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Great-West Lifeco (Great-West Lifeco) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 5.06 (As of Jun. 09, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-06-09), Great-West Lifeco's current share price is $29.1728. Great-West Lifeco's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $5.77. Great-West Lifeco's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 5.06.

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

GWLIF' 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.

GWLIF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
73.09% of 327 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 10.97 vs GWLIF: 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 $0.200. 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 $5.77 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
=29.1728/5.77
=5.06

* 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)
=0.2/126.2576*126.2576
=0.200

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Great-West Lifeco Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.275 99.473 1.618
201409 1.886 99.394 2.396
201412 0.618 98.367 0.793
201503 0.866 99.789 1.096
201506 1.135 100.500 1.426
201509 1.182 100.421 1.486
201512 0.779 99.947 0.984
201603 1.038 101.054 1.297
201606 1.385 102.002 1.714
201609 1.328 101.765 1.648
201612 1.054 101.449 1.312
201703 1.115 102.634 1.372
201706 0.980 103.029 1.201
201709 1.398 103.345 1.708
201712 1.809 103.345 2.210
201803 0.905 105.004 1.088
201806 0.892 105.557 1.067
201809 2.025 105.636 2.420
201812 1.180 105.399 1.414
201903 0.612 106.979 0.722
201906 2.193 107.690 2.571
201909 1.033 107.611 1.212
201912 1.055 107.769 1.236
202003 1.490 107.927 1.743
202006 1.160 108.401 1.351
202009 3.524 108.164 4.113
202012 1.595 108.559 1.855
202103 1.536 110.298 1.758
202106 0.934 111.720 1.056
202109 4.815 112.905 5.384
202112 1.532 113.774 1.700
202203 1.219 117.646 1.308
202206 2.030 120.806 2.122
202209 1.261 120.648 1.320
202212 -1.311 120.964 -1.368
202303 0.140 122.702 0.144
202306 -0.473 124.203 -0.481
202309 0.372 125.230 0.375
202312 4.099 125.072 4.138
202403 0.200 126.258 0.200

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  (OTCPK:GWLIF) 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 (Great-West Lifeco) 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.