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Lululemon Athletica (NEOE:LULU) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 01, 2024)


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What is Lululemon Athletica Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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Lululemon Athletica Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lululemon Athletica's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Lululemon Athletica Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Lululemon Athletica Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 129.56 149.99 110.88 93.67 100.50

Lululemon Athletica Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 93.67 116.75 107.24 105.67 100.50

Competitive Comparison of Lululemon Athletica's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Lululemon Athletica'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.


Lululemon Athletica's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lululemon Athletica's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lululemon Athletica 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.

Lululemon Athletica's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Lululemon Athletica's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2024)
=12.487/125.0724*125.0724
=12.487

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 125.0724.

Lululemon Athletica Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201404 0.343 98.920 0.434
201407 0.194 99.315 0.244
201410 0.044 99.473 0.055
201501 0.998 98.209 1.271
201504 -0.061 99.710 -0.077
201507 -0.236 100.579 -0.293
201510 -0.458 100.500 -0.570
201601 2.431 100.184 3.035
201604 0.125 101.370 0.154
201607 0.157 101.844 0.193
201610 -0.362 102.002 -0.444
201701 2.347 102.318 2.869
201704 -0.005 103.029 -0.006
201707 0.490 103.029 0.595
201710 -0.260 103.424 -0.314
201801 2.814 104.056 3.382
201804 0.014 105.320 0.017
201807 1.215 106.110 1.432
201810 0.333 105.952 0.393
201901 3.586 105.557 4.249
201904 -1.337 107.453 -1.556
201907 0.456 108.243 0.527
201910 -0.337 107.927 -0.391
202001 5.054 108.085 5.848
202004 -1.862 107.216 -2.172
202007 1.328 108.401 1.532
202010 -0.412 108.638 -0.474
202101 6.409 109.192 7.341
202104 1.430 110.851 1.613
202107 1.972 112.431 2.194
202110 0.342 113.695 0.376
202201 5.881 114.801 6.407
202204 -3.484 118.357 -3.682
202207 -0.476 120.964 -0.492
202210 -1.176 121.517 -1.210
202301 8.814 121.596 9.066
202304 -0.966 123.571 -0.978
202307 3.438 124.914 3.442
202310 2.455 125.310 2.450
202401 12.487 125.072 12.487

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.


Lululemon Athletica  (NEOE:LULU) 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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Lululemon Athletica (NEOE:LULU) Business Description

Address
1818 Cornwall Avenue, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6J 1C7
Lululemon Athletica designs, distributes, and markets athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories for women, men, and girls. Lululemon offers pants, shorts, tops, and jackets for both leisure and athletic activities such as yoga and running. The company also sells fitness accessories, such as bags, yoga mats, and equipment. Lululemon sells its products through more than 680 company-owned stores in 19 countries, e-commerce, outlets, and wholesale accounts. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

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