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MPLX LP (MPLX LP) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 14.18 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is MPLX LP Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-16), MPLX LP's current share price is $40.40. MPLX LP's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.85. MPLX LP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 14.18.

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

MPLX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.9   Med: 13.33   Max: 15.66
Current: 14.2

During the past years, MPLX LP's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 15.66. The lowest was 7.90. And the median was 13.33.

MPLX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
50.51% of 396 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 14.195 vs MPLX: 14.20

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.

MPLX LP's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.028. 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 $2.85 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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MPLX LP Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for MPLX LP'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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MPLX LP Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

MPLX LP 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 - 10.75 13.76 13.06 12.84

MPLX LP 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 13.26 12.62 12.78 12.84 14.60

Competitive Comparison of MPLX LP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, MPLX LP'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.


MPLX LP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, MPLX LP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



MPLX LP 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.

MPLX LP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=40.40/2.85
=14.18

* 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.

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

For example, MPLX LP'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)
=1.028/131.7762*131.7762
=1.028

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

MPLX LP Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.653 100.560 0.856
201409 0.378 100.428 0.496
201412 0.673 99.070 0.895
201503 0.463 99.621 0.612
201506 0.825 100.684 1.080
201509 0.325 100.392 0.427
201512 -0.118 99.792 -0.156
201603 0.057 100.470 0.075
201606 0.142 101.688 0.184
201609 -0.092 101.861 -0.119
201612 0.384 101.863 0.497
201703 0.264 102.862 0.338
201706 0.249 103.349 0.317
201709 0.359 104.136 0.454
201712 0.396 104.011 0.502
201803 -0.008 105.290 -0.010
201806 0.545 106.317 0.676
201809 0.272 106.507 0.337
201812 0.398 105.998 0.495
201903 0.350 107.251 0.430
201906 0.679 108.070 0.828
201909 0.464 108.329 0.564
201912 0.380 108.420 0.462
202003 0.595 108.902 0.720
202006 0.733 108.767 0.888
202009 0.905 109.815 1.086
202012 0.944 109.897 1.132
202103 0.962 111.754 1.134
202106 1.221 114.631 1.404
202109 1.018 115.734 1.159
202112 1.066 117.630 1.194
202203 0.942 121.301 1.023
202206 1.346 125.017 1.419
202209 0.789 125.227 0.830
202212 1.093 125.222 1.150
202303 1.057 127.348 1.094
202306 1.173 128.729 1.201
202309 1.013 129.860 1.028
202312 1.208 129.419 1.230
202403 1.028 131.776 1.028

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.


MPLX LP  (NYSE:MPLX) 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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MPLX LP (MPLX LP) Business Description

Industry
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Address
200 East Hardin Street, Findlay, OH, USA, 45840-3229
MPLX is a partnership that owns both pipelines and gathering and processing assets with extensive holdings in the Appalachian region. The asset base is made up of pipeline assets dropped down from Marathon Petroleum, its sponsor, and gathering and processing assets from MarkWest, which it acquired in 2015. MPLX also acquired Andeavor Logistics in July 2019.
Executives
Christine S Breves director 600 GRANT STREET, SUITE 6100, PITTSBURGH PA 16059
Shawn M Lyon officer: Senior VP, Log. & Storage C/O MPLX, 200 E HARDIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Gregory Scott Floerke officer: Exec VP and CCO C/O MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P., 1515 ARAPAHOE STREET, TOWER 1, SUITE 160, DENVER CO 80202
Frank M Semple director, officer: Vice Chairman 1515 ARAPAHOE ST., TOWER 2, SUITE 700, DENVER CO 80202
Kelly D Wright officer: VP and Controller C/O MPLX LP, 200 E HARDIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
John J Quaid officer: Exec VP and CFO C/O MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 539 SOUTH MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Maryann T. Mannen director C/O MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 539 SOUTH MAIN ST, FINDLAY OH 45840
Ttc Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 539 SOUTH MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Timothy J Aydt officer: Chief Comm. Ofc.,Exec. VP C/O MPLX LP, 200 E. HARDIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Garry L. Peiffer director, officer: President C/O MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 539 S. MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Gary R Heminger director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 539 S. MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Dan D Sandman director
Tesoro Logistics Gp, Llc other: Less than 10% owner 200 E. HARDIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Western Refining, Inc. 10 percent owner 539 SOUTH MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840-3229
Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co Llc other: Less than 10% owner 539 SOUTH MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840-3229

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