Becton Dickinson (MIC:BDX-RM) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 26, 2024)

Becton Dickinson Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Becton Dickinson Annual Data
	Trend	Sep14	Sep15	Sep16	Sep17	Sep18	Sep19	Sep20	Sep21	Sep22	Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					35.44	30.37	28.24	24.71	27.69

Becton Dickinson Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															27.20	28.23	27.69	25.95	26.03

Competitive Comparison of Becton Dickinson's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Becton Dickinson'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.

Becton Dickinson's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Becton Dickinson's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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

Becton Dickinson 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.

Becton Dickinson's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Becton Dickinson's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Becton Dickinson Quarterly Data

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.

Becton Dickinson  (MIC:BDX-RM) 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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