100.428 1.880
201412 -21.316 99.070 -28.353
201503 0.110 99.621 0.146
201506 0.625 100.684 0.818
201509 0.862 100.392 1.131
201512 0.199 99.792 0.263
201603 16.436 100.470 21.557
201606 0.901 101.688 1.168
201609 -0.943 101.861 -1.220
201612 0.097 101.863 0.125
201703 -0.099 102.862 -0.127
201706 -3.124 103.349 -3.983
201709 -1.477 104.136 -1.869
201712 0.454 104.011 0.575
201803 -21.167 105.290 -26.492
201806 -2.211 106.317 -2.740
201809 -1.992 106.507 -2.465
201812 -2.354 105.998 -2.926
201903 -1.834 107.251 -2.253
201906 -3.272 108.070 -3.990
201909 -0.599 108.329 -0.729
201912 -0.293 108.420 -0.356
202003 -1.709 108.902 -2.068
202006 -0.481 108.767 -0.583
202009 -1.011 109.815 -1.213
202012 -0.142 109.897 -0.170
202103 -0.717 111.754 -0.845
202106 -0.766 114.631 -0.881
202109 -0.958 115.734 -1.091
202112 0.095 117.630 0.106
202203 0.173 121.301 0.188
202206 0.041 125.017 0.043
202209 1.057 125.227 1.112
202212 25.854 125.222 27.207
202303 1.578 127.348 1.633
202306 0.484 128.729 0.495
202309 0.220 129.860 0.223
202312 1.762 129.419 1.794
202403 0.357 131.776 0.357

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.


Ambac Financial Group  (FRA:FGPN) 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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Ambac Financial Group (FRA:FGPN) Business Description

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Address
One World Trade Center, New York, NY, USA, 10007
Ambac Financial Group Incis a financial services holding company. The business operations of the company include Legacy Financial Guarantee Insurance, Specialty Property and Casualty Insurance and Insurance Distribution. The Company has three reportable segments namely Legacy Financial Guarantee Insurance, Specialty Property and Casualty Insurance and Insurance Distribution. Majority of revenues are earned from Legacy Financial Guarantee Insurance segment.

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