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American Water Works Co (XTER:AWC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is American Water Works Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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American Water Works Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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American Water Works Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, American Water Works Co'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.


American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



American Water Works Co 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.

American Water Works Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, American Water Works Co'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)
=-1.25/131.7762*131.7762
=-1.250

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

American Water Works Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.100 100.560 -0.131
201409 0.457 100.428 0.600
201412 -0.271 99.070 -0.360
201503 -0.216 99.621 -0.286
201506 -0.322 100.684 -0.421
201509 0.485 100.392 0.637
201512 -0.321 99.792 -0.424
201603 -0.206 100.470 -0.270
201606 -0.320 101.688 -0.415
201609 0.300 101.861 0.388
201612 -0.323 101.863 -0.418
201703 -0.031 102.862 -0.040
201706 -0.497 103.349 -0.634
201709 0.520 104.136 0.658
201712 -0.312 104.011 -0.395
201803 -0.748 105.290 -0.936
201806 -0.426 106.317 -0.528
201809 0.232 106.507 0.287
201812 -0.394 105.998 -0.490
201903 -0.861 107.251 -1.058
201906 -0.474 108.070 -0.578
201909 0.161 108.329 0.196
201912 -0.666 108.420 -0.809
202003 -1.255 108.902 -1.519
202006 -0.677 108.767 -0.820
202009 -0.056 109.815 -0.067
202012 -0.449 109.897 -0.538
202103 -0.835 111.754 -0.985
202106 -0.429 114.631 -0.493
202109 0.135 115.734 0.154
202112 -0.904 117.630 -1.013
202203 -1.447 121.301 -1.572
202206 -2.900 125.017 -3.057
202209 -0.388 125.227 -0.408
202212 -2.044 125.222 -2.151
202303 -1.366 127.348 -1.414
202306 -1.160 128.729 -1.187
202309 -0.135 129.860 -0.137
202312 -1.474 129.419 -1.501
202403 -1.250 131.776 -1.250

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.


American Water Works Co  (XTER:AWC) 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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American Water Works Co (XTER:AWC) Business Description

Address
1 Water Street, Camden, NJ, USA, 08102-1658
American Water Works is the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility, serving approximately 3.5 million customers in 16 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets. The company's nonregulated business is water services for military bases, which operates under long-term contracts with regulated-like returns.

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