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Laboratory of America Holdings (FRA:LAB) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : €13.24 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Laboratory of America Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

Laboratory of America Holdings's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-1.777. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €13.24 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, Laboratory of America Holdings's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 1.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 14.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 13.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 9.90% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Laboratory of America Holdings was 53.70% per year. The lowest was -7.20% per year. And the median was 10.15% per year.

As of today (2024-05-17), Laboratory of America Holdings's current stock price is €196.00. Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €13.24. Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 14.80.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Laboratory of America Holdings was 23.33. The lowest was 10.59. And the median was 16.62.


Laboratory of America Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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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Laboratory of America Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Laboratory of America Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.73 7.82 10.71 13.07 13.09

Laboratory of America Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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 12.59 12.94 13.78 13.09 13.24

Competitive Comparison of Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Laboratory of America Holdings'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.


Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Laboratory of America Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

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. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get 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.

For example, Laboratory of America Holdings'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)
=-1.777/131.7762*131.7762
=-1.777

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Laboratory of America Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.359 100.560 1.781
201409 1.103 100.428 1.447
201412 1.577 99.070 2.098
201503 -1.189 99.621 -1.573
201506 2.848 100.684 3.727
201509 1.907 100.392 2.503
201512 2.662 99.792 3.515
201603 0.486 100.470 0.637
201606 2.415 101.688 3.130
201609 1.560 101.861 2.018
201612 3.587 101.863 4.640
201703 1.367 102.862 1.751
201706 2.061 103.349 2.628
201709 2.600 104.136 3.290
201712 3.812 104.011 4.830
201803 0.841 105.290 1.053
201806 2.495 106.317 3.092
201809 1.285 106.507 1.590
201812 3.166 105.998 3.936
201903 0.637 107.251 0.783
201906 1.508 108.070 1.839
201909 3.353 108.329 4.079
201912 4.056 108.420 4.930
202003 0.905 108.902 1.095
202006 2.474 108.767 2.997
202009 6.136 109.815 7.363
202012 5.646 109.897 6.770
202103 9.058 111.754 10.681
202106 3.296 114.631 3.789
202109 5.686 115.734 6.474
202112 5.389 117.630 6.037
202203 2.307 121.301 2.506
202206 4.516 125.017 4.760
202209 3.240 125.227 3.409
202212 5.868 125.222 6.175
202303 0.451 127.348 0.467
202306 2.570 128.729 2.631
202309 1.837 129.860 1.864
202312 4.423 129.419 4.504
202403 -1.777 131.776 -1.777

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Laboratory of America Holdings  (FRA:LAB) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

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.

Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=196.00/13.24
=14.80

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Laboratory of America Holdings was 23.33. The lowest was 10.59. And the median was 16.62.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Laboratory of America Holdings (FRA:LAB) Business Description

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358 South Main Street, Burlington, NC, USA, 27215
Laboratory Corp. of America is one of the nation's two largest independent clinical laboratories, with roughly 20% of the independent lab market. The company operates approximately 2,000 patient-service centers, offering a broad range of 5,000 clinical lab tests, ranging from routine blood and urine screens to complex oncology and genomic testing.