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BP (BP) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 14.46 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is BP Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), BP's current share price is $39.47. BP's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.73. BP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 14.46.

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

BP' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.38   Med: 32.91   Max: 154.65
Current: 14.38

During the past years, BP's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 154.65. The lowest was 12.38. And the median was 32.91.

BP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
50.77% of 392 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 14.585 vs BP: 14.38

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.

BP's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.784. 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 $2.73 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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BP Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

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

BP 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 82.21 34.00 30.41 18.35 12.77

BP Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 18.35 17.61 14.70 15.83 12.77

Competitive Comparison of BP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Oil & Gas Integrated subindustry, BP'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.


BP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, BP's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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



BP 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.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=39.47/2.73
=14.46

* 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.

BP's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, BP's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=1.784/130.0000*130.0000
=1.784

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 130.0000.

BP Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.755 99.300 0.988
201406 0.576 99.800 0.750
201409 1.344 100.000 1.747
201412 0.433 99.900 0.563
201503 -0.910 99.600 -1.188
201506 0.576 100.100 0.748
201509 0.270 100.200 0.350
201512 0.222 100.400 0.287
201603 -0.815 100.400 -1.055
201606 -0.128 101.000 -0.165
201609 -0.276 101.500 -0.353
201612 -0.700 102.200 -0.890
201703 -0.523 102.700 -0.662
201706 0.215 103.500 0.270
201709 0.570 104.300 0.710
201712 0.446 105.000 0.552
201803 0.018 105.100 0.022
201806 0.845 105.900 1.037
201809 0.721 106.600 0.879
201812 0.258 107.100 0.313
201903 0.474 107.000 0.576
201906 0.876 107.900 1.055
201909 0.619 108.400 0.742
201912 1.081 108.500 1.295
202003 -0.844 108.600 -1.010
202006 0.213 108.800 0.255
202009 0.778 109.200 0.926
202012 -0.194 109.400 -0.231
202103 0.909 109.700 1.077
202106 0.877 111.400 1.023
202109 0.986 112.400 1.140
202112 1.005 114.700 1.139
202203 1.724 116.500 1.924
202206 2.507 120.500 2.705
202209 1.647 122.300 1.751
202212 3.261 125.300 3.383
202303 1.478 126.800 1.515
202306 0.952 129.400 0.956
202309 1.803 130.100 1.802
202312 1.784 130.000 1.784

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.


BP  (NYSE:BP) 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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BP (BP) Business Description

Industry
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Address
1 St James's Square, London, GBR, SW1Y 4PD
BP is an integrated oil and gas company that explores for, produces, and refines oil around the world. In 2022, it produced 1.1 million barrels of liquids and 6.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. At the end of 2022, reserves stood at 7.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent, 56% of which are liquids. The company operates refineries with a capacity of 1.6 million barrels of oil per day. BP also holds a 20% ownership interest in Rosneft, which it plans to exit.
Executives
Karen Richardson Non-Executive Director