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Great-West Lifeco (FRA:GWS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 5.05 (As of Jun. 08, 2024)


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What is Great-West Lifeco Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-08), Great-West Lifeco's current share price is €26.60. Great-West Lifeco's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €5.27. Great-West Lifeco's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 5.05.

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

FRA:GWS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.14   Med: 5.56   Max: 7.29
Current: 5.11

During the past years, Great-West Lifeco's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 7.29. The lowest was 3.14. And the median was 5.56.

FRA:GWS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
73.09% of 327 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 10.97 vs FRA:GWS: 5.11

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.

Great-West Lifeco's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.184. 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 €5.27 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Great-West Lifeco Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Great-West Lifeco'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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Great-West Lifeco Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Great-West Lifeco 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 5.32 4.59 5.09 4.05 5.57

Great-West Lifeco 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 4.61 5.06 5.17 5.57 5.54

Competitive Comparison of Great-West Lifeco's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Great-West Lifeco'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.


Great-West Lifeco's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



Great-West Lifeco 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.

Great-West Lifeco's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=26.60/5.27
=5.05

* 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.

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

For example, Great-West Lifeco'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)
=0.184/126.2576*126.2576
=0.184

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Great-West Lifeco Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.939 99.473 1.192
201409 1.464 99.394 1.860
201412 0.501 98.367 0.643
201503 0.800 99.789 1.012
201506 1.012 100.500 1.271
201509 1.054 100.421 1.325
201512 0.715 99.947 0.903
201603 0.932 101.054 1.164
201606 1.233 102.002 1.526
201609 1.184 101.765 1.469
201612 0.999 101.449 1.243
201703 1.042 102.634 1.282
201706 0.872 103.029 1.069
201709 1.173 103.345 1.433
201712 1.529 103.345 1.868
201803 0.734 105.004 0.883
201806 0.764 105.557 0.914
201809 1.735 105.636 2.074
201812 1.037 105.399 1.242
201903 0.542 106.979 0.640
201906 1.941 107.690 2.276
201909 0.938 107.611 1.101
201912 0.949 107.769 1.112
202003 1.348 107.927 1.577
202006 1.030 108.401 1.200
202009 2.992 108.164 3.492
202012 1.311 108.559 1.525
202103 1.290 110.298 1.477
202106 0.775 111.720 0.876
202109 4.093 112.905 4.577
202112 1.356 113.774 1.505
202203 1.107 117.646 1.188
202206 1.921 120.806 2.008
202209 1.273 120.648 1.332
202212 -1.237 120.964 -1.291
202303 0.131 122.702 0.135
202306 -0.436 124.203 -0.443
202309 0.349 125.230 0.352
202312 3.758 125.072 3.794
202403 0.184 126.258 0.184

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.


Great-West Lifeco  (FRA:GWS) 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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Great-West Lifeco (FRA:GWS) Business Description

Address
100 Osborne Street North, Winnipeg, MB, CAN, R3C 1V3
Great-West Lifeco provides life insurance, health insurance, retirement products, asset management, recordkeeping services, and reinsurance products in Canada, the United States, and Europe. The Canada business contributes approximately 35% of adjusted earnings and has leading market positions in group insurance, group retirement, and individual insurance. The company operates the second-largest recordkeeping business under the Empower brand in the United States, with an earnings contribution from the country approximating 20%. Great-West Lifeco also offers various products across Europe markets with a strong presence in the U.K., Ireland, and Germany. The Europe segment contributes around 28% of adjusted earnings and the reinsurance business accounts for around 17% of adjusted earnings.

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