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Manulife Financial (Manulife Financial) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 3.28 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Manulife Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-10), Manulife Financial's current share price is $25.85. Manulife Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $7.88. Manulife Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 3.28.

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

MFC' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.77   Med: 3.19   Max: 11.21
Current: 3.34

During the past years, Manulife Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 11.21. The lowest was 1.77. And the median was 3.19.

MFC's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
84.4% of 327 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 10.97 vs MFC: 3.34

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.

Manulife Financial's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.868. 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 $7.88 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Manulife Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Manulife Financial'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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Manulife Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Manulife Financial 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 3.42 2.82 2.71 2.51 2.81

Manulife Financial 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 2.54 2.51 2.43 2.81 3.17

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

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Manulife Financial'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.


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

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

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



Manulife Financial 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.

Manulife Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=25.85/7.88
=3.28

* 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.

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

For example, Manulife Financial'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)
=1.868/126.2576*126.2576
=1.868

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Manulife Financial Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.278 99.473 1.622
201409 1.662 99.394 2.111
201412 1.464 98.367 1.879
201503 0.836 99.789 1.058
201506 1.390 100.500 1.746
201509 0.290 100.421 0.365
201512 1.519 99.947 1.919
201603 1.044 101.054 1.304
201606 1.667 102.002 2.063
201609 2.013 101.765 2.497
201612 1.828 101.449 2.275
201703 1.199 102.634 1.475
201706 1.847 103.029 2.263
201709 1.886 103.345 2.304
201712 2.022 103.345 2.470
201803 1.496 105.004 1.799
201806 1.900 105.557 2.273
201809 2.177 105.636 2.602
201812 1.776 105.399 2.127
201903 1.486 106.979 1.754
201906 2.068 107.690 2.425
201909 2.145 107.611 2.517
201912 2.200 107.769 2.577
202003 1.755 107.927 2.053
202006 1.565 108.401 1.823
202009 1.931 108.164 2.254
202012 2.492 108.559 2.898
202103 1.592 110.298 1.822
202106 2.396 111.720 2.708
202109 2.770 112.905 3.098
202112 2.705 113.774 3.002
202203 1.025 117.646 1.100
202206 1.914 120.806 2.000
202209 1.775 120.648 1.858
202212 1.909 120.964 1.993
202303 1.160 122.702 1.194
202306 2.362 124.203 2.401
202309 2.225 125.230 2.243
202312 2.530 125.072 2.554
202403 1.868 126.258 1.868

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.


Manulife Financial  (NYSE:MFC) 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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Manulife Financial (Manulife Financial) Business Description

Address
200 Bloor Street East, Toronto, ON, CAN, M4W 1E5
Manulife Financial provides life insurance, annuities, and asset management products to individuals and group customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia. Its investment management business contributes approximately 20% of its earnings and has around CAD 1.35 trillion in assets under management and administration as of June 30, 2023. The U.S. business, which primarily operates under the John Hancock brand, contributes about 30% of earnings and is mainly focused on providing insurance products for estate, business, and income protection. The Asia segment provides insurance products and insurance-based wealth accumulation products in over 11 countries and contributes around 30% of earnings. The Canadian business segment contributes approximately 20% of earnings.