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Sony Group (Sony Group) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 21.61 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Sony Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Sony Group's current share price is $82.33. Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.81. Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 21.61.

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

SONY' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.9   Med: 15.12   Max: 30.83
Current: 23.67

During the past years, Sony Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 30.83. The lowest was 7.90. And the median was 15.12.

SONY's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
57.55% of 954 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 27.985 vs SONY: 23.67

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.

Sony Group's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.787. 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 $3.81 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Sony Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Sony Group Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.80 14.44 25.32 24.81 24.36

Sony Group 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 20.58 24.36 25.78 24.54 24.88

Competitive Comparison of Sony Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Sony Group'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.


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

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

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



Sony Group 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=82.33/3.81
=21.61

* 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.

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

For example, Sony Group'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)
=3.787/106.8000*106.8000
=3.787

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 106.8000.

Sony Group Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 3.291 95.700 3.673
201406 0.124 98.000 0.135
201409 -0.055 98.500 -0.060
201412 1.749 97.900 1.908
201503 2.499 97.900 2.726
201506 -1.596 98.400 -1.732
201509 0.614 98.500 0.666
201512 1.301 98.100 1.416
201603 2.109 97.900 2.301
201606 -0.662 98.100 -0.721
201609 -0.259 98.000 -0.282
201612 1.182 98.400 1.283
201703 2.894 98.100 3.151
201706 -0.047 98.500 -0.051
201709 0.992 98.800 1.072
201712 2.291 99.400 2.462
201803 3.796 99.200 4.087
201806 0.165 99.200 0.178
201809 1.600 99.900 1.711
201812 2.855 99.700 3.058
201903 1.918 99.700 2.055
201906 -0.574 99.800 -0.614
201909 2.278 100.100 2.430
201912 2.107 100.500 2.239
202003 2.897 100.300 3.085
202006 0.258 99.900 0.276
202009 2.271 99.900 2.428
202012 2.042 99.300 2.196
202103 0.462 99.900 0.494
202106 0.763 99.500 0.819
202109 -0.135 100.100 -0.144
202112 2.692 100.100 2.872
202203 2.177 101.100 2.300
202206 -3.218 101.800 -3.376
202209 -0.423 103.100 -0.438
202212 0.575 104.100 0.590
202303 1.314 104.400 1.344
202306 -0.818 105.200 -0.830
202309 -0.262 106.200 -0.263
202312 3.787 106.800 3.787

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.


Sony Group  (NYSE:SONY) 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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Sony Group (Sony Group) Business Description

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Sony Group is a conglomerate with consumer electronics roots, which not only designs, develops, produces, and sells electronic equipment and devices, but also is engaged in content businesses, such as console and mobile games, music, and movies. Sony is a global top company of CMOS image sensors, game consoles, professional broadcasting cameras, and music publishing, and is one of the top players on digital cameras, wireless earphones, recorded music, movies, and so on. Sony's business portfolio is well diversified with six major business segments. The company fully consolidated Sony Financial in September 2020, which provides life and non-life insurance, banking, and other financial services.

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