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Apple (NEOE:AAPL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 35.79 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Apple Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Apple's current share price is C$25.05. Apple's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.70. Apple's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 35.79.

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

NEOE:AAPL' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.54   Med: 29.15   Max: 55.56
Current: 36.34

During the past years, Apple's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 55.56. The lowest was 17.54. And the median was 29.15.

NEOE:AAPL's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
59.29% of 953 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 27.98 vs NEOE:AAPL: 36.34

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.

Apple's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.396. 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 C$0.70 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Apple Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Apple Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.50 43.51 43.80 34.59 37.57

Apple Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 31.83 38.68 43.75 37.57 41.18

Competitive Comparison of Apple's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Apple'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.


Apple's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Apple's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Apple 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=25.05/0.7
=35.79

* 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.

Apple's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Apple's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.396/129.4194*129.4194
=0.396

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Apple Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.067 99.695 0.087
201406 0.043 100.560 0.055
201409 0.053 100.428 0.068
201412 0.183 99.070 0.239
201503 0.110 99.621 0.143
201506 0.085 100.684 0.109
201509 0.070 100.392 0.090
201512 0.176 99.792 0.228
201603 0.066 100.470 0.085
201606 0.056 101.688 0.071
201609 0.099 101.861 0.126
201612 0.183 101.863 0.233
201703 0.075 102.862 0.094
201706 0.050 103.349 0.063
201709 0.086 104.136 0.107
201712 0.193 104.011 0.240
201803 0.085 105.290 0.104
201806 0.092 106.317 0.112
201809 0.136 106.507 0.165
201812 0.201 105.998 0.245
201903 0.077 107.251 0.093
201906 0.085 108.070 0.102
201909 0.154 108.329 0.184
201912 0.257 108.420 0.307
202003 0.111 108.902 0.132
202006 0.140 108.767 0.167
202009 0.176 109.815 0.207
202012 0.323 109.897 0.380
202103 0.197 111.754 0.228
202106 0.169 114.631 0.191
202109 0.158 115.734 0.177
202112 0.419 117.630 0.461
202203 0.242 121.301 0.258
202206 0.200 125.017 0.207
202209 0.211 125.227 0.218
202212 0.315 125.222 0.326
202303 0.271 127.348 0.275
202306 0.251 128.729 0.252
202309 0.205 129.860 0.204
202312 0.396 129.419 0.396

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.


Apple  (NEOE:AAPL) 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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