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poLight ASA (OSL:PLT) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is poLight ASA Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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poLight ASA Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

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poLight ASA Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

poLight ASA Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of poLight ASA's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Electronic Components subindustry, poLight ASA'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.


poLight ASA's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, poLight ASA's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



poLight ASA 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.

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

For example, poLight ASA'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)
=-1.321/131.9000*131.9000
=-1.321

Current CPI (Dec23) = 131.9000.

poLight ASA Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 0.000 98.600 0.000
201512 -1.502 100.900 -1.963
201612 -1.908 104.400 -2.411
201712 -2.127 106.100 -2.644
201812 -2.351 109.800 -2.824
201912 -1.030 111.300 -1.221
202012 -0.780 112.900 -0.911
202112 -0.871 118.900 -0.966
202212 -1.189 125.900 -1.246
202312 -1.321 131.900 -1.321

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.


poLight ASA  (OSL:PLT) 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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poLight ASA (OSL:PLT) Business Description

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poLight ASA provides photographic lenses used in cameras for smartphones, wearables such as watches and glasses, and industrial applications including medical and retail. The company is specialized in optics, polymers, micro-electromechanical systems technology, and image application and processing. Its products include Driver ASIC and TLens. Its geographical segments are the United States, Asia, and Europe.

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