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Microsoft (HAM:MSF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 64.95 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Microsoft Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-24), Microsoft's current share price is €398.15. Microsoft's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €6.13. Microsoft's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 64.95.

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

HAM:MSF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.66   Med: 32.13   Max: 71.78
Current: 64.72

During the past years, Microsoft's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 71.78. The lowest was 13.66. And the median was 32.13.

HAM:MSF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
72.71% of 656 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.52 vs HAM:MSF: 64.72

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 €2.581. 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 €6.13 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
=398.15/6.13
=64.95

* 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)
=2.581/131.7762*131.7762
=2.581

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Microsoft Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.744 100.560 0.975
201409 0.657 100.428 0.862
201412 0.279 99.070 0.371
201503 0.921 99.621 1.218
201506 0.555 100.684 0.726
201509 0.829 100.392 1.088
201512 0.410 99.792 0.541
201603 0.906 100.470 1.188
201606 0.652 101.688 0.845
201609 1.062 101.861 1.374
201612 0.521 101.863 0.674
201703 1.073 102.862 1.375
201706 0.994 103.349 1.267
201709 1.109 104.136 1.403
201712 0.580 104.011 0.735
201803 0.959 105.290 1.200
201806 0.818 106.317 1.014
201809 1.110 106.507 1.373
201812 0.588 105.998 0.731
201903 1.252 107.251 1.538
201906 1.380 108.070 1.683
201909 1.229 108.329 1.495
201912 0.835 108.420 1.015
202003 1.620 108.902 1.960
202006 1.616 108.767 1.958
202009 1.604 109.815 1.925
202012 0.900 109.897 1.079
202103 1.890 111.754 2.229
202106 1.780 114.631 2.046
202109 2.104 115.734 2.396
202112 1.009 117.630 1.130
202203 2.416 121.301 2.625
202206 2.239 125.017 2.360
202209 2.282 125.227 2.401
202212 0.619 125.222 0.651
202303 2.232 127.348 2.310
202306 2.451 128.729 2.509
202309 2.595 129.860 2.633
202312 1.120 129.419 1.140
202403 2.581 131.776 2.581

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  (HAM:MSF) 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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