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Sealed Air (STU:SDA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 12.35 (As of Jun. 06, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-06-06), Sealed Air's current share price is €36.80. Sealed Air's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €2.98. Sealed Air's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 12.35.

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

STU:SDA' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.78   Med: 22.66   Max: 35.2
Current: 12.32

During the past years, Sealed Air's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 35.20. The lowest was 9.78. And the median was 22.66.

STU:SDA's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
63.12% of 160 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 17.195 vs STU:SDA: 12.32

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.

Sealed Air's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.494. 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 €2.98 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Sealed Air Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Sealed Air 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 20.55 22.29 28.61 19.30 14.43

Sealed Air 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 17.27 15.63 12.82 14.43 11.55

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

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Sealed Air'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.


Sealed Air's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sealed Air's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sealed Air 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=36.80/2.98
=12.35

* 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.

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

For example, Sealed Air'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)
=0.494/131.7762*131.7762
=0.494

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Sealed Air Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.512 100.560 0.671
201409 0.917 100.428 1.203
201412 0.719 99.070 0.956
201503 1.329 99.621 1.758
201506 0.397 100.684 0.520
201509 0.823 100.392 1.080
201512 0.970 99.792 1.281
201603 -0.169 100.470 -0.222
201606 0.496 101.688 0.643
201609 0.928 101.861 1.201
201612 1.705 101.863 2.206
201703 -0.159 102.862 -0.204
201706 0.371 103.349 0.473
201709 0.701 104.136 0.887
201712 0.165 104.011 0.209
201803 -0.378 105.290 -0.473
201806 0.213 106.317 0.264
201809 0.392 106.507 0.485
201812 1.244 105.998 1.547
201903 0.089 107.251 0.109
201906 0.337 108.070 0.411
201909 0.204 108.329 0.248
201912 1.228 108.420 1.493
202003 -0.045 108.902 -0.054
202006 0.781 108.767 0.946
202009 0.884 109.815 1.061
202012 1.386 109.897 1.662
202103 0.195 111.754 0.230
202106 0.361 114.631 0.415
202109 0.675 115.734 0.769
202112 1.616 117.630 1.810
202203 -0.113 121.301 -0.123
202206 0.722 125.017 0.761
202209 0.298 125.227 0.314
202212 1.541 125.222 1.622
202303 -0.084 127.348 -0.087
202306 -0.748 128.729 -0.766
202309 0.891 129.860 0.904
202312 1.670 129.419 1.700
202403 0.494 131.776 0.494

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.


Sealed Air  (STU:SDA) 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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Sealed Air (STU:SDA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2415 Cascade Pointe Boulevard, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28208
Sealed Air is organized via two reporting segments. Food care includes food packaging products like Cryovac, Darfresh, and OptiDure aimed primarily at meats. Product care includes Sealed Air's Bubble Wrap, Instapak, Jiffy mailers, and shrink film packaging systems that cater to industrial and e-commerce applications.