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Essential Utilities (FRA:A2A) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : €-1.01 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

Essential Utilities's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.097. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €-1.01 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was -34.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was -47.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was -32.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Essential Utilities was 37.00% per year. The lowest was -100.00% per year. And the median was -14.15% per year.

As of today (2025-06-29), Essential Utilities's current stock price is €31.50. Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €-1.01. Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is .


Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

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Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Essential Utilities Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.20 -0.38 -0.61 -0.74 -1.03

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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 -0.79 -0.83 -0.88 -1.03 -1.01

Competitive Comparison of Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Essential Utilities'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.


Essential Utilities's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

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


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Essential Utilities Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and 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.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

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. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get 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.

For example, Essential Utilities's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=0.097/134.9266*134.9266
=0.097

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -0.065 100.684 -0.087
201509 0.091 100.392 0.122
201512 -0.097 99.792 -0.131
201603 0.110 100.470 0.148
201606 -0.064 101.688 -0.085
201609 0.048 101.861 0.064
201612 -0.029 101.863 -0.038
201703 -0.070 102.862 -0.092
201706 -0.189 103.349 -0.247
201709 -0.021 104.136 -0.027
201712 -0.195 104.011 -0.253
201803 -0.076 105.290 -0.097
201806 -0.145 106.317 -0.184
201809 -0.027 106.507 -0.034
201812 -0.368 105.998 -0.468
201903 -0.270 107.251 -0.340
201906 -0.512 108.070 -0.639
201909 0.032 108.329 0.040
201912 -0.148 108.420 -0.184
202003 -0.082 108.902 -0.102
202006 -0.086 108.767 -0.107
202009 -0.285 109.815 -0.350
202012 -0.627 109.897 -0.770
202103 0.255 111.754 0.308
202106 -0.225 114.631 -0.265
202109 -0.401 115.734 -0.467
202112 -0.883 117.630 -1.013
202203 0.440 121.301 0.489
202206 -0.489 125.017 -0.528
202209 -0.739 125.227 -0.796
202212 -0.938 125.222 -1.011
202303 0.557 127.348 0.590
202306 -0.293 128.729 -0.307
202309 -0.504 129.860 -0.524
202312 -0.656 129.419 -0.684
202403 -0.041 131.776 -0.042
202406 -0.374 132.554 -0.381
202409 -0.615 133.029 -0.624
202412 -0.865 133.157 -0.876
202503 0.097 134.927 0.097

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Essential Utilities  (FRA:A2A) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

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.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Essential Utilities Business Description

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762 W. Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA, 19010-3489
Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for US water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Its largest service territory is in Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 740,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. It completed the sale of its West Virginia gas utility and the bulk of its nonregulated assets in 2024.

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