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The Hanover Insurance Group (FRA:AF4) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 7.17 (As of Jun. 07, 2024)


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What is The Hanover Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-07), The Hanover Insurance Group's current share price is €119.00. The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €16.59. The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 7.17.

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

FRA:AF4' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.82   Med: 19.03   Max: 2796.5
Current: 7.1

During the past years, The Hanover Insurance Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 2796.50. The lowest was 5.82. And the median was 19.03.

FRA:AF4's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
68.04% of 316 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 11.17 vs FRA:AF4: 7.10

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.

The Hanover Insurance Group's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €1.422. 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 €16.59 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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The Hanover Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Hanover Insurance 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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The Hanover Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

The Hanover Insurance Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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The Hanover Insurance Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, The Hanover Insurance 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.


The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Hanover Insurance 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.

The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=119.00/16.59
=7.17

* 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.

The Hanover Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, The Hanover Insurance Group'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)
=1.422/131.7762*131.7762
=1.422

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

The Hanover Insurance Group Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.642 100.560 2.152
201409 4.141 100.428 5.434
201412 2.780 99.070 3.698
201503 1.647 99.621 2.179
201506 0.281 100.684 0.368
201509 4.868 100.392 6.390
201512 1.772 99.792 2.340
201603 1.561 100.470 2.047
201606 3.072 101.688 3.981
201609 6.680 101.861 8.642
201612 3.975 101.863 5.142
201703 1.088 102.862 1.394
201706 3.978 103.349 5.072
201709 5.482 104.136 6.937
201712 3.210 104.011 4.067
201803 0.525 105.290 0.657
201806 2.856 106.317 3.540
201809 5.613 106.507 6.945
201812 1.733 105.998 2.154
201903 0.715 107.251 0.879
201906 2.380 108.070 2.902
201909 6.089 108.329 7.407
201912 3.988 108.420 4.847
202003 0.789 108.902 0.955
202006 4.280 108.767 5.185
202009 7.071 109.815 8.485
202012 3.496 109.897 4.192
202103 3.176 111.754 3.745
202106 3.773 114.631 4.337
202109 6.657 115.734 7.580
202112 5.587 117.630 6.259
202203 4.910 121.301 5.334
202206 0.094 125.017 0.099
202209 8.704 125.227 9.159
202212 5.089 125.222 5.355
202303 0.383 127.348 0.396
202306 0.592 128.729 0.606
202309 5.757 129.860 5.842
202312 2.225 129.419 2.266
202403 1.422 131.776 1.422

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.


The Hanover Insurance Group  (FRA:AF4) 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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The Hanover Insurance Group (FRA:AF4) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
440 Lincoln Street, Worcester, MA, USA, 01653
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc is a holding company whose primary business is offering property and casualty insurance products and services. The company markets itself through independent agents and brokers in the United States while conducting business internationally through a wholly owned subsidiary, Chaucer Holdings Limited, domiciled in the United Kingdom. The company conducts business operations through three operating segments: Commercial Lines, Personal Lines and Other. The company operates an investment portfolio that is primarily exposed to fixed-income securities.

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