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Merafe Resources (JSE:MRF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 5.16 (As of Jun. 06, 2024)


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What is Merafe Resources Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-06), Merafe Resources's current share price is R1.29. Merafe Resources's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was R0.25. Merafe Resources's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 5.16.

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

JSE:MRF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.96   Med: 16.56   Max: 165
Current: 5.15

During the past 13 years, Merafe Resources's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 165.00. The lowest was 4.96. And the median was 16.56.

JSE:MRF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
91.57% of 249 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 20.97 vs JSE:MRF: 5.15

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.

Merafe Resources's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was R0.483. 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 R0.25 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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Merafe Resources Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

Merafe Resources Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.88 6.53 11.77 7.29 5.27

Merafe Resources Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 11.77 - 7.29 - 5.27

Competitive Comparison of Merafe Resources's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Merafe Resources'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.


Merafe Resources's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Merafe Resources's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



Merafe Resources 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=1.29/0.25
=5.16

* 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.

Merafe Resources's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 is calculated as:

For example, Merafe Resources's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec23 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec23)
=0.483/152.7175*152.7175
=0.483

Current CPI (Dec23) = 152.7175.

Merafe Resources Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 -0.055 96.794 -0.087
201512 0.259 101.808 0.389
201612 0.085 109.002 0.119
201712 0.397 113.907 0.532
201812 0.026 118.921 0.033
201912 0.091 123.717 0.112
202012 0.061 127.467 0.073
202112 0.266 135.029 0.301
202212 0.486 145.156 0.511
202312 0.483 152.718 0.483

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.


Merafe Resources  (JSE:MRF) 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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Merafe Resources (JSE:MRF) Business Description

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Address
35 Ballyclare Drive, Building B, 2nd floor, Ballyoaks Office Park, Bryanston, ZAF, 2191
Merafe Resources Ltd through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Merafe Ferrochrome and Mining Proprietary Limited, participates in chrome mining and the beneficiation of chrome ore into ferrochrome. The Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture (Venture) operates five ferrochrome smelters, twenty-two ferrochrome furnaces, and nine mines, situated in the North-West, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa. The company has operating mines namely, Waterval mine; Marikana West; and Kroondal Gemini. The Group has one reportable segment being the mining and beneficiation of chrome ore into ferrochrome and associated minerals.

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