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Canadian Solar (Canadian Solar) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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Canadian Solar Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

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Canadian Solar Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Canadian Solar Annual Data
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Canadian Solar Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Solar subindustry, Canadian Solar'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.


Canadian Solar's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



Canadian Solar 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.

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

For example, Canadian Solar'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)
=-4.367/125.4675*125.4675
=-4.367

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

Canadian Solar Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.000 98.604 0.000
201406 0.000 99.473 0.000
201409 0.000 99.394 0.000
201412 0.000 98.367 0.000
201503 0.000 99.789 0.000
201506 0.000 100.500 0.000
201509 0.000 100.421 0.000
201512 0.000 99.947 0.000
201603 0.000 101.054 0.000
201606 0.000 102.002 0.000
201609 0.000 101.765 0.000
201612 0.000 101.449 0.000
201703 0.000 102.634 0.000
201706 0.000 103.029 0.000
201709 0.000 103.345 0.000
201712 0.000 103.345 0.000
201803 0.000 105.004 0.000
201806 0.000 105.557 0.000
201809 0.000 105.636 0.000
201812 0.000 105.399 0.000
201903 0.000 106.979 0.000
201906 0.000 107.690 0.000
201909 0.000 107.611 0.000
201912 0.000 107.769 0.000
202003 0.000 107.927 0.000
202006 0.000 108.401 0.000
202009 0.000 108.164 0.000
202012 0.000 108.559 0.000
202103 0.000 110.298 0.000
202106 0.000 111.720 0.000
202109 0.000 112.905 0.000
202112 0.000 113.774 0.000
202203 0.000 117.646 0.000
202206 2.048 120.806 2.127
202209 -0.824 120.648 -0.857
202212 1.832 120.964 1.900
202303 0.000 122.702 0.000
202306 -0.416 124.203 -0.420
202309 -3.111 125.230 -3.117
202312 -4.367 125.468 -4.367

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.


Canadian Solar  (NAS:CSIQ) 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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Canadian Solar (Canadian Solar) Business Description

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545 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, ON, CAN, N1K 1E6
Canadian Solar Inc is a Canadian solar power company. It is an integrated provider of solar power products, services, and system solutions. The company engages in designing, developing and manufacturing solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules and other solar power products. It operates through two business segments CSI Solar and Global Energy segment. The CSI Solar segment design, develop and manufacture solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules and other solar power and battery storage products. Its Energy segment primarily comprises solar and battery storage project development and sale, O&M and asset management services for operational projects, sale of electricity, and investment in retained assets.