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Air China (LSE:AIRC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 10.88 (As of Jun. 07, 2024)


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What is Air China Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-07), Air China's current share price is £0.54423. Air China's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was £0.05. Air China's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 10.88.

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

LSE:AIRC' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.71   Med: 17.09   Max: 384
Current: 10.69

During the past years, Air China's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 384.00. The lowest was 9.71. And the median was 17.09.

LSE:AIRC's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
68.3% of 429 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 17.71 vs LSE:AIRC: 10.69

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.

Air China's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was £0.052. 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 £0.05 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Air China Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Air China 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 14.28 13.16 14.25 21.05 11.57

Air China 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 18.58 12.74 12.57 11.57 10.45

Competitive Comparison of Air China's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Airlines subindustry, Air China'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.


Air China's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Air China's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Air China 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=0.54423/0.05
=10.88

* 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.

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

For example, Air China'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)
=0.052/117.7354*117.7354
=0.052

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 117.7354.

Air China Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.017 96.409 0.021
201409 0.025 97.948 0.030
201412 -0.009 99.707 -0.011
201503 0.020 99.927 0.024
201506 0.049 99.267 0.058
201509 0.104 99.927 0.123
201512 0.030 102.015 0.035
201603 -0.002 102.785 -0.002
201606 -0.022 101.686 -0.025
201609 0.052 102.565 0.060
201612 0.068 103.225 0.078
201703 -0.008 103.335 -0.009
201706 0.032 103.664 0.036
201709 0.050 103.994 0.057
201712 0.000 104.984 0.000
201803 0.024 105.973 0.027
201806 0.009 106.193 0.010
201809 0.088 106.852 0.097
201812 0.037 107.622 0.040
201903 0.036 108.172 0.039
201906 0.057 109.601 0.061
201909 0.067 110.260 0.072
201912 0.046 110.700 0.049
202003 -0.097 110.920 -0.103
202006 -0.029 110.590 -0.031
202009 0.037 107.512 0.041
202012 0.000 109.711 0.000
202103 -0.015 111.579 -0.016
202106 0.069 111.360 0.073
202109 0.003 109.051 0.003
202112 -0.002 112.349 -0.002
202203 -0.080 113.558 -0.083
202206 0.011 113.448 0.011
202209 -0.025 113.778 -0.026
202212 -0.118 114.548 -0.121
202303 0.035 115.427 0.036
202306 0.046 115.647 0.047
202309 0.057 116.087 0.058
202312 -0.060 117.296 -0.060
202403 0.052 117.735 0.052

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.


Air China  (LSE:AIRC) 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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Air China (LSE:AIRC) Business Description

Industry
Address
30 Tianzhu Road, Airport Industrial Zone, Blue Sky Mansion, Shunyi District, Beijing, CHN, 101312
Air China is based in Beijing. It is one of the largest state-owned airlines and the flag carrier in China. The group operated a fleet of 762 aircraft as of 2022 and carried more than 115 million passengers in prepandemic 2019. It runs a spoke-and-hub model under which it gathers and distributes passengers from air hubs such as Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai. The group's route network extends to over 187 destinations and 43 countries and regions.